RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Green fractionation and hydrolysis of fish meal to improve their techno-functional properties A1 Barea Gómez, Pedro A1 Melgosa Gómez, Rodrigo A1 Benito Román, Oscar A1 Illera Gigante, Alba Ester A1 Beltrán Calvo, Sagrario A1 Sanz Díez, Mª Teresa K1 Fish meal protein K1 Water fractionation K1 Hydrolysis K1 Subcritical water K1 Emulsification K1 Ingeniería química K1 Chemical engineering K1 Alimentos K1 Food K1 Biotecnología K1 Biotechnology AB A green strategy employing water as solvent has been adopted to obtain protein hydrolysates from fish meal (FM), its water-soluble fraction (WSP), and its non-water-soluble fraction (NSP). The techno-functional properties of the hydrolysates have been investigated and compared to hydrolysates obtained with Alcalase®. In general, SWH hydrolysates presented higher content of free amino acids and higher degree of hydrolysis, which reflected on the molecular size distribution. However, Alcalase® hydrolysates presented better solubility (from 74 ± 4% for NSP at pH = 2 up to 99 ± 1% for WSP at pH = 4–7). According to fluorescence experiments, FM and NSP hydrolysates showed the highest surface hydrophobicity, which has been related to better emulsifying properties and higher emulsion stability. The emulsions stabilized with 2%wt. of SWH-treated NSP showed the smallest particle sizes, with D[4,3] = 155 nm at day 0, and good stability, with D[4,3] = 220 nm at day 7, proving that water fractionation followed by SWH treatment is a good method to improve the techno-functional properties of the hydrolysates. PB Elsevier SN 0308-8146 YR 2024 FD 2024-09 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9583 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9583 LA eng NO The authors acknowledge Sarval Bio-Industries Noroeste, S.A.U. (A Coruña, Spain) for kindly providing the fish meal used in this work and Novozymes A/S for kindly providing the enzyme Alcalase®. This work was supported by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) [grant numbers PID2019-104950RB-I00 and PID2020-116716RJ-I00 ] by the AEI, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) and Next GenerationEU, [grant numbers TED2021-129311B-I00 and PDC2022-133443-I00 ] and the Junta de Castilla y León (JCyL) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) [grant number BU050P20 ]. PB pre-doctoral contract is funded by JCyL and the European Social Fund (ESF) [ ORDEN EDU/1868/2022 ]. RM contract is funded by a Beatriz Galindo Research Fellowship [ BG20/00182 ]. Illera's post-doctoral contract is funded by AEI, MICINN and EU through project TED2021-129311B-I00 . OBR post-doctoral contract was funded by AEI through project PID2020–116716RJ-I00 . DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos RD 06-ene-2025