Royal Society of Chemistry, Food and Function, 16(13), p. 8375-8387, 2022
DOI: 10.1039/d2fo01256a
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Alginate effectively protects whey protein from gastric digestion at pH 3. Complexes dissolve under intestinal conditions (pH 7) where whey protein is degraded by trypsin and alginate can be degraded by bacterial lyases.