Deciphering the roles of protein hydrolysate from yellowstripe scad (selaroides leptolepis) in reducing oil uptake in fried battered squid

Abstract

Yellowstripe scad (Selaroides leptolepis) belongs to the small pelagic group that abundantly found in South China Sea and is categorized as low value fishes. Enzymatic hydrolysis produced more marketable fish protein hydrolysate, at which protein has been focused on oil-uptake reduction due to their film forming ability and thermal gelation properties. The main objective of this study was to determine the effect of crude protein hydrolysate (CPH) and purified protein hydrolysate (PPH) from yellowstripe scad in reducing oil uptake in fried battered squid.