Protein -- Man Made / Manufactured

 

Intact, unadulterated Protein, such as would be found in the body of animals, is made up of  numbers of amino acids linked in chains of hundreds to thousands of units.  Man made protein, although referred to as "protein" by those who claim to be adding "protein" to food, dietary supplements, and pharmaceuticals, is made up of manufactured individual amino acids, and is not actually Protein at all. 

The indiviaul amino acids should not be confused with the amino acids found in unadulterated proteins.  To begin with, they have all been manufactured.  They may have been freed from (broken out of) Protein through hydrolysis, autolysis, or fermentation; or they may have been generated through bacterial fermentation of genetically modified bacteria that secrete specific amino acids through their cell walls.  In either case, these manufactured individual amino acids bring with them byproducts of manufacture, often referred to as impurities.  At this point in time, industry has not found a way to manufacture individual amino acids without producing impurities.

The impurities found in individual amino acids vary according to the protein source used (the source protein) and the method(s) used to produce the individual amino acids.  We have been told, but do not know for a fact, that D-glutamic acid and pyroglutamic acid are impurities found in all manufactured amino acids.  What we do know for a fact is that when hydrolysis of protein is used to produce glutamic acid, the impurities include carcinogenic mono and dichloro propanols.  (See http://www.truthinlabeling.org/Cancer.html for detail.)