Researchers have found fast-digesting milk protein concentrate (MPC) has taste and formulation advantages over whey and is comparable to it in terms of amino acid release into the blood. The researchers from the University of California, San Diego, studied a group of healthy young men who were given either MPC or placebo for two weeks. And because fast-digesting MPC is more heat stable than whey, it also has formulating advantages and can be used at higher concentrations.
Researchers have found fast-digesting milk protein concentrate (MPC) has taste and formulation advantages over whey and is comparable to it in terms of amino acid release into the blood. The development of a fast-digesting MPC similar to whey protein potentially opens the protein category to a broader audience, as the MPC offers taste and texture that are "more aligned with mainstream preferences", according to Arron Harford of New Zealand dairy outfit Fonterra. And because fast-digesting MPC is more heat stable than whey, it also has formulating advantages and can be used at higher concentrations.