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Protose vs Proteose - What's the difference?

protose | proteose |

As nouns the difference between protose and proteose

is that protose is a meat substitute made chiefly of wheat gluten and peanuts, popular in the early twentieth century while proteose is a mixture of peptides produced by the hydrolysis of proteins.

protose

English

Alternative forms

* Protose

Noun

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  • (historical) A meat substitute made chiefly of wheat gluten and peanuts, popular in the early twentieth century.
  • * 1914 , Jacob Arnbrecht, Hygienic Cook Book , International Publishing Association, page 72:
  • Cut a can of protose lengthwise in two; put in a pan, fill one-fourth full with hot water, and bake one hour.
  • * 1917 , Anna Lindlahr, The Nature Cure Cook Book , 5th edition, The Nature Cure Publishing Co., page 273:
  • From the viewpoint of our low protein diet, gluten flour and protose are positively dangerous.
  • * 1988 , John Weightman (tr.), translation of , ed.), Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0-15-150885-2, page 31:
  • I see Prichard occasionally for lunch in a vegetarian restaurant…. The dishes have strange names, like those of some unknown religion; initiates think nothing at all of ordering ‘a protose of peppers’ [?] or ‘a nuttalene’ [?]. These names, smacking of organic chemistry, correspond to substances which pretend to be meat without being so….

    proteose

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry, dated) A mixture of peptides produced by the hydrolysis of proteins.