Clip: Season 8 Episode 6 | 47s | Video has closed captioning.
Why is the yellow split pea and its protein so small and mighty? Ask PURIS. The manufacturer behind pea protein powder discovered that its ingredient has many positives including being a complete source of protein, being allergen-free, and being vegan. Plant manager Matt Karels walks us, and host and producer Amanda Anderson, through the process and the diet upsides.
Aired: 03/25/24
- [Narrator] Puris's special sauce has been the yellow field pea.
(light music) - So this is our splits receiving and storage.
- [Narrator] You've heard of split pea soup, yeah?
- And you take that outer shell off, and it falls into two pieces, right?
So we call those splits, and what we receive here in Dawson is cleaned yellow split peas.
Once here, we grind them up into a flour, put it into a solution, and then we do a bunch of separations after that.
- But why peas?
- A pea consists about 20 to 25% protein.
- And that's higher than a lot of other legumes, or... - Well, soy actually has a higher protein content, but you get the allergens that come along with that, and another thing about pea protein that makes it a little more attractive is taste and texture.
