Soy derived materials such as soy milk, soy flour, soy concentrates, and
soy protein isolates, are deflavored by adjusting the pH of an aqueous
composition of such soy derived materials using membrane electrodialysis
to a pH of about 9 to about 12 to solubilize the soy proteins and to
release the flavoring compounds and thereafter passing the pH-adjusted
composition to an ultrafiltration membrane having a molecular weight
cutoff up to about 50,000 Daltons under conditions at which the flavoring
compounds pass through the membrane, leaving the retained soy material
with improved flavor.