From fish egg skin produced by utilization of roe grains of various fish,
constituent proteins thereof are enzymatically degraded to obtain
peptides and amino acids, of which effective utilization is achieved. The
invention provides a method for producing amino acids and peptides
(useful as nutrient enhancers for foods) from fish egg skins which
comprises treating cold water-washed fish egg skins with ozonized water
at room temperature or below, subsequently, degrading the resultant
product with a proteolytic enzyme produced by Bacillus subtilis, or
further treating with a proteolytic enzyme produced by Aspergillus
oryzae, to degrade myogenic fiber proteins (contractile proteins:
myosins) in the fish egg skin, and then concentrating/drying the degraded
solution.