A method of enzymatically producing a protein hydrolysate from a protein
substrate is described, wherein a proline-specific endoprotease or a
composition containing a proline-specific endoprotease and optionally a
subtilisin or a metallo endoprotease, and other enzymes such as
carboxypeptidases, is used to produce a protein hydrolysate enriched in
peptide fragments having a carboxy terminal proline residue. Such protein
hydrolysates may be used as such or to reduce bitterness in foods
nutritionally supplemented by protein hydrolysates, as well as to produce
hydrolysate containing foodstuffs having low antigenicity.