A method of preparing a coagulated plant protein fraction with a medium
molecular weight of between 14 to 97, by providing fruit juice in aqueous
solution; precipitating a high-molecular-weight plant protein fraction
whose bulk has a molecular weight of from above 100 to 600, by adjusting
an acidic pH and/or a temperature above room temperature, and
mechanically separating the fraction precipitated thus; precipitating a
medium-molecular-weight coagulated plant protein fraction under warm
conditions by treating, at pH 2 to 7, and between 60 to 90.degree. C.,
the solution obtained after separation of the high-molecular-weight plant
protein fraction and mechanically separating the medium-molecular-weight
coagulated plant protein fraction with a molecular weight of between
approximately 14 to 97, with the bulk of the molecular weight
distribution being between 20 to 60. The plant protein fraction is usable
as foodstuff, food additive, additive in pharmaceuticals, animal feed, in
cosmetics, as industrial protein, as adhesive.