Cottonseed: A sustainable contributor to global protein requirements

Cottonseed is a sustainable source of plant protein, producing ~10 million metric tons protein globally. This has the potential to fulfil annual requirement more than half billion people Its functional properties have established cottonseed (CSP) as candidate for alleviating malnutrition in Asian and African continents. Regardless these quality attributes, inherent association gossypol with CSP makes it unsuitable direct human consumption due its toxicity. The present review elaborates on physical, chemical biological methods enhancing suitability nutrition by reducing content permissible limits (450 ppm) per U.S. Food Drug Administration World Health Organization. Amino acid profiling, property (water holding capacity, oil foaming properties, emulsification characteristics, solubility), vitro digestibility molecular weight analyses are parameters considered important application foods. also highlights diverse applications directly or indirectly animal protein. Degossypolyzation mainly performed solvent extraction, although gamma irradiation use microorganisms gaining momentum. good food feed formulations, balanced amino composition comparable those soy Integration both might prove be efficient degossypolization improving utilization nutrition.