AMINO ACID AND PEPTIDE PRODUCTS

1 . A product composition comprising free natural amino acids and short natural peptides of an aquatic animal origin, wherein the composition has more than 40% by weight free amino acids, determined as the ratio of amino nitrogen by formol titration to total nitrogen by the Kjeldahl method.

2 . The product according to claim 1 comprising more than 50% by weight free amino acids.

3 . The product according to claim 1 comprising more than 57% by weight free amino acids and less than 43% by weight short peptides, and where the amino acids and short peptides constitute more than 68% by weight of the product.

4 . The product according to claim 1 , where said product comprises less than 0.7% by weight fat, about 1-7% by weight water and about 2-20% by weight minerals.

5 . The product according to claim 1 , where said product comprises less than 0.1% by weight fat, about 1-7% by weight water and about 2-20% by weight minerals.

6 . The product according to claim 1 , where the product comprises micronutrients including trace elements and vitamins and the product is protein free.

7 . The product according to claim 1 , where the free amino acids cover the full range of natural amino acids.

8 . The product according to claim 1 , where the free amino acids comprises all 20 amino acids necessary for human protein synthesis.

9 . The product according to claim 1 , where the free amino acids comprises 26 amino acids: alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine, cystine, hydroxylysine hydroxyproline, ornithine, taurine and thyroxine.

10 . The product according to claim 1 , where the product is free of proteins or protein parts which can induce allergic reactions.

11 . The product according to claim 1 , where the product is AMIZATE.

12 . The product according to claim 1 , comprising a total amount of

40-70 g Alanine per kg product;

25-60 g Arginine per kg product;

40-85 g Asparagine+Aspartic Acid per kg product;

0-10 g Cysteine per kg product;

80-115 g Glutamic Acid+Glutamine per kg product;

40-70 g Glycine per kg product;

8-30 g Histidine per kg product;

15-45 g Isoleucine per kg product;

35-70 g Leucine per kg product;

35-65 g Lysine per kg product;

10-30 g Methionine per kg product;

15-45 g Phenylalanine per kg product;

15-50 g Proline per kg product;

15-40 g Serine per kg product;

15-45 g Threonine per kg product;

1-15 g Tryptophan per kg product;

10-40 g Tyrosine per kg product; and

20-55 g Valine per kg product.

13 . The product according to claim 1 , comprising a total amount of:

45-60 g Alanine per kg product;

30-45 g Arginine per kg product;

40-70 g Asparagine+Aspartic Acid per kg product;

1-7 g Cystine per kg product;

80-105 g Glutamic Acid+Glutamine per kg product;

40-70 g Glycine per kg product;

8-25 g Histidine per kg product;

18-40 g Isoleucine per kg product;

35-65 g Leucine per kg product;

40-60 g Lysine per kg product;

12-25 g Methionine per kg product;

18-40 g Phenylalanine per kg product;

25-45 g Proline per kg product;

18-40 g Serine per kg product;

18-40 g Threonine per kg product;

2-15 g Tryptophan per kg product;

15-35 g Tyrosine per kg product; and

20-50 g Valine per kg product.

14 . The product according to claim 1 , comprising a total amount of:

45-57 g Alanine per kg product;

31-44 g Arginine per kg product;

45-68 g Asparagine+Aspartic Acid per kg product;

1.5-7 g Cystine per kg product;

85-100 g Glutamic Acid+Glutamine per kg product;

45-68 g Glycine per kg product;

10-20 g Histidine per kg product;

20-39 g Isoleucine per kg product;

40-64 g Leucine per kg product;

42-58 g Lysine per kg product;

15-22 g Methionine per kg product;

20-38 g Phenylalanine per kg product;

29-40 g Proline per kg product;

20-36 g Serine per kg product;

22-38 g Threonine per kg product;

4-10 g Tryptophan per kg product;

16-30 g Tyrosine per kg product; and

26-49 g Valine per kg product.