Abstract
Physico-chemical protein modification involved in food processing is used for "engineering" the structure-property relationship of foods. The three main tools used for protein modification are food formulation, mechanical and thermal (heating/cooling) treatments. They correspond to the main stages of all food technologies. Food structural design is based upon incompatibility and complexing of food biopolymers as well as upon fundamental features of physico-chemical properties of biphasic aqueous systems. Some examples of functional biopolymer modification are considered in systems such as meat extenders, fat replacers, ice cream mixes and wheat flour doughs.

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