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The importance of being protein: Oscar Wilde's perennially popular play The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy of mistaken identities. Similarly, milk, egg, wheat and soy proteins can pass for other ingredients and create fluffy, flowing and fabu

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From: Prepared Foods
Date: 20050701
Author:Wade, Marcia A.

Proteins provide texture in an abundance of ways Eggs, which are 90% protein, have been a traditional source for emulsifying, gelling and thickening properties, although these attributes also can be achieved with milk, meat, wheat and soy proteins.

Aside from providing nutritional advantages--such a natural fortification, the presence of branch-chain amino acids and improving heart health--soy, dairy and cereal proteins also can contribute to a cleaner label, and enhance natural flavor and texture.

It has been discovered that without the sequestering abilities of milk ...

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