“…In addition, they are also one of the most popular natural antioxidant sources in food industry, as they are label free (clean label); (Xie et al 2017). As discussed previously, phenolic compounds can interact with proteins and these protein-phenol interactions are likely to alter the physiochemical and functional properties of proteins such as the antioxidant activity and surface hydrophobicity, which opens new opportunities for functional ingredients (Ali et al, 2013;Cao & Xiong, 2017;Cao, Xiong, Cao, & True, 2018;Gan et al, 2016;Jia et al, 2016).…”