Please cite this article as: Coffigniez, F., Briffaz, A., Mestres, C., Alter, P., Durand, N., Bohuon, P., Multi-response modeling of reaction-diffusion to explain alpha-galactoside behavior during the soaking-cooking process in cowpea, Food Chemistry (2017), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem. 2017.09.057 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. degradation predominated (maximum found for raffinose degradation rate constant of 3.22 × 10 4 s 1 ) whereas diffusion predominated at higher temperatures (95 °C).