“…The principal limitation of sunflower extracts for food applications is the presence of relatively high amounts of phenolic compounds, especially chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid, which affect protein quality. Nevertheless, in recent years, interest in improving the production of phenolic free sunflower protein compounds has increased significantly (Pickardt et al, 2009;Salgado et al, 2012). This agricultural by-product with reduced phenolic component content could be useful for food applications because sunflower proteins, like soybean proteins, possess interesting functional and physico-chemical properties such as solubility, emulsifying, foaming and gelling capacities (Gonzalez-Perez & Vereijken, 2007;Gonzalez-Perez, Vereijken, Koningsveld, Gruppen, & Voragen, 2005;Molina, Petruccelli, & Anon, 2004;Patino et al, 2007).…”