“…Maillard reactions, usually occurring in thermal process of foods, are considered to be a promising approach for protein modification (Akhtar & Dickinson, 2003;Sun et al, 2011). It has been well established that the covalent attachment of polysaccharide chains to proteins could lead to great improvements in functional properties of proteins, including solubility, thermal stability, emulsification ability and foaming property (Evans, Ratcliffe, & Williams, 2013;Liu, Zhao, Zhao, Ren, & Yang, 2012;Xu, Wang, Jiang, Yuan, & Gao, 2012).…”