Functional foods offer consumers the added benefits beyond the
essential nutritional support from the product The
global functional food market witnessed an annual growth of 6% in
the last five years and is expected to reach $54
billion by 2017 The retails sales of functional beverages
in the United States is approximately $18 billion, with half of
adult buyers consuming functional drinks . Hence,
there is a great demand from the consumers for incorporated nutraceutical
and functional ingredients in food products. Previously,
scientists have studied new sources of functional ingredients,
specifically proteins and peptides . Rice bran
is a low cost by-product of rice milling industry but is rich in health
beneficial components like proteins, vitamins, minerals, soluble
fiber, and lipids demonstrated that protein hydrolysates