Rehydration is a process of moistening dry material, mostly,
using abundant amounts of water, which causes adsorption of the
water and leaching of solutes (Lewicki, 1998). Rapid rehydration
with the least solid loss is required for a better quality of rehydrated
products. Rehydration properties have been extensively investigated
in plant materials, including fruits and vegetables (Krokida
and Marinos-Kouris, 2003; Witrowa-Rajchert and Lewicki, 2006;
Marques et al., 2009), while only a few studies have demonstrated
the rehydration characteristics of protein-based food matrices
(Babic et al., 2009)