reagents (WPI solution, bile salts, and electrolytes; Fig. 3C1 and C2) arelikely to explain these results. Indeed, an increase in droplet size diminishes the surface area per unit volume of the lipid phase and therebyaffects the ability of the lipids to be hydrolysed (Reis, Watzke, Leser,Holmberg, & Miller, 2010). Almond oil bodies have been shown to formsimilar structures during gastric digestion to the ones observed inFig. 3C, some of the almond proteins being resistant to pepsin activity(Gallier & Singh, 2012). Hence, the network formed by a combinationof compounds (possibly proteins, phytosterols, galactolipids, saponins,and phospholipids) around, or at the vicinity, of the droplets is likely tohave hindered the access of the lipase to its substrate (Chu et al., 2009;Grundy et al., 2018). Flocculated oil bodies could be clearly seen inFig. 3C3 and C4 confirming that these newly formed structures weredifficult to degrade