A process for making an extruded food product includes providing an extrudable food composition that comprises at least one of alkenylsuccinate starch and emulsifying protein. The extrudable food composition is extruded through a die to form an extruded food product. Optionally, the process can further comprise heating the extrudable food composition before and/or during the extrusion of the composition through the die, whereby the composition is at least partly cooked.