The fact that both chickpea and lupin beverages kept the MMP-9 inhibitory activity of their seeds after all the technological procedures and was even more pronounced (possibly due to a concentration effect) after in vitro digestion (Figure 3) suggests a very strong potential for digestive ailments related to MMP-9 impaired activities, such as IBD and colorectal cancer. This evidence concerns the gene MMP9 and colorectal cancer.