Compositions for use in enhancing properties of food and methods of fabrication and use thereof are provided herein. For example, in one embodiment provided is an enhanced food comprising a food contacted with a substantially surfactant-free submicron dispersion of particles of edible hydrophobic agent(s) in an aqueous fluid, wherein the average particle size of the dispersion is 100 to 999 nm, and wherein the edible hydrophobic agent(s) of the dispersion comprise about 0.01% wt to about 70% of the dispersion.
