Non-heated gellan gum gels
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1. A gelled food product comprising a matrix having one or more food ingredients dispersed therein, said food ingredients being selected from the group consisting of vegetable, fruit, meat, fish, sugar, milk, and mixtures thereof wherein said food product is prepared by:
- (a) forming an aqueous slurry of the food ingredients and 0.05-3% (wt./wt.) gellan gum at 0°
-70°
C., and(b) adding to said slurry an effective amount of free cations selected from H+, Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cr+, Fr+, Be++, Mg++, Ca++, Sr++, Ba++, Ra++, B+++, Al+++, Ga+++, In+++, or Tl+++ at 0°
C.-70°
C.
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Abstract
Gellan gum food gels are formed without first going through a heating and cooling cycle.
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1. A gelled food product comprising a matrix having one or more food ingredients dispersed therein, said food ingredients being selected from the group consisting of vegetable, fruit, meat, fish, sugar, milk, and mixtures thereof wherein said food product is prepared by:
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(a) forming an aqueous slurry of the food ingredients and 0.05-3% (wt./wt.) gellan gum at 0°
-70°
C., and(b) adding to said slurry an effective amount of free cations selected from H+, Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cr+, Fr+, Be++, Mg++, Ca++, Sr++, Ba++, Ra++, B+++, Al+++, Ga+++, In+++, or Tl+++ at 0°
C.-70°
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