PREPARATION OF JELLY FOOD HAVING GRANULAR OR NOODLE-LIKE SHAPE

摘要

PURPOSE:To prepare a jelly food having granular or noodle-like shape, giving excellent feeling and meltability in the palate compared with conventional jelly and highly resistant to heat of high-temperature sterilization, by denaturating a protein under acidic condition thereby coagulating and solidifying the protein. CONSTITUTION:One or more kinds of proteins selected from milk protein, egg, soybean protein, refined casein, etc., other than gelatin is dissolved in water together with a thickener such as locust bean gun, carboxymethyl cellulose, etc. The obtained aqueous solution is dripped or extruded into an acidic aqueous solution having an acidity of =0.5% and a pH of =4.5.