Calcium alginate fibers.

摘要

Insoluble calcium alginate fibers are produced by reacting, under high shear at ambient temperature, algin in a first aqueous solution with bivalent or tenalent metal cations in a second aqueous solution containing the cations in excess of the stoichiometric amount necessary to precipitate the algin. The metal is preferably calcium. The resulting fibers are stable to heat, shear and acid and they resemble natural food fibers in texture and can provide texture to many processed food products.