The present invention provides a method of producing an injectable gel product, comprising the steps of a) cross-linking a first glycosaminoglycan (GAG) with a first crosslinking agent to produce a gel, wherein the charging ratio of crosslinking agent to disaccharide unit is below 0.15； b) preparing particles of the gel from step a)； c) mixing the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) gel particles of step b) with a second glycosaminoglycan (GAG) to provide a mixture； d) cross-linking the mixture of step c) with a second crosslinking agent to obtain cross-linking between the glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) of the second, outer phase, thereby providing a gel having a first, inner phase of the cross-linked glycosaminoglycan (GAG) gel particles, embedded in a gel of the second, outer phase comprising the second glycosaminoglycan (GAG), and e) preparing injectable particles of the gel from step d), each such particle containing a plurality of the cross-linked GAG gel particles of the first, inner phase. The present invention further provides an injectable gel product, an aqueous composition, and a pre-filled syringe.
