PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide globular gel having excellent palate feeling rich in hardness and stickiness, and stably retaining a shape, and to provide a method for producing the gel.SOLUTION: This method for producing the globular gel includes dripping a dispersion liquid containing heat coagulable &beta-1,3-glucan and a polyvalent metal salt, and having a viscosity of 130-3,600 mPa s, to a solution containing a gelling agent that gels the liquid by reacting with the polyvalent metal ion, and having a temperature more than the heat irreversible solidification temperature of the heat coagulable &beta-1,3-glucan. The globular gel obtained by the method is also provided.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】硬さと粘りに富んだ優れた食感を有しかつ安定に形状を保持しうる球状ゲルおよびその製造方法の提供。【解決手段】加熱凝固性β-1,3-グルカンおよび多価金属塩を含み、かつ粘度が130~3600 mPa・sである分散液を、多価金属イオンと反応してゲル化するゲル化剤を含み、かつ前記加熱凝固性β-1,3-グルカンの熱不可逆性凝固温度以上の温度である溶液に滴下することを含んでなる、球状ゲルの製造方法、およびそれにより得られる球状ゲルを用いる。【選択図】なし
