Egg gels were prepared by adding a salt solution of NaCl and/or KCl, MgCl
2 or CaCl
2 at various concentrations to the egg sol and then heating. The taste and properties of each gels were then investigated. The gels with KCl added had the same hardness as those with NaCl and were light yellowish-green in color. Less than a 19.7% KCl molar concentration to NaCl was added to achieve a practically useful egg gel. The gels with MgCl
2 added were hard and dark-colored. They had a bitter after-taste, so the addition of MgCl
2 to NaCl had little useful effect on the properties of the egg gels. The gels with CaCl
2 were soft, released more water, and were dark-colored. The addition of a little CaCl
2 to NaCl had an acceptable effect on the taste of the egg gel, but the breaking stress of the gel decreased with increasing amount of CaCl
2 added, giving a soft gel. Hence, less than a 6.5% CaCl
2 molar concentration to NaCl was added to give a suitable gel.
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