The objective was to improve the rheological characteristics of thermally induced gels from giant squid (D. gigas) surimi (processed by isoelectric precipitation) by adding 1% KGM dispersion
in water (10 wt.%) to squid surimi at different pH values, to induce different levels of glucommannan deacetylation. To that end the viscoelastic properties of squid surimi gels, were compared with those of a gel made from medium-quality Alaska pollock surimi.