Setting (suwari in Japanese) is the phenomenon of gel formation in surimi paste subjected to incubation at either 25 or 40 C depending on fish species (Niwa, 1992). The setting process is reported to be meditated by endogenous transglutaminase (TGase), which is capable of catalyzing acyl transfer reactions by introducing 3-(g-glutamyl) lysine cross-links between proteins (Lanier, Carvajal, & Yongsawatdigul, 2005).