The preparation of gel pucks allowed for the testing of a larger
volume of gel material in order to evaluate some other textural properties
of the gels that could not be determined by using a thin film.
The gel pucks were compressed by 45% of their initial height
(4.5 mm) in the standard two-cycle TPA test by using the TA-XT2i Texture
Analyzer (Texture Technologies Corporation, Scarsdale, NY, USA).
Hardness, chewiness, gumminess, cohesiveness and springiness were
determined. The test speed was set at 1.5 mm/s and the trigger force