Hydrocolloid is controlling many textural properties. Gels are liquid-water-containing networks showing solid-like behavior with characteristic strength, dependent on their concentration, and hardness and brittleness dependent on the structure of the hydrocolloid(s) present. Hydrocolloids display both elastic and viscous behavior where the elasticity occurs when the entangled polymers are unable to disentangle in time to allow flow. Mixtures of hydrocolloids may act synergistically, associating to precipitate, gel or form incompatiblebiphasic systems; such phase confinement affecting both viscosity and elasticity.