It has high water holding capacity and itforms highly viscous solutions and a thermally stable gel(Yoshimura et al.1998; Yoshimura and Nishinari1999;Nishinarietal.2000). The glucomannans such as konjacglucomannan and salep are mainly used as thickening, stabi-lizing agents, and foodemulsifiers (Tye1991;Tianetal.1998;Üçüncü1992)