FIELD: food industry.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to food industry and may be used in preparation of sauces, soups, concentrated broths, broth, soup bases or sauces. Composition in form of gel for preparation of a food product contains water in amount of 30 to 70 % of total composition weight, flavouring substance in amount of 1 to 40 % of total composition weight, salt in an amount of 10 to 25 % of total composition weight and gelling agent in amount of 0.2 to 5 % of the weight of the whole composition. Gelling substance contain at least iota-carrageenan and xanthan. Also disclosed is a method of producing said composition in form of a gel.
EFFECT: invention allows to obtain by the combination of xanthan and iota-carrageenan gelling composition capable of withstanding high concentrations of salts, reversibly form a gel and melted, to be stable during storage and transport and display low syneresis during storage.
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