“…However, cationic ε·PL and its derivatives might interact with negatively charged anionic components within foods and beverages by ionic adsorption, resulting in the formation of undesirable precipitates which will cause weakening of the antimicrobial activity, and the loss of food nutrients (Chang, McLandsborough, & McClements, ; Lopez‐Pena & McClements, ). In order to circumscribe these problems, several previous researches have systematically studied antimicrobial delivery systems consisting of cationic polypeptides and anionic polysaccharides (Asker, Weiss, & McClements, ; Chang, McLandsborough, & McClements, , ), using, for example, pectin (Chang, McLandsborough, & McClements, ), gum Arabic (Chang, McLandsborough, & McClements, ), carboxymethyl sweet potato starch (Guan, Ye, Liu, & Zhao, ) and alginate (Cai, Cao, Bai, & Li, ) to form electrostatic complexes as an antimicrobial delivery system which still exhibits antimicrobial activity and excellent stability. We plan to create antimicrobial delivery systems that consist of cationic ε·PL and anionic polysaccharides to establish conditions under which physically stable mixtures would be formed and good antimicrobial activity maintained.…”