“…At present, an urgent sector in food engineering, food industry and public catering industry is supported by innovative technologies, including natural structure-forming agents in the recipe formulation [10]. Alginates, a group of marine and bacterial structural exopolysaccharides, such as alginic acid, as well as its salts and derivatives, act as the most preferred and widespread materials for the preparation of bulk, macro-and microgels [11].…”