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The setting of a mixture as it cools or is chilled; for example, a cooked starch-based custard becoming a gel.

Gelation is the setting of a mixture as it cools or is chilled. Here, starch is used to produce that change in consistency.

Distinguish gelation (setting on cooling or chilling) from gelatinisation (starch thickening a liquid during heating).

The setting of a mixture as it cools or is chilled; for example, a cooked starch-based custard becoming a gel.

Gelation is the setting of a mixture as it cools or is chilled. Here, starch is used to produce that change in consistency.

Distinguish gelation (setting on cooling or chilling) from gelatinisation (starch thickening a liquid during heating).

Gelation