“…Adding basic amino acids resulted in gels with improved water holding capacity, viscoelasticity and texture profile, and sensory attributes (Cando et al, 2016;Hayakawa et al, 2012;Lei, Fu, Xu, Zheng, & Zhou, 2016;Qin, Xu, Zhou, & Wang, 2015;Zhang et al, 2017;Zhou, Li, Tan, & Sun, 2014;Zhu et al, 2018). The underlying mechanisms include pH modulation, reduced water mobility, increased protein solubility, suppressed protein aggregation, altered protein thermal stability, facilitated protein unfolding and exposure of buried hydrophobic groups and sulfhydryls, and formation of a fine gel network (Cando et al, 2016;Chen et al, 2016;Fu et al, 2017;Gao, Wang, Mu, Shi, & Yuan, 2018;Guo, Peng, Zhang, Liu, & Cui, 2015;Hayakawa et al, 2012;Lei et al, 2016;Lei et al, 2017;Li et al, 2019;Qin et al, 2015;Zhang et al, 2017;Zhou, Li, Tan, & Sun, 2014). In addition, basic amino acids can improve emulsion stability Zhu et al, 2018), inhibit lipid and protein oxidation , and stabilize heme color Zhou, Li, Tan, & Sun, 2014;Zhou, Ye, Nishiumi, Qin, & Chen, 2014;Zhou, Ye, Wang, Qin, & Li, 2015), and are particularly useful in emulsified gel systems such as sausages.…”