“…1 that kC significantly increased the storage modulus of AAJ with the increasing concentration of kC . As reported by previous studies (Nickerson et al ., 2004; Grządka, 2015), k C, a family of linear sulphated polysaccharides that is an ionic carrageenan polysaccharide, can form bridges with the potassium at its d‐galactose sulphate group and interact electrostatically with an anhydro‐O‐3,6 ring of another d‐galactose ring to reorient the conformation from disordered to ordered, which can be attributed to the synergistic gel between k C and AAJ containing the potassium ions and positively charged regions on the protein. In addition to the potassium ions and charged the protein, AAJ is abundant in hetero‐polysaccharides with various chains of β‐1,3‐branch residues that are involved in the formation of inter/intra‐hydrogen bonding with k C to maintain gel network, which were in agreement with the reported study that the gels formed by k C and konjac glucomannan had stronger gel strength in compared with the gels formed with locust bean (Brenner et al ., 2013; Yang et al ., 2013).…”