“…The most common mixed protein system used for gel formation is the mixture of milk proteins, which are composed of whey proteins and casein, and the whey proteins consist of large amounts of β‐lg and α‐la, and a smaller amount of BSA (O'Mahony & Fox, 2014). The gelation behavior of this mixed system has been extensively studied and documented in literatures (Nguyen et al., 2017; Ersch, Meijvogel, van der Linden, Martin, & Venema, 2016; Ersch, ter Laak, van der Linden, Venema, & Martin, 2015; Ersch, van der Linden, Martin, & Venema, 2016; Gezimati, Singh, & Creamer, 1996; Nguyen et al., 2017). However, the underlying mechanisms responsible for the formation of three‐dimensional gel network of whey proteins and casein are not well understood because these proteins had different structures and gelling behaviors (Hines & Foegeding, 1993; Matsudomi, Rector, & Kinsella, 1991; Nguyen et al., 2017; Nguyen et al., 2016; Rector, Matsudomi, & Kinsella, 1991), leading to the complicated interactions among them.…”