“…Sodium alginate has been combined with different types of biopolymers, such as protein (zein, gelatin, collagen, sodium caseinate), polysaccharides (cellulose, pectin, inulin, chitosan), gums (arabic, guar, xanthan, acacia, konjac gums), and hydrocolloids (okra, fenugreek, Opuntia ficus , chia mucilage), for the encapsulation of essential oils (Heckert et al da2019), pharmaceutical drugs (Nalini et al., 2019), prebiotics (Serrano‐Casas et al., 2017), probiotics (Zhao et al., 2017), and other nutraceutical products (Zamani Ghaleshahi & Rajabzadeh, 2020). However, the combination of sodium alginate with chia seed mucilage (CM) or other mucilage materials for enzyme encapsulation has not been reported.…”