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Starch-structured melon seed beverage and cow-milk puddings served as controls, and the formulations were characterized by rheology, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and attenuated total reflectance Fourier-transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. Gum identity, concentration and their interaction significantly affected every rheological endpoint (interaction p \u2264 0.031), so equal mass fractions of different gums were not interchangeable structuring doses. Doubling the LBG concentration increased the loss modulus without increasing the storage modulus, reversing the balance between them, whereas doubling xanthan or guar strengthened their networks approximately threefold and ninefold, respectively. At 1 rad s\u22121 the storage modulus ranged from 3.68 \u00b1 0.39 Pa for 0.5% guar to 475.40 \u00b1 116.53 Pa for 1.0% \u03ba-carrageenan, and four formulations showed a crossover between the storage (G\u2032) and loss (G\u2033) moduli within the measured frequency window. DSC resolved a reproducible transition at 68.2 \u00b1 3.3 \u00b0C in the 0.5% \u03ba-carrageenan pudding. Under the conditions tested, 0.5% \u03ba-carrageenan provided the most balanced rheological response among the formulations examined, whereas the 1.0% gel was progressively expelled from the measuring gap under shear.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/gels12090808","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]],"date-time":"2026-09-03T17:13:25Z","timestamp":1788455605000},"page":"808","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Rheological and Thermal Characterization of K\u0131rka\u011fa\u00e7 Melon Seed Beverage Puddings Structured with Hydrocolloids"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4757-6640","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u015eelale","family":"\u00d6nc\u00fc Glaue","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Food Processing Department, Efes Vocational School, Dokuz Eyl\u00fcl University, 35920 \u0130zmir, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"622","DOI":"10.1007\/s00217-005-0170-3","article-title":"Gelled vegetable desserts containing pea protein, \u03ba-carrageenan and starch","volume":"222","author":"Nunes","year":"2006","journal-title":"Eur. 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