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Foodstuff preparations or animal feed preparations, in particular meat preparations or meat substitutes which consist at least partly of a solid foodstuff or animal feed in an aqueous phase with a pH of 5 to 8.5 and in which the aqueous phase is thickened or gelled by a pectate having a degree of esterification of less than 20%, are prepared by dissolving a pectate or a natural pectin source of such a pectate with a degree of esterification of less than 20% in an aqueous phase, the latter thickening or gelling on cooling, and by mixing the liquid phase with at least one solid foodstuff or animal feed, a foodstuff preparation or animal feed preparation with a pH of 5 to 8.5 being obtained. The preparations thus prepared can be pasteurised or sterilized by heat treatment, for example in closed containers. |