Need help with spherification

AKAK_429311

Hi I try direct spherification with strawberry juice but the droplet not hold its shape.

I mix strawberry juice with sodium alginate 1%

-strawberry juice 200g

-sodium alginate 2g

for Calcium bath I use Calcium Chloride 0.5%

-tap water 200g

-Calcium Chloride 1g

I get my sodium alginate Calcium Chloride from local chemical store.

What should i do?

please excuse my english

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tshewman

the pH of the strawberry juice is likely to low (acidic). Strawberry juice has a pH of about 3.6 which is too acidic to work in the chloride bath. Try adding some sodium citrate (about 1g for the 200g juice) to regulate/reduce the acidity.

AKAK_429311

Thank you todd

I try add 1g sodium citrate and 20 g of sugar to strawberry juice but still fail. any suggestion please?

tshewman

Try 100g juice, 1g sodium citrate, and separately, try 100g juice, 2g sodium citrate and 10g sugar. Remember, adding sugar will raise acidity.

AKAK_429311

Oh ,I never know to sugar raise acidty.thank you for knowledge

AKAK_429311

I try what you suggestion sadly not working I add 3g more sodium citrate still not working,the juice has pH of 5(I tested with pH indicator paper) Do you have any another juice that more easier to do?