Pastilles, Gums and Jellies

National tastes are also different. A German gummi bear may look similar to an English jelly baby but the texture is quite different. 

Curiously, the jelly baby was invented by an Austrian confectioner working for a British company. 

Various instruments are used to study the texture of gels. Some empirical instruments are in use in the food industry but a more scientific approach is to use rheometry. A rotation rheometer is not an appropriate instrument to study gels since the rotation destroys the gel. A method 

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