Abstract: Relationship between transparency of soybean protein gel and pH, value, heating temperature, protein concentration, ionic strength (sodium chloride concentration). glucono- δ -lactone had been studied thoroughly in this paper .These experimental results showed that transparent gels of soybean protein were formed favourably with pH<3.5or pH>5.5, heating temperature >80℃, protein concentration >2.5%, low ionic strength (sodium chloride concentration<10mol/L) and no glucono- δ -lactone.Theoretical basse were put forward to further study the optical property of soybean protein gel and to develop better transparent products of soybean protein.

Key words: Soybean protein isolate Gel Transparence Optical property