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School: Neatherd High School Status: Completed Date Started: 30 Nov 2009 Date Completed: 2 Oct 2009 Keywords tags: Physics Food Competition Chemistry No of pupils: 12 Number of views: 22567 Related Resources:

The Institute of Food Research once again set schools a challenge to find out who could make the tallest jelly. The latest competition took place on 2nd October at The Forum in Norwich City Centre.

Jellyvision on YouTube
It is REALLY difficult to make a jelly more than 10cm tall due to the weak gel strength. To make it taller you need to increase the gel strength and/or give the jelly structure using edible materials such as fruit, sponges or pasta. Food technology, chemistry and engineering come into their own in this test of ingenuity and skill!