The invention relates to a foodstuff having creamy to pasty
characteristics having one or more biopolymers and water and having a
homogeneous microstructure wherein the biopolymers are present in a very
fine microscopic distribution and without discernible coarse clusters.
This foodstuff is produced by mixing the constituents of the foodstuff to
form a starting mixture of liquid to pasty consistency; cooling the
starting mixture to a product temperature of below 0.degree. C. with
simultaneous continuous mixing and without aeration to produce a
freeze-texturized homogenous mixture of the constituents of the
foodstuff; and allowing the product temperature to rise to a distribution
and consumption temperature of 4.degree. C. and above.