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Abstract The production of reduced-calorie grape juice jellies with gellan, xanthan and locust bean gums (LBG) was studied. Twenty formulations of grape juice jelly were prepared according to a second-order composite rotatable design (with six central points). Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to optimise jelly formulation using as independent variables: total sugar content, ranging from 14 to 46°Brix; and total gum concentration ranging from 0.30 to 0.70%(w/v), with the proportion of gums in the mixture xanthan:LBG:gellan ranging from 5:5:90 up to 45:45:10. The processing temperature used was 90°C for complete solubilisation of gums. The dependent variables were objective measures of texture and a parameter obtained from sensory analysis, the overall balance (B), which represents the overall evaluation of the jelly. The resulting polynomial equation (R2 = 0.929) revealed that a jelly produced with white grape juice, total sugar with sucrose equal to 39.3°Brix, and, 0.54%(w/v) of total gum added in the proportions of: 1:1:1.7 (gellan:xanthan:LBG) had a maximum value of B. The sensory-optimised jelly was objectively characterised for texture and the model was tested. The texture characteristics, i.e. gel hardness, cohesiveness and springiness, were found to be similar to those of a reference product, a previously developed reduced-calorie grape juice jelly with low methoxyl pectin.