Spherification/reverse spherification automated and integrated apparatus and method

A method for producing gelled pearls, the method comprising:

• providing a mixing tank comprising a volume of a flavored liquid, said flavored liquid having a pH value;
• providing a first pack comprising a first solution attached to a first ingress port in said mixing tank;
• providing a second pack comprising a buffer solution attached to a second ingress port in said mixing tank;
• determining if a pH level of said flavored liquid within said mixing tank is within a predetermined threshold and, if said pH level is not with said predetermined threshold, dispensing from said second pack an amount of said buffer solution into said mixing tank to get said pH level within said predetermined threshold;
• dispensing from said first pack an amount of said first solution based on said volume of said flavored liquid into said mixing tank;
• mixing contents of said mixing tank to form a processed solution in said mixing tank;
• and
• expelling said processed solution as droplets into said gelling bath to gellify said droplets into gelled pearls.