How to use food thickeners

Introduction: food thickener is a kind of important food additive widely used in food industry, also known as food glue How to use food thickener? Let me show you Food thickener is a kind of macromolecular substance which can be dissolved in water and fully hydrated under certain conditions to form a viscous and greasy solution, also known as food glue The commonly used thickeners are gelatin, sodium caseinate, Arabic gum, tamarind polysaccharide gum, sesbania gum, agar, sodium alginate (sodium alginate, alginate), carrageenan, pectin, xanthan gum, β - cyclodextrin, sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC Na), sodium starch phosphate (sodium starch phosphate), sodium carboxymethyl starch, hydroxypropyl starch and propylene alginate (PGA) The use of food thickener food thickener can be divided into water-based and oil-based The oil thickener must be soaked in cold water for several hours before use, so as to avoid a large number of bubbles and rigid blocks caused by the final expansion during heating After the final expansion, the oil thickener shall be heated by water separation, and the glue temperature shall be controlled below 70 ℃ Food thickeners should be used only after they are completely dissolved The glue liquid that has not been used up shall be stored in a cold storage or a cool and ventilated place, so as to avoid hydrolysis and deterioration of the glue, which may affect the use Generally, the dosage is used in accordance with the national standards, because different products are produced with different dosage The general dosage is 0.4% - 1%, and the specific dosage depends on the product requirements Take gelatin as an example: in meat products, meat filling products, frozen juice meat and other foods, the dosage of gelatin is 2% - 9%; in the production of fruit jelly, the dosage of gelatin is 2%; in the production of toffee, the dosage of gelatin is 0.4% - 1.5%; in the production of ice cream, the dosage of gelatin is 0.1% Today's small edition of Baibai safety net briefly describes how to use food thickeners For the types of food additives, please pay attention to other articles on our website I hope today's content can help you Editor in charge: sun Dianwei