The difference between thickener and starch

Introduction: you should know a lot about starch Starch plays a very important role in our life So, what's the difference between thickener and starch? Is it safe to add thickener to food? Let's learn about these problems together with the small edition of Baibai safety net Starch is a kind of polysaccharide Making starch is a way for plants to store energy Starch can be regarded as a high polymer of glucose Starch is not only used for food, but also for dextrin, maltose, glucose, alcohol and so on It is also used for printing pulp, textile sizing, paper sizing, drug tablet pressing and so on It can be extracted from corn, sweet potato, wild acorn, kudzu root and other starchy substances Thickener is a kind of food additive, which is mainly used to improve and increase the viscosity of food, keep the color, fragrance, taste and stability of liquid food and jelly food, improve the physical properties of food, and make the food have a sense of lubrication and palatability What's the difference between thickener and starch? The thickener is hydrophilic polymer compound, also known as hydrosol However, starch is insoluble in water and gelatinized into colloidal solution when heated to about 60 ℃; starch is a polysaccharide polymer condensed from several glucose molecules, and the main components of thickener are starch, cellulose, protein and other substances; starch is mainly extracted from corn, sweet potato and other substances containing starch, while thickener is extracted from plants or animals Is it safe to add thickeners to food? Food thickeners are useful ingredients from animals, plants or microorganisms Of course, it can't be said that it comes from nature so it's safe However, the thickeners approved for use in food have passed many safety tests, at least in the view of the existing technical level, the food safety is at least not less than our staple rice and flour However, there is a certain standard for the dosage of thickener, which shall not exceed the dosage, or the food containing thickener shall not be eaten for a long time, otherwise, it will be harmful to human body, therefore We all need to pay attention The difference between thickener and starch is briefly introduced If you want to know more about it, you can pay attention to the little knowledge of food additives There are various food safety problems waiting for us How to use the food safety detector and check whether the food is safe is what we need to know and master now Editor in charge: he xianrob