The effect of adding thickener to beverage

Introduction: the jelly, beverage, yogurt and other foods we eat are all added with thickener ingredients Then, what is the function of adding thickener to the beverage? Is it safe to add thickener to the food? You can learn about it with the small edition of Baibai safety net Thickener is a kind of food additive, which can increase the viscosity of the fluid or semisolid food or form the gel, and can maintain the relative stability of the system According to its source, it can be divided into semi chemical synthesis and natural thickener Semi chemical synthesis mainly includes: carboxymethyl vitamin sodium, starch phosphate sodium, carboxymethyl starch sodium, etc Natural thickeners include Guardo gum, Arabic gum, sodium alginate, etc Thickeners are widely used in beverage processing because of their thickening, stability, homogenization, emulsification, gelation, masking, flavoring, clarification and foam stabilization A brief introduction to the function of adding thickener to drinks 1 Increase viscosity The most intuitive way to use thickener is to increase the viscosity of the product, which can alleviate the gravity sinking of particles to a certain extent However, the viscosity of liquid milk can not be increased without limitation, which will seriously affect the quality and taste of the product 2 The function of thickener and milk protein Some thickeners can combine with milk protein to a certain extent and play a colloidal protective role For example, carrageenan and casein have certain reactivity, so they can be well used in cocoa milk and other dairy products; for example, PGA and casein have good reactivity under acid conditions, so it can combine with casein under acid conditions to form a hydrophilic protective layer 3 Taste correction Thickener can mask some bad smell, but it can't be used in antiseptic food There is a smell of milk and grass in the yoghurt with vegetable juice The thickener can reduce and mask its smell and improve the flavor of the drink 4 Synergistic effect between thickeners Carrageenan and sophora bean gum, xanthan gum and sophora bean gum, tragacanth gum and sodium alginate, tragacanth gum and xanthan gum have synergistic effect By using the synergistic effect of various thickeners and the method of compound compounding, numerous compound adhesives can be produced to meet the different needs of liquid milk production, and the minimum dosage level can be achieved 5 Stability of salt components For example, in neutral pure dairy products, phosphate or citrate can increase the stability of heat treatment to a certain extent In addition, the salts also changed the thickener molecules and emulsifier molecules to some extent, affecting their stability In a word, thickeners play a very important role in beverages If thickeners, emulsifiers and stabilizers act, it is difficult to produce colorful liquid milk So, is it safe to add thickener to food? Since the state has approved the addition of appropriate thickener to food, it should be safe But we should pay attention to control the dosage of thickener, and do not overeat the food containing thickener, which will affect human health We need to know more about food safety and use food safety detector to detect food, which can reduce the intake of harmful substances Editor in charge: he xianrob