What can replace thickener

Introduction: Although we often see food or daily necessities using thickener in our life, some people will ask, what can replace thickener? Is it safe to add thickener in food? The small edition of safety net will give you a detailed introduction Thickener, also known as gelling agent, is also known as paste or food gel when used in food It can increase the viscosity of the system and keep the system in a uniform stable suspension state or opacification state, or form a gel Widely used in food, coating, adhesives, cosmetics, detergents, printing and dyeing, rubber, medicine and other fields Thickening agent has a specific rheological property, and the acid resistance is the first to promote alginate propylene glycol The guar gum is the first choice of the modified guar gum The pseudoplasticity of the solution and the strongest solubility in cold water are xanthan gum The emulsion adhesive is the best in Arabia gum; gel agar is stronger than other gum, but the transparency of the gel is especially carrageenan; carrageenan is also superior to other adhesives in the stability of milk Thickeners are mostly hydrophilic polymer compounds, which can be divided into animal, plant, mineral, synthetic or semi synthetic according to their sources It can be simply divided into two categories: natural and synthetic So, what can replace thickeners? Most of the thickeners we use now are xanthan gum Many people have developed a variety of compound thickeners and compound thickeners or compound thickeners to replace a single thickener, or modified starch can be used to replace specific thickeners As long as the function is the same, it can be used instead of thickener Is it safe to add thickeners to food? In fact, the use of food thickeners is often complex For example, some thickeners are dextrin and modified starch produced by hydrolysis of starch, which are non-toxic and harmless, but easy to increase blood sugar Adding too much may lead to severe blood sugar reaction, which may bring health risks For example, many small workshops use thickener completely by feeling, not according to the standard, the food not only affects the normal nutrition absorption, but also brings harm to health Therefore, it is recommended that you buy thickeners from regular manufacturers The above is a brief introduction about food thickeners I believe that we all have a certain understanding and understanding of this We also try to eat less food purchased outside We should also avoid using these food additives in our life Although the amount of food additives is not harmful to human beings, we still have to eat natural food As for food safety, we can reduce the consumption of unsafe food by knowing food safety knowledge and using food safety detector Editor in charge: he xianrob