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    What is the compound thickener made of

    • Last Update: 2017-03-03
    • Source: Internet
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    Introduction: with the rapid development of society, a single thickener has been unable to meet the needs of production, and the compound thickener begins to occupy an important position What is the compound thickener made of? Is it safe to add thickener to food? These questions are compiled to the big answer When food thickener is used, it can effectively improve the quality and performance of food, not only to achieve the thickening effect, but also to have stabilizer, emulsifier, film-forming agent, gelling agent, suspending agent, foaming agent and other functions, so it is widely used in food industry There are more than 60 kinds of food thickeners allowed to be used in China, which can be simply divided into two categories: natural and synthetic Most of the natural products are made from plants and seaweeds containing polysaccharides and viscous substances, while the synthetic products are mostly obtained from natural raw materials through a series of chemical reactions In the past two years, thickeners have been widely used in the food industry, corresponding products, such as jelly, suspension beverage, juice, fermented milk, liquid milk, soft sugar, ice cream, meat products, rice flour products, bionic food, etc 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 is the compound thickener made of? The compound thickener is to mix a thickener with other thickeners of different properties, or a thickener with other similar phases, or with different functional phases The compound thickener can meet the market demand better than the single thickener According to the small edition of Baibai safety net, like the compound acid thickener, it is compounded by xanthan gum and carboxymethyl fiber in the acid-base solution, with obvious thickening effect The compound thickener can be a compound of the same kind of thickener, and can also be made of the thickener and other similar compounds Is it safe to add thickener in food? Although the thickener in food is approved by the state, the use of thickener also has dosage requirements, which should not exceed the dosage In this way, adding thickener in food is safe We can use food safety detector to detect food safety and learn more about food safety , learn more about food safety issues, which helps us to distinguish whether food is safe or not Editor in charge: he xianrob
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