Why does jam add thickener

Introduction: jam with bread, steamed bread or chips is a very delicious food, and jam taste good appetite Why does jam add thickener? Is it safe to add thickener to food? Here's a small part of the safety net Jam is a mixture of fruit, sugar and acidity regulator, which is made from over 100 degrees Celsius, also called fruit jam Making jam is a way to keep fruit for a long time It is mainly used to spread on bread or toast No matter strawberry, blueberry, grape, rose and other small fruits, or plum, orange, apple, peach and other large fruits cut small, they can also be made into jam, but only one kind of fruit is usually used at the same time No candy jam, cheap jam or special jam (such as durian and pineapple) will be used The commonly used gels of jam include pectin, bean gum and three immortals gum Jam contains natural fruit acid, which can promote the secretion of digestive fluid, enhance appetite and help digestion Jam can also increase the pigment, which has auxiliary effect on iron deficiency anemia Jam is rich in potassium and zinc, which can eliminate fatigue and enhance memory Eating jam can supplement calcium, phosphorus and prevent rickets Why is jam added with thickener? According to the safety net, food thickener plays an important role in maintaining the color, fragrance, taste, structure and stability of liquid food and jelly food Thickener in food is mainly to give the required rheological properties of food, change the texture and appearance of food, form the liquid and paste food into a specific form, and make it stable and uniform, improve the quality of food, so that the food has a sense of viscosity, smoothness and palatability The thickener has the characteristics of water solubility and stability, which can make the ice crystal generated in the process of freezing fine, and contains a large number of micro bubbles, so that its structure is fine and uniform, the taste is smooth, and the appearance is neat When the thickener is used in jam, granular food, various cans, soft drinks and margarine, it can make the product have satisfactory consistency When organic acid is added to milk or fermented milk, it will cause milk protein to coagulate and precipitate, which is a serious problem in yoghurt beverage, but when thickener is added, the product will be uniform and stable When the thickening agent of the thickener is dissolved by a thickening agent with a specific molecular structure and the concentration reaches a certain value and the composition of the system reaches certain requirements, the system can form a gel with gel action Is it safe to add thickeners to food? Because most of the thickeners added to food are natural, few of them are chemically synthesized thickeners, and their safety has been widely tested, and no harm to health has been found So you can use it safely However, if the thickener is used for a long time or excessively, it may affect health We can use the food safety detector to test food, or we can learn more about food safety problems and reduce the consumption of excessive food additives by understanding food safety knowledge Editor in charge: he xianrob