Carboxymethycellulose Applied in the foods
CMC can replace gelatin, agar, sodium alginate, gum and other foods for the food industry, mainly from thickening,
stabilizing, water retention, emulsifying, improve taste, enhance the toughness and so on. Add edible CMC can reduce
food production costs, while improving food grade, improve taste, extend shelf life. In 1974, the UN Food and Agriculture
(FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) rigorous biology, toxicology studies and post-test, pure CMC approved
for use in food, the amount of international standards inject (ADI) is 25mg / kg body weight / day, which is about one day
to about 1.5g per person. Zhan Zhiping, Javier A and other reports, when the test intake reached 10g / kg of body weight
is also no toxicity. Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is used in the earliest noodle production, with the development of
China's food industry, CMC application way in food production, more and more different characteristics play a different
role.
CMC is mainly used in the following foods:
(1) for beverage: As for soy milk, can play a suspension, emulsion
stabilizing effect; acid type CMC can be used as a stabilizer for yogurt, acidic, preventing precipitation points layer, improve
the taste, temperature, extend shelf life and other characteristics. Usage is generally 0.3% ~ 0.5%;
(2) CMC is used in ice cream, ice cream can improve the degree of expansion, improvement rate of melting, giving a good sense of shape and texture, and can control the size of the ice crystals in the transport and storage process and growth, using the ratio of the amount of 0.5% of the total added;
(3) for bread production, can honeycomb uniformly, the volume increases, reducing dregs, as well as the role of insulation preservation; add noodle holding CMC good water Naizhu, taste good, toughness;
(4) CMC will not be digested and absorbed by the body, can be used in diet food; it can promote gastrointestinal motility,
intestinal cleansing helpful for hypertension, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease in patients with fever food production;
(5) other: CMC can be used for wine production, so that a more mellow taste, fragrance, lingering aftertaste; CMC can be
used as beer foam stabilizer, rich foam lasting, improve the taste; CMC can be used for fresh fruits, vegetables, tea, etc., in
addition to soy sauce, jelly, jam and some other food production.