What are the edible adhesives?
The adhesive is edible edible gum, edible gum varieties used more than 60 kinds of China allows the world to allow the use of about 40 kinds of domestic meat products, the most widely used edible gum mainly carrageenan, xanthan gum, guar gum, agar, gelatin, sodium alginate, locust bean gum and konjac gum etc..
The thickening, thickening, adhesion and gel forming force, hardness, brittleness, compactness, stability of emulsion, suspension and other role in food processing, food to obtain the required shape and various hard and soft, crisp, sticky, dense etc. various taste, it is also commonly referred to as food thickener, thickening agent, gelling agent, stabilizer, suspending agent, gum.
Edible gum (hydrocolloid), also known as the hydrophilic colloid sol is dissolved or dispersed in water, and under certain conditions, the hydrophilic groups in the molecule, such as carboxyl, hydroxyl, amino and carboxylic acid, can form thick, creamy hydration solution or gel and water molecules.
