Application of carrageenan
In the production of folded jelly, carrageenan, as a good coagulant, can replace the usual agar, gelatin and pectin. Soft candy production, using carrageenan to make transparent fruit soft candy has long been produced in the world.. Its fruit flavor is strong, sweetness is moderate, refreshing and non-sticky, and its transparency is better than agar, and its price is lower than that of agar. It is added to ordinary hard candy. It can make the product taste smoother, more elastic, less sticky and more stable. Folded ice cream production, in the production of ice cream and ice cream, carrageenan can make fat and other solid components evenly distributed, prevent the separation of milk components and the increase of ice crystals during manufacture and storage, it can make ice cream and ice cream texture fine, smooth and delicious . In the production of ice cream, carrageenan can interact with cations in milk to produce unique gelling properties, which can increase the formability and melting resistance of ice cream, improve the stability of ice cream under temperature fluctuations, and it is not easy to melt when placed.