Konjac is a perennial herb of genus Konjac in Araceae. The main component isglucomannan, which is a soluble hemicellulose, with low calorie, low protein.high dietary fiber and other characteristics. lt is also rich in more than a dozenof amino acids and trace elements essential to the human body.Konjac has excellent properties of gelling, thickening, stabilizing and improvingquality, which is irreplaceable by other edible gums. lt is widely used in meatsausage, jelly pudding, bionic vegetarian food, ice cream, noodle productsconvenience products, pastries, confectionery, canned fish and meat, beverages, edible films and soluble fiber in health foods, and has been applied invarious fields such as medicine, cosmetics, chemicals, petroleum and textilesKonjac also has health functions such as lowering cholesterol, blood sugar andlipids, weight loss, and cancer prevention.
Type:
1. Konjac Gum
2. Konjac Micro Flour Series
Kanjac can for elastic texture when combine with Carrageenan; Konjac products include konjac gum and konjac flour (with different transparency and purity).On dry base glucomannan content is for 70%-95% in the konjac gum product. By using edible alcohol as carrier, the processing procedure adopts modern and advanced techniques, without using any chemical additive, to ensure the quality and purity of the product.
We can stably supply ultra-high viscosity/ultra-low viscosity/ultra-transparent konjac gum and more to serve customers’ unique requirement.
Konjac is usually used in food products such as vegetarian and meat substitutes, dairy products, beverages, noodles, jellies, puddings, desserts, and meat products. Because of its thickening, gelling, water-holding and water-retaining property, it can prevent the loss of juice in meat products, make the meat texture firm, and extend the shelf life
Testing Item | Micro powder | Konjac Gum | Translucent Konjac Gum | High transparency konjac powder glue |
Appearance | Light yellow powder | white powder | white powder | white powder |
viscosity 1%,m.pas | 10000 | 36000 | 20000 | 2000 |
transparency,% | >60 | >75 | >75 | >85 |
pH | 5-7 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 5-7 |
mesh number | 120 | |||
moisture content | <12.0 | <12.0 | <12.0 | <12.0 |