Application in Meat Products of Para -hydroxybenzoic acid esters (parabens)
The alkyl esters (methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, heptyl) of para -hydroxybenzoic acid (parabens) are commonly used to preserve cosmetics and other toiletries and drugs, and, in some instances, food pro
Mar 10,2022 Food AdditivesApplication in Meat Products & Food Industry of Organic Acids
Benzoic Acid. Sodium benzoate, a derivative of benzoic acid, is a chemical preservative frequently added to food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product formulations, although the use of sodium benzoate
Mar 10,2022 Food AdditivesAcetic Acid - Application in Meat Processing & Food Industry
Acetic or ethanoic acid is a monocarboxylic acid which occurs naturally in plant and animal tissues and is also a byproduct of ethanol oxidation by Acetobacter , Gluconobacter and other heterofermenta
Mar 10,2022 Food AdditivesApplication of Fibers in Meat Products
The existing group of commercially available dietary fiber concentrates display an incredible variation in functionality. In nature they play a role as structural components and aid in the binding or
Mar 10,2022 Food AdditivesTypes of Dietary Fiber
Dietary fiber is the edible parts of plants and analogous carbohydrates that are resistant to digestion and absorption in the human small intestine with complete or partial fermentation in the large i
Mar 10,2022 Chemical MaterialsCurdlan - Ingredient in Meat Products
Curdlan is a linear homopolymer of d -glucose with β-(1, 3) glucosidic linkages, and is produced commercially from the fermentation of glucose by the bacterium Alcaligenes faecalis var. myxogenes.
Mar 10,2022 Food AdditivesGellan Gum - Application in Food Industry
Gellan gum is a high-molecular weight extracellular heteropolysaccharide produced by fermentation of a carbohydrate with a pure culture of the bacterium Sphingomonas elodea .
Mar 10,2022 Food AdditivesLocust Bean Gum - Application in Food Industry
LBG is a galactomannan vegetable gum extracted from the seeds of the carob tree. Also called carob gum or carubin, it is commonly used as a thickener and gelling agent in food products. LBG is less so
Mar 10,2022 Food AdditivesXanthan Gum - Application in Food Industry
Xanthan gum is produced by a biotechnological process involving fermentation of glucose or sucrose by the Xanthomonas campestris bacterium. Xanthan is a long chain polysaccharide composed of the sugar
Mar 10,2022 SaccharidesKonjac - Application in Meat Products
Konjac is the generic name for the flour formed from grinding the root of the Amorphophallus konjac (elephant yam) plant (FMC Biopolymer, 1994) . It is a food ingredient containing a high-molecular we
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