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Konjac is a sort of araceae perennial herb, provided with a centuries-old plantation history in the Southwestern and Midwestern regions of China. Main component in Konjac is glucomannan, a kind of food with low calorie, low protein and high dietary fibers, with a dozen of amino acids and microelements necessary for human body. It also has multiple physical and chemical features, such as water solubility, thickening, stability, floating, gelling, film-forming, bonding etc. Therefore, Konjac is both a natural healthy food and perfect food additive.
As a food and food additive, Konjac is of broad applications:
As a thickening agent and stabilizer, konjac can be used in jelly, sausage, fruit juice, vegetable juice, ice cream bar and some other cooling drink, solid beverage, seasoning powder and soup power.
As a bonding agent, konjac can be used in noodles, rice noodles, minced skin, meatballs, sausage, bread and cake so as to strengthen intensity and keep freshness.
As a gelling agent, konjac can be used in all kind of soft candy, oxhide candy and crystal candy, and can be used in production of bionic foods as well.
With its film-forming nature, Konjac can be used to produce edible packaging materials and the foods of paper characteristics.
With its physical and chemical features, Konjac is also widely applied in geographic exploration, papermaking; building materials, printing and dyeing, daily chemical industry and environmental protection.
Shanghai Brilliant Gum Co., Ltd. is a member unit of China Konjac Gardening Association, the largest Konjac gum producer in East China, and will gradually turn to be the R&D center of Konjac. The Konjac gum produced in Shanghai Brilliant Gum Co., Ltd. is a kind of fine grain extracted and separated from konjac tubers with glucomannan as its main component. The product is provided with the features of even granularity, high purity, good transparence, odor-free, high viscosity, large expansion coefficient, rapid dissolution speed, strong compatibility etc. Based on diversified demands on the market and by advanced equipment and techniques, the Company has developed five products of different grades, making Konjac gum to be sufficiently applied in food industry. In addition, the Company has also carried out profound researches in pharmaceutical industry and light industry.