Jelly is a delicious food made of water, sugar, carrageenan, konjac flour and other main raw materials, through a number of processes such as gelling, blending, filling, sterilization and cooling. Carrageenan, also known as antler gum, carrageenan gum, is a natural polysaccharide colloid extracted from natural kiringa and other seaweeds, with the basic characteristics of soluble dietary fiber, is a safe thickener approved for use in all types of food in China; konjac is a herb, also known as konjac, konjac powder is extracted through deep processing of powder products, the main ingredient of konjac powder is glucomannan, is approved for use in China as a safe The main ingredient of konjac powder is glucomannan, which is a safe food ingredient approved by China. At present, the domestic jelly industry does not use gelatin, which can be seen from the product ingredients list of jelly packaging. Moreover, carrageenan, konjac powder and other gum powder in the jelly in general accounted for about 1% of the total cost of about 5%.
However, do not easily believe that eating it can play a role in calcium supplementation. Because the jelly contains a lot of dietary fiber, resulting in its digestion in the body is very fast, the added nutrients will soon be lost with the body's metabolism, the effect of supplementation is not very good.
1. Most of the jelly used in the algae gum, which is a natural food additive, in nutrition, it is called soluble dietary fiber. We know that fruits, vegetables, coarse grains contain a certain amount of dietary fiber, the main nutritional role of the human body is to regulate intestinal function, especially laxative. Jelly and they play the same role, eat more can increase the intestinal moistness, improve constipation.
2. Some jellies also add oligosaccharides, which have the role of regulating intestinal flora, increasing bifidobacteria and other good bacteria, strengthening digestive and absorption functions, and reducing the probability of disease. According to the survey, most Chinese people's daily diet intake of high-fat, high-energy food overload is a common phenomenon, in the case of failure to supplement vegetables and fruits in a timely manner, eat more jelly to improve digestion, is not a good choice.
3. Another great benefit of jelly is that it is low energy. It contains almost no protein, fat and other energy nutrients, people who want to lose weight or maintain a slim body can eat without worry.
