Jelly is a Western sweet that is semi-solid and made from edible gelatin with water, sugar, and fruit juice. Also known as jelly, it has a crystalline appearance, bright color, and soft, smooth texture.
Production
Jelly is completely gelatin gelatin solidification, the use of different molds, can produce a variety of styles and forms of finished products. In general, jelly products to be made through the jelly liquid modulation, molding, refrigeration and other processing procedures. The process is:
Modulation of jelly liquid→molding→refrigerated shaping→demolding→decorating
1. Jelly liquid modulation
Jelly liquid modulation method is relatively simple, generally the first soak gelatin, and then melt water, and then add the required ingredients, that is, the mixing of jelly liquid. Jelly liquid modulation method according to the different solidifying ingredients used, the following two common: the use of jelly powder or the use of gelatin.
(1)Using jelly powder to make jelly liquid Using jelly powder to make jelly liquid is the most convenient and time-saving method. This is because all the solidifying ingredients - Jelly Powder - have been prepared and sterilized in the factory, and then packaged and marketed after drying process. Users only need to follow the instructions on the product package and the dosage proportioning table to use, it is very convenient to use.
(2) the use of gelatin modulation jelly liquid using gelatin production of jelly is a more common method. Commonly used gelatin trade names are white gelatin, gelatin tablets, knot power powder, knot power tablets, fish glue powder and so on. The actual use of different raw materials to refer to the use of instructions to use. If you use gelatin tablets and knitting powder, you need to soften the knitting powder with cool water first, and then make the mixture. If you use Knotting Powder, you are required to soak it in a small amount of cool water before making it.
2. Jelly liquid mold
Jelly molding and jelly material formula and the use of mold has a very close relationship. Jelly mostly rely on mold forming, the general method is: the jelly has been formulated to mix the liquid into various types of molds, in a low-temperature environment to solidify, the formation of products.
The shape of the jelly is related to the size and form of the mold and the cooling time. Generally, jellies are formed without large or complex molds. Because the gel force inside the jelly is not enough to maintain the support of the finished product produced by large molds, if you increase the amount of raw materials used, it is bound to reduce the finished product should be the quality and taste, and even inedible. Therefore, in the use of molds, most of the application of small, simple molds to ensure that the finished product has the proper shape and eating quality.
Ingredients
Jelly is water, sugar, carrageenan, konjac powder as the main raw material, by the melting, blending, filling, sterilization, cooling and other processes made of delicious food. Carrageenan, also known as carrageenan gum, carrageenan gum, is a natural polysaccharide colloid extracted from natural kirin vegetables and other seaweeds, with the basic characteristics of soluble dietary fiber, is China's approval of the use of various types of food in the safety of the thickening agent; konjac is a kind of herbaceous plant, also known as Konjac, mainly distributed in our country in sichuan, yunnan, guizhou, shaanxi and other places, and the konjac powder is extracted through the deep processing of the powder product, konjac powder The main ingredient is glucomannan, which is a safe food ingredient approved for use in China. At present, the domestic jelly industry does not use gelatin, which can be seen from the product ingredient list of the jelly package. Moreover, carrageenan, konjac flour and other gum powder in the jelly is generally about 1%, accounting for about 5% of the total cost.