What do you know about food additives —— Phytic Acid?

What do you know about food additives —— Phytic Acid?

Food additives refer to chemical synthetic or natural substances added to food to improve food quality, color, aroma and taste, as well as for the needs of anti-corrosion and processing technology.

Due to the rapid development of the food industry, food additives has become an important part of the modern food industry, and has become an important driving force for the technological progress and scientific and technological innovation of the food industry.

In the use of food additives, in addition to ensuring its due function and role, the most important thing is to ensure the safety and hygiene of food. Later, relevant regulations were issued to standardize the use of food additives and ensure the safety of the use of food additives.

Phytic acid has a strong complexing power, usually combined with calcium, magnesium, zinc, potassium and other mineral elements to form insoluble salts. Phytic acid (salt) is widely present in crops and agricultural by-products. The content of phytic acid in many grains and oil crops is as high as 1% to 3%. Among them, calcium, magnesium, zinc, potassium and other elements exist in the form of phytate. Therefore, phytic acid is an anti-nutritional factor, which greatly reduces the nutritional effectiveness of trace minerals. This property of phytic acid will cause the imbalance of calcium, magnesium, zinc, potassium and other elements in humans and animals. Therefore, phosphorus, calcium, potassium, etc. must be added to animal feed to supplement minerals, which greatly increases feed costs. At the same time, the content of natural phosphorus in the feed is about 40% to 70% and exists in the form of phytate phosphorus, which is caused by pigs and poultry. Phytase is a general term for a class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of phytic acid and its salts into inositol and phosphoric acid. It can absorb and utilize phosphorus by phytase, and can also degrade phytate protein complexes and reduce the effect of phytate on phosphorus. The chelation of trace elements improves the utilization rate of plant protein by animals and the nutritional value of plant feed. At the same time, it also reduces animal excrement and improves the utilization rate of plant protein by animals and the nutritional value of plant feed. At the same time, it also reduces the content of organic phosphorus in animal excrement and reduces pollution to nature.

1. Application in canned food:
Adding phytic acid to canned food can achieve a stable color protection effect.
2. Application in beverage production:
Adding 0.01-0.05% phytic acid to the beverage can remove excessive metal ions (especially heavy metals that are harmful to the human body) and have a good protective effect on the human body.

3. Antioxidant:
Mix one part of 50% phytic acid and three parts of sorbitol fatty acid and add 0.2% to vegetable oil, which has excellent antioxidant properties. Phytic acid can prevent the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, so it can be used as a hydrogen peroxide storage stabilizer.

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