"The more the food is in its original flavor and natural, the safer and healthier it is." This is what many people think now. In fact, modern food production and processing are inseparable from food additives, and there is almost no real zero-addition processed foods. The so-called zero-addition is just a trick of business promotion. Food grade sodium hexametaphosphate/SHMP is a commonly used food water retention agent and a quality improver. Today, let's talk about its significance and effect on food improvement.

After food sodium hexametaphosphate/SHMP is used in the food industry, it plays the following important roles:

(1) Food grade sodium hexametaphosphate can improve sensory indicators such as food color, aroma, taste and taste.

Food color, aroma, taste, shape and taste are important indicators to measure food quality. Food processing generally involves physical processes such as grinding, crushing, heating, and pressure. During these processes, foods are easy to fade and change color, and some of the inherent aromas of foods are also lost.

In addition, the same processing process is difficult to meet the requirements of soft, hard, brittle, and tough taste of the product. Therefore, the proper use of food additives such as sodium hexametaphosphate, which is a quality improver, can significantly improve the sensory quality of food and meet people's needs for food flavor and taste.

(2) Conducive to food preservation and transportation, and extend the shelf life of food.

All kinds of fresh foods and all kinds of high-protein foods, if no preservative measures are taken, will quickly deteriorate after leaving the factory.

Food grade sodium hexametaphosphate can well ensure that the food maintains its due quality and quality during the shelf life.

(3) Increase the variety of food

The shelves of the food supermarket are full of various foods. In addition to the main raw materials of these foods are grains and oils, fruits and vegetables, meat, eggs, and milk, there is also an indispensable raw material, which is food additives.

According to the different processing techniques, varieties and tastes of various foods, the correct various food additives are generally selected. 

(4) Conducive to food processing operations

Many food processing processes require lubrication, defoaming, filtration, stabilization and solidification. For example, the addition of food-grade sodium hexametaphosphate to ice cream can chelate, change the pH value, emulsify, and disperse, increase the ionic strength of the food, and increase the volume of the ice cream, which is beneficial to food processing operations.

The use of sodium hexametaphosphate/SHMP in food additives not only increases the variety and quality of food, and can be used alone. Compound phosphates: There are mainly sodium hexametaphosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium pyrophosphate, trimethyl phosphate, trisodium phosphate, etc. to form a composite phosphate in a certain proportion. The use of various additives such as stabilizers, coagulants, and flocculants in the production process can reduce the consumption of raw materials and increase the product yield, thereby reducing production costs, and can produce obvious economic and social benefits.