MAP packaging for Hot pot ingredients
The arrival of the cold winter has brought not only flu and disease, but also people's favorite-hot pot, eating hot pot to warm up in winter has become the mainstream, a variety of hot pot ingredients, hot pot base material supply, soup The bottom is dazzling, but the hot pot is good, but it also has to be healthy. So let's talk about the advantage of MAP packaging for hot pot ingredients.
The protective gases commonly used for the modified atmosphere packaging machine are carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen. Their respective functions are:
Carbon dioxide: It is a bacteriostatic gas agent that inhibits the growth and reproduction of bacteria. Its characteristics:
Bacteriostatic effect is in the lag period price segment of the bacterial start reproduction curve (inhibition bacteria index is about 100 pieces/100g)
Easily soluble in water and fat at low temperature;
It has a bacteriostatic effect on most aerobic bacteria, but is not effective on yeast.
Usually the concentration of bacteria is 30%.
2. Oxygen: It has three functions:
Inhibit the growth and reproduction of bacteria;
Keep the red color of fresh pork, beef and lamb;
Maintain the fresh aerobic metabolism of fresh fruits and vegetables.
3. Nitrogen: Inert gas, does not work with food, only as a filling gas for mixed gas.
