What is puffed food

I believe that in the eyes of many people, puffed food is a kind of junk food, because many nutrition experts have claimed that puffed food can cause many diseases, so they urge everyone to stay away from puffed food as much as possible in daily life. However, the taste experience that puffed food brings to people is unmatched by other foods, so many people also like to eat puffed food. So what foods are puffed foods?

Puffed food is a new type of food developed internationally in recent years. It uses grains, beans, potatoes, vegetables and other raw materials, and is processed by puffing equipment to produce a wide variety of foods with exquisite appearance, rich nutrition, crispy and delicious taste. Therefore, it has formed a unique category of food. Because the equipment for producing this kind of puffed food has a simple structure, is easy to operate, requires little equipment investment, and has quick returns, it has developed very rapidly and has shown great vitality. But don't eat too much.

Depending on the product, there are three types of puffed foods:

One is snack foods made from corn and potatoes;

The second is to produce textured protein food (plant meat) using plant protein as raw material;

The third type is the staple food made from grains, beans or potatoes after puffing.

1. Staple foods: sesame seed cakes, bread, steamed buns, pancakes, etc.

2. Oil tea: puffed noodle tea.

3. Military food: compressed biscuits.

4. Snacks and puffed food categories: rice candy, cold cakes, popcorn, etc.

5. Cold food: filling for ice cream and popsicles.

Among the above-mentioned foods, some varieties such as puffed noodle tea, printed cake, compressed biscuits, etc. are all made of puffed whole grains; some varieties are only mixed with a certain proportion of puffed whole grains. Although puffing technology belongs to physical processing technology, it has its own characteristics. Puffing can not only change the shape and state of the raw materials, but also change the molecular structure and properties of the raw materials and form some new substances.

Modern nutrition advocates a balanced diet, believing that no food should be neglected, and the amount of any one food is not necessarily too much. As for puffed food, since it is mostly fried food, the volume of the food itself is expanded several times after pressurization and heating. In view of the fact that it is a convenient fast food, the content of sugar, salt and MSG in the food is relatively higher than that of other foods, while the content of other beneficial nutrients is very small. Long-term intake will not only affect children's appetite, but excessive condiments in food will also cause certain harm to the human body.