Matcha food nutrition truth

Green Tea Powder + Fragrance = Matcha? The fragrant green matcha cake may not fly!

抹茶

Matcha-flavored cake, Matcha-flavored ice cream, matcha-flavored sweets, Matcha-flavored drinks... Because the color is refreshing, the food lovers can always choose the taste of matcha tea as the first choice in a dazzling array of dishes. However, many green tea foods on the market are only green tea powders. In order to ensure the taste and color, adding flavors and colors has become an industry practice.

Tea powder = Natural Matcha?

Recently, Ms. Wang, who likes to create food by herself, purchased a natural Matcha labeled as West Point ingredients on the Internet. The price of a 40-gram small package is 7.8 yuan. The Matcha on the picture looks green and fresh. After getting the goods, Ms. Wang smelled and felt more intense than the imaginary tea. Re-reading the shop owner’s product description for the matcha, he found that in the ingredients column, the main raw material for Matcha was tea powder, which also added lactose, microcrystalline cellulose, and food flavors.

Matcha tea is nearly 100 times more expensive than green tea powder

At present, Matcha's production process is mainly concentrated in Japan, and the entire production process is very particular. Tree species were imported from Japan. In order to ensure the bright and fresh tea leaves, the first light-shielding treatment was carried out in the spring after the leaves of the two buds had grown. After the tea grows to a bud, four or five leaves, it is picked and steamed, that is, steamed on the day of picking, followed by cooling, baking, screening, etc., and finally using stone (at a speed of 60 rpm, at 19 °C in the constant temperature, slowly (emerald green powder is Matcha. Green tea powder raw materials are basically ordinary fried green, using a metal grinder, without exception, are instantaneous grinding method.

The prices of ordinary tea powder and Matcha are very different. The average price of Matcha is about RMB 2,000/kg. The average price of green tea powder ranges from tens of yuan to a few hundred yuan per catty.

Emerald matcha food may have problems

The Tea Research Institute has done experiments on adding Matcha to foods and found that whether it is green tea powder or Matcha, it is the most difficult to use in bakery, confectionery, and beverages, and it is used in ice cream, cold milk, and cold noodles. relatively easy.

Green tea itself is a product that is easily oxidized. After high-temperature baking, it will be yellow in color and lighter in aroma. In the food processing process, color protection can be performed by adding vitamins and the like, and the natural oxidation process of green tea powder or matcha can be prolonged. However, even if the color protection process is performed, the time for anti-oxidation is very limited.

Adding matcha or green tea powder to the hand-made noodles makes the green tea noodles. Although it has not been baked at high temperatures, the green noodles begin to turn yellow during the process of drying the noodles, and natural oxidation occurs, so in Japan, In order to extend the shelf life, Matcha is generally in the form of a semi-finished product, that is, a tea tablet. When it is used to match green tea, it is researched (a matcha tea).

In recent years, with the great heat of Matcha, the proportion of Matcha products has risen rapidly. If you see a particularly bright color and present a green pastry, candy, or drink, it is very likely that you will add pigments. It is not recommended to buy such foods.

The difference between matcha and green tea powder

Color: Matcha is greenish or dark green because it is covered in steam, green tea powder is grass green.

Flavor: Matcha is not astringent and bitter, green tea powder is slightly bitter.

Fragrance: Matcha is nori, eucalyptus and green tea powder is grassy.

Fineness: Matcha fineness of more than 6000 mesh (2 microns), can be applied to the pores on the back of the hand. Green tea powder is about 100 to 300 mesh, which is much coarser than Matcha.

Chemical Protective Boots

Hongxing Factory
Dongying Hongxing is located at Dongying City, Shandong Province China since 1995.
We have 30 categories of products, including Covid-19 products, frock, protection shoes, safety belt, Special gloves.

Our main customer in China is Sinopec, Petro China, Energy company, steel company and Tabacco Company in other countires. Our factory have 500workers and 22 technical employees and invest thirty eight million dollars .
FAQ
1. What are your main products ?- Safety shoes
- Protective helmet
- Work clothes
- Safety cloves
- Protective equipment and masks
2. Can you offer OEM ?
Our company accep OEM service , if you need, please inform us of your specific requirements
3. What's your mode of transportation ?
By sea, By air, By train, By truck, as your request. We also do a good job to deliver goods to your destination.
4. What's your payment terms ?
T/T, L/C, Paypal..... If you need to pay via other ways, please negotiate with us.
5. Can you offer sample ?
Yes, we can offer samples to help you check type and quality.
6. Are you manufacturer or trader ?
We have own factory in Donying city, Shandong province, welcom to visit our factory !

Chemical Protective Boots,Pvc Rain Boot,Chemical Resistant Rain Boots,Industry Rain Shoes Waterproof

Dongying Hong Xing Labor Protection Products Co.,Ltd. , https://www.hongxinglabor.com