Introduction:

2013 new plant extraction - konjac root powder is a type of healthy green additive and raw material in food/medicine/cosmetics/chemical industries depending on its good hydrophilic, thickening property, stability, emulsibility, suspension, gel and film forming properties, etc.

Applications:

1. Food industry: It could be made out to gelling food, used as the food thickening agent and adherence agent such as the jelly,

ice cream, gruel, meat, flour food, solid drink, jam, etc.

2. Health care industry : It does good at modulating lipid metabolism , declining serum triglyceride and cholesterol, improving

sugar resistance, preventing diabetes, relieving constipation, preventing intestines cancer, producing no energy, preventing fatness ,modulating immunity function.

3. Chemical industry: It could be applied to the chemical industry such as petroleum, dye printing cataplasm, terra film, diaper,

medicine capsule, etc due to it’s high viscidity, good fluidity and big molecular weight.