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What's the difference between jelly and pudding?

The difference between jelly and pudding: different appearance, different materials.

1, with different appearance.

Jelly, also called gel, is a kind of colloidal food, which is translucent and usually accompanied by some fruits to add the flavor of jelly. Although pudding is also a solid food solidified from solid substances, it is opaque and darker in color than jelly.

2. Different materials

The raw materials for jelly production are: sugar, carrageenan, mannan gum, calcium, sodium, potassium salt and so on. The colloid of jelly is made of carrageenan, mannan gum and sugar through mixing, boiling, cooling and concentrating. Carrageenan is a kind of seaweed, and mannan is glucomannan extracted from Araceae plants. Both of them are natural plant polysaccharides and belong to water-soluble dietary fiber.

The raw material of pudding is generally corn starch or cassava starch. The pudding made of corn starch solidified after cooling and began to take on a three-dimensional shape. When cassava starch is used as the raw material of jelly, the pudding is soft, and only the liquid and raw materials are solidified, but it is in a three-dimensional state. Usually, cake makers like to use corn starch and potato starch together when making pudding pies, which can make the pudding soft and flowing.

How to choose jelly

1, see packaging information.

We should choose products with complete labels such as product name, ingredient list, net content, factory name, address, production date, product standard and shelf life, and try to buy them in some reputable shopping malls and supermarkets to ensure better product quality.

It depends on the color of jelly.

Those brightly colored jellies often add more pigment. Although attractive, it is harmful for children to eat too much.

Step 3 look at the ingredients

It depends on whether preservatives and sweeteners are added to the ingredients. Preservatives and sweeteners in products are synthetic additives, which are harmful if eaten too much.

Step 4 look at your head

Choose a larger jelly. Especially for children, too small jelly can easily get stuck in the trachea. Although the country has made corresponding regulations on the specifications of jelly, for example, the length of the inner wall or inner side of cup-shaped jelly should not be less than 3.5 cm. However, buyers are advised to choose a large cup when purchasing.