High quality Konjac Extract 90% Glucomannan Powder Extract
Product name: konjac root extract powder
Latin name: Anorphophallus konjac K Koch.
Active ingredients: Glucomannan
Specification: Glucomannan 60%-95%, 10:1
Assay Method: HPLC/UV
CAS No.: 37220-17-0
Appearance: white fine powder
Packaging Detail: 25kg/drum(double plastic-bag inside, or as per customer’s request)
GW/NW: 25kg/28kg
Shelf Life: 2 years
Storage: Away from sunlight and moisture.
Konjac is a plant that is found in China, Japan and Indonesia. The plant is part of the genus Amorphophallus. Typically, it thrives in the warmer regions of Asia. The extract of the Konjac root is referred to as Glucomannan. Glucomannan is a fiber-like substance traditionally used in food recipes, but now it is utilized as an alternative means of weight loss. Along with this benefit, konjac extract contains other benefits for the rest of the body as well.
Konjac Gum :White in appearance without smell. It has high viscosity and transparency, and can be quickly dissolved. The processing procedure: Konjac Fine Powder with alcohol, to get rid of impurities like Starch, ashy substances, cellulose, pigment and alkaloid, thus to get rid of impurity konjac gum. Glucomannan dry base contents accout for 80%-95%in the products. Konjac gum is mainly used in producing high-end food, pharmaceutical and healthcare products and cosmetics, such as jelly, jam, jelly drops, dairy products and medicine capsules, etc.
Purified Konjac Powder:White in appearance ,with a granularity from 40-120 meshes, it has high viscosity, transparency, and can be quickly dissolved. Glucomannan dry base contents account can above 80% in the product. are mainly used in producing medicine, flavouring, health products, chemical etc.
Konjac fine powder: white or light yellow in appearance, with a few black and yellow dots in the middle. Its granularity ranges approximately from 40 to 120 meshes. It has unique konjac smell. Processing procedures: first to peel and clean fresh konjac tubers, and slice them into strips or chips; then dehydrate the konjac strips and chips with baking equipments; finally smash and grind the dried konjac strips and chips with special processing machines, get rid of impurities like starch and fibers to get konjac fine powder.This product is mainly used to produce konjac bean curd and vegetarian food.
Function Of Konjac Extract:
1.Konjac Glucomannan Powder has effect on prevention and treatment of diabetes.
2.Konjac Glucomannan Powder can prevent and reduce the incidence of intestinal system disease.
3.Konjac Glucomannan Powder can reduce the residence time of the harmful substances in the gastrointestinal, gall-hsiang, and effectively protect the gastric mucosa, clean the stomach wall.
4.Konjac Glucomannan Powder can inhibit cholesterol, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood sugar, dilation of blood vessels, to prevent of atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular disease.
5.Konjac Glucomannan Powder can control appetite and reduces body weight.
Application Of Konjac Extract:
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 of 200,000 up to 2,000,000