The Effects Of Jelly And How To Eat It

The effects of jelly and how to eat it

   Jelly is a snack that we are all familiar with, especially children, who love the sweet and sour taste of jelly. There is a wide range of jellies on the market, with a variety of flavours to suit most people's needs. Jelly is not an uncommon food, and we can even make delicious jelly at home. Here's how to make jelly.

Nutritional value of jelly

   Jelly is a gel food made from carrageenan, konjac flour, sugar and water as the main raw materials, processed through the process of melting, blending, filling, sterilization and cooling.

   The jelly is rich in dietary fibre and water-soluble half-fibre, which has been recognised at home and abroad for its health functions. It can effectively remove heavy metal atoms and radioactive isotopes from the body and play the role of a "gastrointestinal scavenger", effectively preventing and assisting in the treatment of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, coronary heart disease, diabetes, tumours, obesity and constipation. Constipation and other diseases.

   In the manufacturing process of jelly, calcium, potassium, sodium and other minerals are added, which are also required by the human body. For example, human bones need a lot of calcium, and cellular and tissue fluids contain a certain proportion of sodium and potassium ions, which play an important role in maintaining the osmotic pressure of cells, the acid-base balance of the body and the transmission of nerve messages.

 

The effects of jelly

1, most of the jelly used in the seaweed gel, which is a natural food additive, in nutrition, it is called soluble dietary fibre. We know that fruits, vegetables and coarse grains contain certain dietary fiber, the main nutritional role of the human body is to regulate intestinal function, especially laxative. Jelly and they play the same role, eat more can increase the intestinal tract in the degree of wetness, improve constipation.

2, some jellies also include oligosaccharides, which have the effect of regulating intestinal flora, increasing bifidobacteria and other good bacteria, strengthening digestive and absorption functions, and reducing the probability of disease. According to the survey, most Chinese people's daily diet intake of high fat, high energy food is a common phenomenon, in the case of the inability to supplement vegetables, fruits, eat more jelly to enhance digestion, is not a good choice.

3, another great benefit of jelly is that it is low in energy. It contains almost no protein, fat or other energy nutrients, so people who want to lose weight or maintain a slim figure can eat it without worry.

 

How to make jelly

1、Milk coffee jelly

Ingredients:

200g milk, 40g vanilla sugar, 6g agar, a little rum, cream, mint leaves, pure coffee

Method:

(1) Soak agar in cold water to soften, steam in a cage for 15 minutes to completely melt and set aside;

(2) Cook the milk with the homemade vanilla sugar until it reaches 70-80°. Add half or 2/3 of the agar and stir until the agar is completely melted;

(3) Strain the milk, remove the vanilla pods and the unmelted agar, pour into a square container and leave to cool in the fridge for 2 hours until completely solidified;

(4) Dissolve the instant coffee in 250ml of boiling water, add 10g of sugar and the remaining agar, stir well, allow to cool and then add 1 tbsp of rum;

(5) Pour 2/3 of the total amount of coffee mixture into the container halfway respectively;

(6) Remove the milk jelly and cut into sugar cubes;

(7) When the coffee is about to set, add a few pieces of milk jelly and pour the rest of the coffee mixture into the cups;

(8) Allow to set for about 15 minutes and then garnish with a few whipped cream flowers and mint leaves.

 

2、Tomato jelly

Ingredients：

200g of tomatoes, 10g of agar, a little sugar

Method:

(1) Soak agar in warm water until soft;

(2) peel and cut tomatoes into pieces and stir into juice;

(3) Add agar to water and heat slowly over low heat until melted, add sugar and stir until thickened;

(4) Add the tomato juice and stir well to turn off the heat;

(5) Pour into jelly moulds and place in the fridge until solidified.

 

3、Strawberry jelly

Ingredients:

10g strawberries, 3 pieces of fish sheets, sugar to taste

Method:

(1) Use your hands to break the fish film into small pieces and put them in water to soften, then heat and steam them into fish film liquid;

(2) Cut 8 strawberries into dice;

(3) Pour water into a pot and bring to the boil, add the diced strawberries and cook to a red sauce, then fish out the drippings;

(4) Pour the fish film mixture slowly into the pan, stirring in the strawberry juice as you pour, and add the sugar to dissolve;

(5) Cool the fish film mixture and the sweetened strawberry juice, and remove any floating foam from the juice;

(6) Pour the strained strawberry juice into the jelly moulds, cover with the lids and chill in the fridge for 2-3 hours.

 

Are jellies high in calories?

The raw materials for the production of jelly are mainly sugar, carrageenan, mannose gum, calcium, sodium and potassium salts. According to the 15% sugar addition, each 15 gram jelly produces 8.93 kcal of caloric energy in the body, while the daily caloric energy supply of an average adult is about 2500 kcal, so the proportion of caloric energy produced by jelly in the body is extremely low.