What is the jujube paste in the moon cake?

Jujube paste stuffing is mainly composed of jujube paste, pumpkin paste and white sugar.

Jujube paste is a kind of food processing product, which is made by removing the core of jujube and mashing it with a fruit machine. It has a sweet, soft and salty taste.

production process

Wet standard pulp (jujube wet residue without polysaccharide) → homogenization → blending → concentration → filling → sterilization → jujube paste.

Key points of operation

(1) Beating and homogenizing: wet jujube pulp without polysaccharide to obtain fine pulp, and then fine grinding with colloid mill to make the pulp more fine.

(2) Blending: adding proper amount of additives according to the designed proportion to obtain the best taste and sensory state.

(3) Concentration: Concentrate the treated fruit pulp, preferably under reduced pressure, which is beneficial to ensure the quality of jujube paste and effectively reduce browning caused by Maillard reaction.

(4) Filling sterilization: the prepared fruit puree is put into a glass bottle, and microwave sterilization is carried out on the basis of pasteurization, so as to obtain better product quality.

Microwave sterilization

The optimum microwave sterilization conditions of jujube paste are as follows: microwave power 800 W, sterilization time 90 s, material amount 100 g, total number of colonies 45 cfu/g, and the sterilization rate can reach 99.99%. This product meets the national standards. Compared with pasteurization, microwave sterilization has little change in the color of jujube paste.

Jujube is a natural health food, which is often used as a general raw material for food and medicine in China. The efficacy of red dates recorded in ancient Chinese medicine books;

1. Shennong's herbal classics: sweet and flat. Indications: evil spirits in the heart, calming middle energizer, invigorating spleen, helping the twelve meridians, calming stomach qi, dredging nine orifices, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production, debilitating body, fright, and heavy limbs.

2. "famous doctor": non-toxic. Tonify middle energizer, invigorate qi, strengthen body, relieve boredom, and treat diarrhea under heart.

3. "Rihuazi Materia Medica": moistening the heart and lungs, relieving cough and nourishing the five internal organs. Treat fatigue, injury, stomach addiction, slippery powder fever and dysentery. Patients with teeth should not spit. Don't eat all dates with onions.