Star anise is a famous seasoning spice with sweet taste. It can be used directly in seasoning, such as stewing, boiling, pickling, brining, soaking, etc. It can also be processed directly into five spice seasoning powder. Anise oil and anise oleoresin are commonly used in meat products, condiments, soft drinks, cold drinks, candy and pastries, baked goods and other food processing industry. Anise oleoresin, like other spice oleoresin, is increasing in market consumption year by year, and has the trend of gradually replacing spice raw materials.
The dried mature fruit of star anise contains contains aromatic oils, fatty oils, proteins, resins, etc. The extract is anise oil, of which the seeds contain 1.7%-2.7% anise oil, and the dried fruit and dried leaves contain 12%-13% and 1.6%-1.8% anise oil, respectively. The main components of fennel oil are Anishole, Anisaldehyde and Anisylacetone, Safrole, Watercressene, etc.
With the development of society, more and more attention has been paid to the research and application of anise deep processing products to achieve greater value-added. 80s has been developed and applied to deep processing products such as anise brain, anise essence, these products are widely used in food, spices, chemicals, medicine and other fields. Such as cigarettes, soap, mouthwash, toothpaste and other daily chemical products such as flavoring agents and insect repellents. Star anise can also be used for grain storage pest control, mixed with pine, wild perilla, polygonum, camphor leaves and cyanothrin to prepare grain storage pest control agent, on rice, corn, beans and other grain and seed storage pests have ideal killing and repellent effect, the control effect of more than 95%, holding period of more than 8 months. It is also used in industry as an additive for cyanide-free plating.
The peel, seeds and leaves all contain aromatic oils, and anise oil (aniseed oil) is an important raw material for the manufacture of cosmetics, sweet spiced wine, beer and the food industry. In addition to domestic needs, star anise and fennel oil are also important export materials, and Chinese star anise accounts for more than 80% of the world market. Anise wood light reddish brown to reddish brown, straight texture, fine structure, light and soft, aromatic, can be used for joinery, furniture, box board and other timber.
Anise oil is a colorless or light yellow liquid with the special odor of anise and sweet taste. It condenses into crystalline substance at about 15ºC and is soluble in ethanol and ether. Its main component is aniseed brain, with 80%-90% content, and contains acetaldehyde and other substances. Its use is mainly used for extracting aniseed brain, preparing toothpaste flavoring and aromatizer for medicine, beverage and food.
Post time: Sep-25-2024