Konjac extract is also known as glucomannan. This bulk-forming laxative is a form of dietary fiber, purported to make stools bulkier and larger so they're easier to pass. Konjac extract is not a necessary nutrient and is used purely as a supplement. This fiber can be used as a food ingredient or in capsule form.Product Introduction
Product Name | Glucomannan | Appearance | White |
| Botanical Source | Konjac Extract | Test Method | Enzymatic washing |
| Specification | 90% | Mesh | 95% pass 80 mesh |
| Application | Health Care | Shelf Life | 2 Years |
Function & Application
Function of Glucomannan
1. Konjac medicinal ingredients can be cleared out of the cardiovascular fat and cholesterol.
2. Konjac is rich in dietary fiber, dietary fiber in the intestine can strengthen the intestinal peristalsis, to promote defecation, shorten the residence time of food in the intestine, meat from the food to excreted in vitro about 12 hours, konjac from eating to excreted About 7 hours. Can make stool in the intestine stay time to shorten about 5 hours. Thereby reducing the absorption of small intestine on nutrition, but also reduce the harmful substances in the stool of the body harm.
3. Konjac powder after the volume expansion coefficient is very large, up to dry its own volume of 100 times its own, konjac in the stomach after the swelling of the people have a sense of fullness, naturally do not want to eat more food.
Application of Glucomannan
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 its high viscidity, good fluidity and big molecular weight of 200,000 up to 2,000,000.
