Food Additive and Deodorant Applications
Because of the high antioxidant activity of green tea extracts, they are hopefully to be used as a kind of innovative food additive to preserve pork, chicken meat, vegetable oil, fish oil and fish flesh, food emulsions and animal fat. This alternative antioxidant is suggested to be a healthier choice; a fairly successful instance may well be the application in Moon cake – the extracts both increase the shelf life and improve the flavor.
In addition, green tea extracts are a promising solution to prevent apple juice and other foods from microbial contamination. Japanese scientists even have discovered that tea extracts can be developed as dyes that are not susceptible to microbial contamination and possess strong deodorant activity.
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