Sodium Hexametaphosphate

1. Key applications in the food industry include:
(1) Use in meat products, fish sausages, ham, etc., to improve water retention, enhance binding strength, and prevent fat oxidation;
(2) Use in soybean paste and soy sauce to prevent discoloration, increase viscosity, shorten fermentation cycles, and adjust flavor;
(3) Use in fruit juice beverages and soft drinks to increase juice yield, enhance viscosity, and inhibit the degradation of Vitamin C;
(4) Use in ice cream to increase overrun and volume, enhance emulsification, prevent structural breakdown, and improve mouthfeel and color;
(5) Use in dairy products and beverages to prevent gel precipitation;
(6) Addition to beer to clarify the liquid and prevent turbidity;
(7) Use in canned legumes, fruits, and vegetables to stabilize natural pigments and maintain food color;
(8) Spraying an aqueous solution of sodium hexametaphosphate onto the surface of cured meat to enhance preservation and freshness.
2. In industrial sectors, sodium hexametaphosphate serves as a water softener, detergent, preservative, cement hardening accelerator, and cleaning agent for the fiber and textile printing/dyeing industries. Additionally, it is widely used in the pharmaceutical, petroleum, textile printing and dyeing, leather tanning, and papermaking industries.