Why black tapioca pearls taste QQ and chewy
Why black tapioca pearls in pearl milk tea taste QQ?the secret is starch inside.
Starch is divided into amylose and amylopectin.
Amylase can be amylase hydrolysis of maltose, so when cereals containing amylose are eaten, the food will be more chewing the more sweet. At the same time, amylose can be dissolved in hot water, but does not form a paste.
Amylopectin, only the peripheral branch of the amylase can be hydrolyzed to maltose, so chew up not as sweet as amylose.
It is insoluble in cold water, and hot water is swollen from the paste, and was viscous, elastic, the black tapioca pearls in pearl milk tea made of tapioca, cassava starch amylopectin content of up to 83% , So can make the taste of pearl QQ and chewy.