The invention relates to a freshness-keeping and water-retaining agent for prawns, belonging to the technical field of
processing of aquatic products
processing. The freshness-keeping and water-retaining agent is prepared from the following ingredients in percentage by weight: 5-10% of water-soluble
chitosan, 10-20% of
carboxymethyl chitosan, 10-20% of mycose, 5-10% of an
antioxidant, 10-20% of konjac
polysaccharide degradation product, and the balance of
dextrin. For the freshness-keeping and water-retaining agent, konjac
polysaccharide with strong hygroscopic property is degraded into
oligosaccharide, which serves as a main auxiliary material of the water-retaining agent, the water-soluble
chitosan is taken as a main auxiliary material for a
bacteriostatic agent, and the
carboxymethyl chitosan is taken as a film-forming agent, so as to prepare the freshness-keeping and water-retaining agent for prawns. After the freshness-keeping and water-retaining agent for prawns is applied to
prawn processing, the freshness-keeping time of the prawns can be prolonged, blackening of the prawns is prevented, during
refrigeration storage process of the prawns, water can be kept, and loss caused by
drying loss is prevented. A processing technology of the freshness-keeping and water-retaining agent is simple, and easy to operate, and expected use effect can be achieved.