This invention discloses a slow-digesting quinoa flour-concentrated
milk protein composite gel food and its preparation method, belonging to the field of
food processing technology. The invention first protects the composition as a gel food prepared from raw materials containing concentrated
milk protein and quinoa flour; the preparation includes premixing quinoa flour and a portion of concentrated
milk protein, hydrating them to obtain a premix with a
starch-
protein network, adding the remaining raw materials, stirring to form a
slurry, and then shaping it. The gel food of this invention constructs a dense and continuous
starch-
protein network. This network, on the one hand, acts as a
physical barrier to prevent effective contact between gastrointestinal digestive enzymes and internal proteins, maintaining the stability of the
protein's secondary structure, thereby slowing down the rate of
protein digestion and
hydrolysis in the
gastrointestinal tract to achieve slow
digestion; on the other hand, it directly improves the product's
hardness,
chewiness, and other textural parameters, enhances water-holding capacity, reduces water separation rate, optimizes color and
flavor, and achieves a synergistic improvement in multiple indicators of edible quality.