The invention relates to
food additive silica gel and a production process of the
food additive silica gel, belonging to the technical fields of
food additive silica gel and the production process of the food additive silica gel. The food additive silica gel is silica gel with a three-dimensional spatial reticular structure and an X-
ray amorphous material, with the
soluble iron ion content being less than 2ppm, the
granularity median value being controlled to 14-16mum, granules less than 10mum being controlled to below 15%, the specific surface area being greater than 450 m<2> / g, the pore volume being greater than 1.2ml / g, and the average
pore diameter being equal to or greater than 10nm. The production process of the food additive silica gel comprises the steps of: (1)
raw material preparation; (2) reaction to prepare gel; (3) aging to remove iron and enhance activity; (4) washing; (5) instantaneous
drying; and (6)
grinding and size grading. The food additive silica gel provided by the invented is reasonable in
granularity median value control and large in specific surface area and pore volume, has the
soluble iron content being less than 2ppm, and can effectively adsorb proteins easy to
haze, effectively improve the quality and the
shelf life of beer as the effective grain size distribution in the silica gel is concentrated and the content of the granules less than 10mum is low, and ensure the
filtration velocity of the beer so as not to affect the production capacity of the beer.