The proportion of food-grade cellulose ethers used in food production in my country is relatively low. The main reason is that domestic consumers started to understand the function of cellulose ethers as food additives relatively late, and the domestic market is still in the application and promotion stage. In addition, the price of food-grade cellulose ethers is relatively high, so cellulose ethers are used in relatively few areas in food production in my country. With the continuous improvement of people's understanding of healthy food in the future, the penetration rate of food-grade cellulose ethers as health additives will increase, and the consumption of cellulose ethers in the domestic food industry is expected to grow further.
The application scope of food-grade cellulose ethers is constantly expanding, such as the field of plant-based artificial meat. According to the concept and manufacturing process of artificial meat, artificial meat can be divided into plant meat and cultured meat. At present, the market has mature plant meat manufacturing technology, and cultured meat manufacturing is still in the laboratory research stage and cannot achieve large-scale commercial production. Compared with natural meat, artificial meat can avoid the problem of high saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol content in meat food, and its production process can save more resources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In recent years, with the improvement of raw material selection and processing technology, new plant protein meat has a strong fiber feel, and the taste and texture are greatly reduced compared with real meat, which is conducive to improving consumers' acceptance of artificial meat.