Matcha has a wide range of applications in cooking, mainly including the following aspects:
Food industry: Matcha is widely used in the food industry as a food additive to enhance the nutritional value and health benefits of food. It is commonly used for baking pastries, cold drinks, solid drinks, meal replacement powders, chocolate, ice cream, cookies, mousse cakes, Dafu, noodles, etc
In addition, matcha is also used in high-end food fields such as dairy products, soy products, beverages, cold drinks, candies, chocolates, pastries, and health foods
For example, matcha ice cream, matcha milk, matcha candies, etc. are common matcha foods in the market
Beverage industry: Matcha also has important applications in the beverage industry. Due to its good solubility and dispersibility, matcha is often added to beverages such as fruit juice and milk tea to make matcha fruit juice and matcha milk tea. For example, H ä agen Dazs' matcha ice cream and Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.'s matcha milk are both popular products in the market
Pharmaceutical industry: Although most matcha is used in food and beverages, there is still a small portion used in the pharmaceutical industry. The antioxidant components in matcha, such as catechins, are beneficial to health and therefore have certain applications in the field of medicine
Cosmetics industry: The antioxidant components and natural green properties of matcha also make it widely used in the cosmetics industry, although this application is relatively limited