Zephyr

Zephyr – very gentle and airy confectionery. Its prototype is the fruit candy from apple puree Зефир — воздушное кондитерское изделие and sugar. The final compounding of a zephyr was made by the French confectioners.

This product is received by beating of ovalbumin, sugar and fruit and berry puree, with addition of agar syrup or gelatinous weight and pectin. Sometimes add essences, fragrances, dyes and food acids to it.

The structure and taste of this sweet depend on a type of a thickener. If pectin, then a zephyr dense is its part if an agar-agar – air. And if gelatin, then its structure slightly rubber acts as a thickener in a delicacy.

The zephyr in which production agar syrup is used is considered one of the most useful. Unique properties an agar agar were opened by inhabitants of coastal areas of India. Jellifying ability an agar agar is several times higher, than at gelatin. Serve as raw materials for production of this substance brown and lavers which either grow up artificially, or get from a seabed.

Gelatin – the jellifying substance of animal origin made of sinews, bones and cartilages of animals.

Structure and caloric content of a zephyr

Hundred grams of this sweet product contain 17 g of water, 74,8 g mono - and disaccharides, 0,3 g of ashes, 5 g of starch, 1 g of organic acids, 1 g of water, 1,4 mg of iron, 12 mg of phosphorus, 46 mg of potassium, 27 mg of sodium, 6 mg of magnesium and 25 mg of calcium.

Hundred grams of a product contain 0,2 mg of RR vitamin and 0,02 mg of B2 vitamin.

Caloric content of an ordinary zephyr – 299 kcal on 100 g of a product, the caloric content of a zephyr vanilla – 312 kcal, the caloric content of marshmallow – 396 kcal.

Advantage of a zephyr

The advantage of a zephyr is scientifically proved long ago. The zephyr is useful to joints, skin, nails and hair. The agar-agar brings Зефир в шоколаде harmful toxins out of a human body, clears a liver of harmful substances and improves its work. Pectin reduces concentration of cholesterol, improves an intestines peristaltics, accelerates removal from an organism of heavy metals – zinc, lead, mercury, molybdenum, cobalt, and also has antiviral and antiulcerous effect.

The advantage of a zephyr directly depends on quantity of natural components in its structure.

The institute of food recommends to use regularly this sweet delicacy to children of school age. It will allow them easier to cope with considerable intellectual loadings. Besides, protein as a part of a zephyr is instantly acquired in an organism and instantly sates an organism with necessary energy.

Harm of a zephyr

Zephyr, as well as all other delicacies, you should not abuse.

Harm of a zephyr is that in unlimited quantity it promotes disturbance of metabolism and development of caries. Therefore its use is contraindicated at a diabetes mellitus.

The zephyr can do harm to an organism in case of predisposition of an organism to an allergy as some components of a zephyr can cause allergic reactions.

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