Shine muscat wagashi – eatable foil? what is it made of?
Shine muscat wagashi – eatable foil? what is it made of?
by Marmiphantillo
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Marmiphantillo
I got this wagashi called shine muscat. I know that this is the grape variety. The sweets are individually wrapped in plastic and then again in a dissolving foil – I guess you could eat them and this is to prevent the whole thing from sticking too much. Is the foil also agar agar in a paper-like state (I only use agar agar to thicken food, as a gelatine substitute)? What is it made of? Why don’t more countries use edible foil? Are there any major disadvantages?
SincerelySpicy
The film is made of starch. Dried agar wouldn’t dissolve fast enough in the mouth and would leave unpleasantly textured bits for a while.
This sort of edible film is called [Oblaat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblaat). It’s been used historically for dosing out medicine and to a lesser extent as a food wrapper.
mygoditsfullofstar5
There’s an old Japanese rice candy that comes in a cellophane like bit of rice paper. It keeps the candy from sticking to the plastic wrapper.
Looks exactly like this.
Relevant-Law-804
*edible
winkers
Someone else mentioned oblate. More info….
In English it’s called (Japanese) wafer paper. Typically made from just potato starch, but sometimes also with rice starch, sweet potato starch, rapeseed oil, and soy lecithin.
For anyone interested, you can buy wafer paper or different sorts and wrap your own candies/meds. Example: https://a.co/d/60TRj4k
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I got this wagashi called shine muscat. I know that this is the grape variety. The sweets are individually wrapped in plastic and then again in a dissolving foil – I guess you could eat them and this is to prevent the whole thing from sticking too much.
Is the foil also agar agar in a paper-like state (I only use agar agar to thicken food, as a gelatine substitute)? What is it made of? Why don’t more countries use edible foil? Are there any major disadvantages?
The film is made of starch. Dried agar wouldn’t dissolve fast enough in the mouth and would leave unpleasantly textured bits for a while.
This sort of edible film is called [Oblaat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblaat). It’s been used historically for dosing out medicine and to a lesser extent as a food wrapper.
There’s an old Japanese rice candy that comes in a cellophane like bit of rice paper. It keeps the candy from sticking to the plastic wrapper.
Looks exactly like this.
*edible
Someone else mentioned oblate. More info….
In English it’s called (Japanese) wafer paper. Typically made from just potato starch, but sometimes also with rice starch, sweet potato starch, rapeseed oil, and soy lecithin.
For anyone interested, you can buy wafer paper or different sorts and wrap your own candies/meds. Example: https://a.co/d/60TRj4k
rice paper