Njengoba imakethe yokudla esekelwe ezitshalweni ikhula ngokushesha, abakhiqizi bafuna izithako ezihlanzekile, ezisimeme ezihlangabezana nesidingo sabathengi semikhiqizo yemvelo, engaveli ezilwaneni. I-silica yokudla, impahla eyenziwe ngabantu engaveli emvelweni, iyisinqumo esihle kakhulu ekudleni okusekelwe ezitshalweni, njengoba ingeyona eyokudla kwezilwane, ayina-gluten, futhi ayinawo amaphilisi ezilwane, ngenkathi ihlinzeka ngezici ezibalulekile.
Ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni—njengobisi lwezitshalo, okunye okudliwa esikhundleni senyama, izimpushana zamaprotheni, noshizi olungeyona eyokudla kwezilwane—kuvame ukubhekana nezinselelo ngokuthungwa, ukuqina, nokugeleza kwezimpushana. I-silica yokudla ixazulula lezi zinkinga ngokusebenza njenge-anti-caking agent ezimpushaneni zamaprotheni ezisekelwe ezitshalweni (isibonelo, ubhontshisi, isoya, amaprotheni we-hemp), iqinisekisa ukuthi ziyachitheka kalula futhi zihlanganiswa kahle neziphuzo. Kobisi lwezitshalo noshizi olungeyona eyokudla kwezilwane, kusebenza njenge-stabilizer, kuvimbela ukuhlukana nokugcina ukuthungwa okushelelayo, okungaguquki.
Okuhle ngokudla okuyisilicca okwezinto ezisekelwe ezitshalweni ukuthi kuyahambisana namazinga okuhlanzeka. Kutholakala njengesengezo esiphephile yizinhlangano ezilawulayo emhlabeni wonke, akudingi ukubhalwa okuyinkimbinkimbi, futhi kuhambisana nokukhethwa kwabathengi kwezithako ezicacile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, imikhiqizo eminingi yokudla okuyisilicca yenziwa kusetshenziswa izinqubo zokukhiqiza ezisimeme, ezinomthelela omncane emvelweni, okwenza kube kufanele kahle kwimikhiqizo yezitshalo eqaphela imvelo.