Experts remind: The wrong is not in food additives, and abuse of editors in individual businesses: melamine is found in more and more food, many people jokingly completed the chemical industry in food learning, a large number of consumers due to waste food , On the food additives talk about tiger discoloration; and many manufacturers in the product advertising, propaganda "no additives" and "preservative-free" and so on. However, experts said that the modern food industry can not do without food additives, additives are not wrong, what is wrong is its abuse and the entire industry is not standardized. Therefore, regulation and supervision are extremely important.
â–¡Text: Reporter Su Zhifeng
Illustration: Li Chongwu
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"additive-free" food is pretty good
In several large shopping malls such as Xinhuadu, Baecui, and Haohe, etc. in the urban areas, when asked whether they knew about food additives, about 90% of the citizens interviewed thought that “food containing additives is harmful to the human body.†But when it comes to the role of food additives, about 60% of consumers said they did not know.
Ms. Zheng, who lives in Jinshan Community in the urban area, said that food safety incidents such as melamine and Sudan have made her have no good impression of food additives. Usually, when they go to the supermarket to buy food, they will be careful when they see food additives on food labels. In the interview, most consumers have the same views as Ms. Zheng.
According to reports, the so-called food additives are chemically synthesized or natural substances added to foods to improve the quality and color of the foods, as well as the need for preservation and processing. They are non-nutrients. However, melamine and Sudan red are poisonous chemicals.
The reporter saw in the shopping mall that many foods produced and sold by manufacturers were only marked with the name of a certain food additive in the packaged ingredient list, but the specific content was not marked. Products marked "without additives" are clearly favored. A salesperson at Xinhua Fortress Mall has introduced that due to the influence of melamine, more and more consumers have begun to pay attention to food additives. Many people will pay attention to the ingredient list on the packaging bags when they purchase goods, some of which are marked with " "Products without food additives" sold significantly better than others.
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Most foods are inseparable from additives
"This is a misunderstanding of food additives." Wang Hongzi, a master of food science and nutrition engineering, told reporters that due to the impact of some food safety incidents in recent years, people began to talk about "agent" discoloration. "It can be said that there is no modern food industry without food additives."
Wang Hongzi introduced that at present, China's approved food additives are divided into 22 categories, more than 1600 varieties (the United States has more than 2,500 kinds). According to the source can be divided into two major categories of natural and chemical synthesis, according to their use can be divided into flavors, spices, pigments, antioxidants, fungicides, flavoring agents, sweeteners, bleaches, loosening agents and nutritional enhancers, etc. . Food additives play an extremely important role in improving the quality, grade, color, flavor, and even the quality and freshness of finished products. At present, it has entered into various fields such as grain, oil, meat, poultry and fruit and vegetable processing. It covers beverages, spices, brewing, confectionary pasta, dairy products, nutritional health products and other industrial sectors.
“It can be said that food additives have entered three meals a day for ordinary people and are closely related to our lives.†For example, preservatives can inhibit the growth and reproduction of food microorganisms and extend the preservation time of foods. If there are no preservatives, the market will not have rich foods for everyone to buy. Preservatives can also kill harmful microorganisms in foods and prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases. For example, the addition of food coloring can greatly increase people's interest in food. The Chinese people pay attention to "color and flavor" in cooking, and the first place is "color." The tempting colors can arouse people's appetite for the first time, and their appetites are wide open, so that people can get more nutrition. At present, there are about 19 kinds of antioxidants, stabilizers, food colors, preservatives, coagulants, etc. that we use.
“The scope and amount of use of each food additive is based on scientific evidence. Before going into the market for use, it must undergo a rigorous toxicological approval process by the relevant national inspection authorities. As long as food additives are used in strict accordance with the variety, scope, and dosage approved by the State, Safety is guaranteed.†Persons related to the Supervision Bureau of the Quanzhou Municipal Technical Supervision Bureau told the reporter that most of the various types of foods currently sold on the market have a certain amount of food additives, as long as the variety, scope, and usage are within the allowable range of the standard. Within it, the quality of the product itself meets the national standards and will not cause any harm to human health. Therefore, consumers do not need to refuse to eat some foods.
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Talking about the "agent" discoloration is not without reason
"The additive itself is not wrong. What's wrong is the misuse of it and the lack of regulation in the entire industry." Wang Hongzi believes that it is not unreasonable to talk about the "agent" discoloration. "This has a direct relationship with the abuse of food additives by some food manufacturers." He said that some unscrupulous merchants often use chemical materials instead of natural additives in order to reduce the production costs by pursuing the fragrant, crisp, and brittle foods; some are illegal by food manufacturers. The addition of food additives, such as canned fruits, prohibits the use of any preservatives, resulting in unqualified products entering the market. However, when artificial colors, flavors, swelling agents, preservatives, etc. in food exceed the standards, it will particularly pose a hazard to the child's liver, blood, and central nervous system, and affect the child's healthy growth.
According to statistics, in the past 40 years, poisonings caused by abuse of food additives have occurred in various countries in the world. The sensational "Clenbuterol" incident was even more chilling. The so-called "Clenbuterol" is a chemically synthesized hydrochloric acid containing many toxins. Adding it to livestock feed can reduce the fat of poultry such as pigs, chickens and ducks, accelerate protein synthesis, and increase lean meat content. People who eat such "lean meat" will have pneumonia such as palpitation, headache, nausea and vomiting, which will be extremely harmful to the body.
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Buy food attention "QS" logo
When the people buy food, how should they master the knowledge about food additives and feel comfortable shopping? The quality and technical supervision department reminds consumers that when purchasing food, they must first choose the various foods produced by regular manufacturers. Because these manufacturers use the additives in strict accordance with national regulations to regulate their own production usage, so that it is relatively safe and will not cause any problems. Another point is to look at the list of ingredients when selecting foods. The ingredient list shows the added ingredients. If it is not marked or written without additives, it is generally less formal.
The words “this product does not contain any food additive†are marked on the outer packaging of some foods on the market, and it seems that the food containing “food additives†is harmful or harmful to human health. In fact, all foods contain food additives. The absence of food additives is impossible and untrue. Some manufacturers are so labeled, mainly to meet consumer misconceptions about food additives, is a misleading consumer behavior. Food production as long as the addition of food additives in accordance with national standards is not harmful to food, consumers do not need to worry about.
At the same time, the quality and technical supervision department also reminded that all food production and processing enterprises must go to special stores or set up special counters when purchasing food additives, and obtain the production hygiene license for food additives from the distribution unit and be consistent with the batch number and quantity of the products. Inspect the certificate or test sheet to avoid harm to consumers.
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The real face of food additives
If traced back to the source of food additives, human first food additive may be edible salt. In ancient times, when humans began to use fire to eat cooked food, they may not know the benefits of salt. Before roasting, the meat was placed on a stone, and a thin layer of salt oozing out of the stone. People found that the grilled meat not only tasted great, but also found that the grilled food could be preserved for a long time. This is actually the beginning of human use of food additives. As everyone knows, after the food is smoked, the acids, phenols and other ingredients play an important role in the anti-corrosion, anti-oxidation and preservation of the food. It was only then that people could not realize this.
The use of food additives in China has a long history. As early as 1,800 years ago in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the use of spot-produced salt and brine (that is, coagulant) was used; 800 years ago, during the Southern Song Dynasty, nitrite was applied to the production of bacon; in the early days of “Qi Min Yao Shu†In the works such as Tiangong Kaiwu, both natural pigments and other natural food additives have detailed records. The development of the modern food industry has made food additives enter a period of rapid development. There are 22 categories of food additives that are currently approved for use in China, with more than 1600 kinds of food additives. Every day, in the normal diet, there are more than 20 kinds of food additives that each person touches on a daily basis. . It can be said that modern life is inseparable from food additives. Without food additives, there is no modern food industry.
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