Are there the dirtiest food additives?

recently, the
U.S. Environmental Working Group
,
EWG
) released a "blacklist" of food additives, publishing a list of
12,
"dirtiest" food additives (
Dirty Dozen
), including nitrates and nitrites, potassium bromate, and hydroxyl Propylene benzoate, butyl hydroxybenzene (
BHA
), butyl hydroxyl toluene (
BHT
), non-food acetate, cocoa base, scented substances, artificial colors, diacetyl, phosphate, aluminum additives, but also recommended that the public try to avoid the above
12
of the dirtiest additives, said to be cancer-causing. Is there really the "dirtiest" food additive?the
12
is no stranger to us. Nitrates and nitrites are naturally present in many plant foods, we eat vegetables, they can also be used as colorants and preservatives in meat products, many people like to eat sausages, these two substances do not have carcinogenicity, and nitrite can inhibit the growth of Botox, prevent the production of deadly botulinum toxin, for the safety of people has a very important role.potassium bromate was previously used as an antioxidant and preservative in flour, and subsequent scientific assessments found that it was unnecessary, banned in most countries of the world and abolished in
in
. Parabens are commonly used preservatives and are allowed in jams, soy sauces, beverages and many other foods. Butyl hydroxylphenyl ether (
BHA
), butyl hydroxylene (
BHT
), and propylene acetate are commonly used antioxidants, and safety is not a concern for reasonable use. Phosphate is a water-preserving agent, puffer, acidity regulator, stabilizer, anti-knot agent, etc. used, the United States assessment that it is generally considered safe (
GRAS
) substances.The use of aluminum additives can be puffed, commonly used in oil bars, puffed food, this year China's food safety risk assessment found that some people, especially children, may have excessive risk of aluminum intake, has been modified the use of aluminum-containing food additives, as long as strictly in accordance with the provisions of the use, there will be no safety risks.diacetyl can produce the aroma of butter, often used in popcorn, is china's permitted use of flavoring agents, the International Committee on Food Additives (
JECFA
) assessment that
di
acetyl in the use of con seasonings, there is no safety problem;artificial colors are allowed in many foods and do not cause problems such as ADHD in children, as long as they are allowed to be used, reasonable use can be considered safe.And cocoa base (
Theobromine
) is not an additive, it is an alkaloid, found in cocoa trees and chocolate, the same category also belongs to the tea base and caffeine, which is a common food ingredient, in our favorite tea coffee are naturally present, small amounts of consumption will not be harmful.So, this
12
substances are mostly commonly used additives, but also common food ingredients, countries around the world have relevant use regulations, it can be considered that as long as reasonable use will not have any impact on the human body, is not what "dirty additives."If you have an impression of the previously analyzed food additives blacklist, you will find that the U.S. Environmental Working Group published this "dirty food additives" list and our domestic popular "food additives blacklist", such as "
10
of the most harmful food additives" "10 food additives are most harmful to health" "10 food additives are very dangerous" and so on are very similar, but often mentioned the types of additives slightly different. They use very similar techniques, often citing reasons for yes or no, using consumer panic and ignorance of additives to draw conclusions that food additives are harmful. There are thousands of food additives currently allowed in the world, casually looking for more than a dozen can wantonly create such a "black list" to confuse consumers, and consumers in the face of the chemical name of additives more panic, these "black list" can quickly spread in the network., the U.S. Environmental Working Group is a non-governmental environmental group whose goal is to keep consumers away from processed foods. Its food additive reports and blacklists are not scientific, and international authorities such as the Joint Committee of Experts on Food Additives (
JECFA
), the U.S.
FDA
and the European Food Safety Authority
EFSA
have not issued "dirty food additive lists" or "food additive blacklists", consumers should not worry too much.