Do all ice creams have thickeners added?

Originally Answered: Do all ice creams have thickeners? Will it be okay to eat?

Recently, "Zhong Xuegao does not melt at room temperature of 31°C for 1 hour" and "Zhong Xuegao responds that the ice cream does not melt for a long time" successively appeared on the hot search

Is the addition of food thickeners a common phenomenon in ice cream, ice cream, etc.

market survey

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Do all ice creams have thickeners added?

Recently, some netizens said that Zhong Xuegao's sea salt coconut and coconut ice cream did not "completely melt" after being placed at room temperature of about 31 ℃ for 1 hour, and "Zhong Xuegao did not melt at room temperature of 31 ℃ for 1 hour" quickly rushed to the hot search

Later, some netizens also experimented with the various flavors of Zhong Xuegao they bought, and found that this brand of ice cream is indeed difficult to melt into a liquid

On July 3, Zhong Xuegao responded on the online social platform that there is no ice cream that does not melt.

The reporter's inquiry found that in 2014, some media reported that there were too many additives in ice cream and ice cream with "non-melting" ice cream

"Are all ice creams and ice creams with added thickeners? Will my child be okay if they eat them?" Ms.

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Only two of the 20 samples were thickener-free

Yesterday, the reporter purchased 10 brands, 20 varieties of ice cream, ice cream and popsicles including Heluxue, Baxi, Guangming, etc.

Some of the ice cream popsicles purchased by the reporter

Among the cold drinks purchased by the reporter, an ice cream called "without a drop of water" and another product with "full cream ice cream" on the package also have thickeners added

In the ingredient list of various cold drinks, some businesses will clearly indicate the name of the thickener, but some businesses only indicate the code of the thickener

Among the 20 types purchased by the reporter, only two ice cream ingredients list clearly stated that there is no thickener

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In addition to thickeners, there are other additives

In addition to thickeners, other food additives are used in these products

In addition, colorants are also preferred to be added to cold drinks, especially fruit-flavored ice creams with prominent colors such as strawberries and blueberries, milk-flavored, vanilla-flavored, and cream-flavored ice creams and ice creams generally do not have colorants added

Is it safe

expert:

Thickeners are used within limits

No harm to human health

Are thickeners the norm in the cold beverage industry? Are these additives safe? The reporter interviewed Zhang Yu, a senior experimenter at the School of Food Science, Southwest University

Zhang Yu said that thickeners do exist in the cold drink industry for a long time, and even some soup packs sold in supermarkets have a certain amount of thickeners added

She believes that consumers must first distinguish between food additives and illegal additives

Secondly, there are national standards for the types and use limits of food additives, and they will not cause harm to human health within the limits of use
.

Zhang Yu said that thickeners 1142, 466, 412, etc.
, can be found in the national standard
.
In addition, she also said that it does not mean that ice cream cannot be made without additives, but that it is easier to improve the color and flavor of ice cream after adding an appropriate amount of food additives
.

In summer, children like to drink cold drinks and eat ice cream
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Zhang Yu suggested that first, pay attention to the time of eating.
It is best not to eat when you wake up in the morning, or eat when you wake up from a nap, as this will have some impact on the child's spleen and stomach
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Secondly, the quantity should also be controlled.
Each child’s physique is different, and their adaptability to cold drinks is also different.
Some children have no problem eating two or three, while others will have stomach discomfort or even diarrhea after eating one.
” It's about learning to control
.
"

From: Chongqing Morning News

Source: Hualong.
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