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On January 7 this year, the National Health Commission issued a document to approve sodium hyaluronate (ie hyaluronic acid) as a "new food raw material" that can be used in ordinary food.
Is hyaluronic acid that can wipe the face safe after being added to food? How are they different from ordinary food? What impact will the approval of new food ingredients have on the food industry?
A few days ago, the "Promoting the Application of New Food Ingredients and Developing the Food Nutrition and Health Industry-Functional Food Development Trend Roundtable Forum" sponsored by the People's Daily Health Client and Health Times was held in Beijing.
Functional food is an intermediate of food and medicine
"As early as 1983, during the trial period of my country's first Food Sanitation Law, it was proposed that new resource foods were approved by the health administrative department.
With the development of biotechnology, the metabolism and functions of various biologically active substances in the body have been further revealed.
"In the past, people often came back with rice cookers or toilet lids when they went abroad.
Currently, there is no legal name "functional food" in the Chinese food classification.
"Different countries have different definitions of functional foods, but it is generally believed that functional foods refer to foods that have the functions of enhancing the body's defenses, regulating circadian rhythms, preventing diseases, and promoting health.
"In a specific concept, functional foods are foods with specific nutrition and health functions.
Oral hyaluronic acid has a variety of health benefits
The safety of new food raw materials is a matter of great concern to everyone, and China has strict control in this regard.
"The new food raw material announcement extends the application of sodium hyaluronate to a variety of general foods.
It should be noted that "sodium hyaluronate is the sodium salt form of hyaluronic acid.
"Hyaluronic acid itself is a component of the human body, which gradually decreases with age.
Is it safe to add hyaluronic acid to food? Can it be absorbed?
Zang Hengchang, director of the Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Preparation Technology Research and Evaluation of the National Medical Products Administration and deputy dean of the Shandong University Institute of Drug Control Science, said that after consulting many documents and studies, it was found that oral hyaluronic acid can be partially absorbed and utilized by organisms after being metabolized.
Guo Xueping, chief scientist of Huaxi Biotechnology, introduced that hyaluronic acid has been used as a food raw material abroad for many years.
The National Nutrition Plan (2017-2030) issued by the State Council pointed out that national nutrition is related to the improvement of national quality and economic and social development.
"The development and application of new food raw materials is conducive to product innovation and industrial upgrading in the food industry.
Unbalanced nutrition can cause health problems such as "three highs"
What is the current dietary and nutritional status of Chinese residents? Do people need functional foods?
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According to the "Report on the Status of Nutrition and Chronic Diseases of Chinese Residents (2020)" issued by the National Health Commission, the problem of overweight and obesity among Chinese residents has become increasingly prominent, and the incidence of chronic diseases is still on the rise.
"We must change the dietary behavior of the Chinese people.
Now everyone generally eats more meat, less vegetables, more animal food intake, and less plant food intake.
" Ding Gangqiang pointed out that residents in coastal areas consume aquatic products.
The situation is good, but the residents in the western and northeastern regions eat mostly animal foods with high saturated fat content.
The consumption of livestock and poultry meat is relatively large, while the consumption of aquatic products and fruits is relatively low.
The survey found that due to unbalanced diet, many people lack the necessary nutrients.
Zhai Fengying said that the elderly, children and adolescents often lack some nutrients, and they should appropriately supplement some common nutrient supplements, including functional foods or health products, according to their own conditions, to meet the needs of the body.
Zhang Yan, a professor at the School of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University, said that from the perspective of processed foods, in addition to traditional functional ingredients such as protein and minerals, some new functional active ingredients also need to be fully considered in the raw materials or ingredients of food.
For example, hyaluronic acid, chlorophyll, anthocyanins, etc.
, which can make the residents' daily diet more balanced and healthier.