How to choose food additives

Introduction: Baibai safety net introduces how to choose food additives to help you live a better life and know how to use additives Food additives are widely used, so how to choose food additives 1 Learn some recognition skills In the daily inspection, the quality supervision department found that many black workshops would add non edible substances such as sulfur, formaldehyde, opal, caustic soda and so on to the food, causing food safety incidents How to identify food additives? Consumers should learn some recognition skills "Sulfur can be sterilized, disinfected, bleached and preserved." According to the quality supervision personnel, sulfur is mostly hidden in Tremella, melon seeds, steamed bread and other foods, and consumers can distinguish it by observing the color and distinguishing the smell "For example, tremella itself has no taste When consumers buy it, they can take a little taste first If the tongue has a tingling feeling, it means that the food is smoked with sulfur." Formaldehyde is usually hidden in seafood, meat products, bean products and other foods "The identification method is that the formaldehyde soaked food is larger in shape and lighter in color In the process of eating, it can obviously feel smooth in the mouth and crispy in the mouth." Tofu, rice flour, shark's fin and other foods are the main hiding places of white pendants, such as tofu, beancurd and other foods with natural colors If they look particularly white, they may be mixed with white pendants For aquatic products, consumers can identify by looking, smelling and pinching when they buy them "Fresh and normal aquatic products should have some fishy smell, and aquatic products with hanging white pieces will have a slight smell of formalin." Methanol is harmful to the body The state does not allow formaldehyde to be used in food If the formaldehyde exceeds the standard, the food safety detector will detect it Don't choose a fixed food alone "From a health point of view, do not eat a single food, the more miscellaneous the better." Zhao Lijun, an engineer in the food department of Taiyuan Institute of quality and technical supervision and inspection, said It should be noted that to prevent the cumulative harm of food additives, take young people drinking beverages as an example Some people may only like certain beverages and drink them almost every day, which is harmful to the body Although the sodium benzoate added to some beverages in the production meets the national requirements, does not exceed the use, and there is absolutely no problem for people to drink, but the accumulated sodium benzoate in the human body is likely to exceed the standard, causing harm to the human body, which is often hidden and will not appear immediately Here, Zhao Lijun reminded that consumers should not choose a single fixed food as much as possible, and the more miscellaneous the better 3 Try to choose foods with less processing procedures Due to the work tension, people in the provincial cities often buy some semi-finished products in supermarkets, such as quick-frozen dumplings, tomato and egg soup, instant noodles, etc., experts said that such "convenient" food is harmful to health "Try to cook at home and don't rely too much on processed and fast food." Qi Daixin, a staff member of Taiyuan Municipal Bureau of quality supervision, said, "in the long run, all kinds of additives accumulated in the body will increase." Therefore, try to eat less processed food, should choose more natural food or less processing procedures If you go to the supermarket for shopping, the fresh area should be the first choice; fresh vegetables are only cleaned and transported, which can be said to be completely free of additives; fresh meat is the same, compared with the cooked food and meat products added with various preservatives, colorants, antioxidants, I don't know how many chemicals to omit; all kinds of snacks are basically food with complicated processing procedures, so try to eat less We know more about food additives Many people don't want to eat food with food additives Is food additives really harmful? In fact, if food additives are used according to national standards, there is no harm to the body If you want to know more about food additives, please go to Baibai safety net Editor in charge: he xianrob