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    Is emulsifier harmful to human body

    • Last Update: 2018-05-07
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Introduction: many friends like to eat delicious bread, most of which are purchased from outside Most of the bread bought back contains emulsifier Then, some people will have a question, is emulsifier harmful to human body? Is emulsifier harmful? This is a topic that many people are concerned about Let's introduce it to you China has approved the use of food emulsifiers: more than 30 products such as Sipan, Twain, sodium stearyl lactate calcium, sodium stearyl lactate, triglyceride, propylene glycol fatty acid ester, sucrose ester, soybean phospholipid, lauric acid monoglyceride, etc Among them, the products of liquid emulsifier include: liquid monoglyceride (i.e monooleic acid glyceride), soybean phospholipid (phospholipid with decolorization and hydroxylation), Tween series products, monooctanoic acid (or caprylic acid) glyceride and other products Food emulsifier, when added to food, can significantly reduce the interfacial tension between oil and water, making the oil (hydrophobic substances) and water (hydrophilic substances) that are not mutually soluble to form a stable emulsion of food additives The function of emulsifier: surfactant, reducing interfacial tension and forming protective film on the surface of dispersed phase Emulsifier function in food: emulsification; foaming; suspension; demulsification and defoaming; complexation; crystallization control; wetting; lubrication Is emulsifier harmful to human body? There are different opinions on whether food emulsifier is harmful to human body There is a rumor on the Internet that emulsifier in bread will have an impact on human kidney Xiaobian also investigated that emulsifier is indeed an indispensable additive in the bread making process Its main functions are to strengthen gluten, delay aging, improve foaming, reduce the fat content in bread, and extend the eating cycle of baked food Without emulsifier, we can't connect the water and oil in the process of making bread, and we can't eat soft and delicious bread Is edible emulsifier harmful According to experts, some cakes, gongs and other baked goods we usually eat also contain emulsifiers, which are also allowed to be added into the food according to the food additive standard in China If we eat too many emulsifiers, it will do harm to the health of people with poor kidney function, but generally, the emulsifiers in bread will not be excessive, on the one hand, it will Affect the taste, on the other hand, it will increase the cost of the business, there is no need to do things that are laborious and thankless Although we are still skeptical about the harm of emulsifiers, we can understand and test whether food emulsifiers contain harmful ingredients by understanding food safety knowledge and using food safety detector Editor in charge: he xianrob
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