Is gluten a food additive

Introduction: gluten is also called active gluten It's a kind of dough improver You may not be familiar with it, but the baked gluten we eat contains gluten Is gluten a food additive? Is food additive really harmful? These questions are answered by our safety net Gluten, also known as active gluten and wheat gluten, is an excellent dough improver It is widely used in the production of bread, noodles and instant noodles It can also be used as a water retaining agent in meat products, and it is also the basic raw material of high-grade aquatic feed At present, gluten is also used as an efficient green flour gluten enhancer in the production of high gluten flour and special flour for bread Gluten is also an effective way to increase the protein content in food Gluten is widely used in flour products, meat products, aquatic products and beverage industry Is gluten a food additive? According to the standard for use of food additives, gluten is not a food additive It is a kind of food raw material, and the dosage of gluten is not clearly limited, but it should not be added too much Gluten is a kind of light yellow natural cereal protein which is extracted from wheat through deep processing It has the characteristics of strong water absorption, viscoelasticity, film-forming, extensibility, adhesiveness, thermal coagulation, liposuction and emulsification Is food additive really harmful? Food additives in our country are all allowed to be used in food hygiene laws and standards, and the dosage used is also specified Only when they meet the use standards can they be added to food as food additives Therefore, food additives are generally harmless But we should pay attention to that if the food additive is used excessively, it will do harm to the body and may affect the human reproductive system Therefore, we should pay more attention to prevent the use dose of food additives from exceeding the standard We should often use the food safety detector to detect whether the content of additives in food exceeds the standard We should also learn more about food safety knowledge and master the relevant information of food additives, so that we can understand some problems about food additives Editor in charge: he xianrob