Multigrain flour is transformed into meal replacement powder, who will control the market without compulsory standards...

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Reporter investigation: The meal replacement powder you bought may be ordinary multigrain powder

"Xiaohongshu, Douyin, and Taobao are all sold, and many Internet celebrities and celebrities are also recommending it

Xinxin told the Beijing News reporter that the customer service recommends that the method of losing weight quickly is to consume only meal replacement powder for three meals a day for a week, which can lose 8-10 kg.

In fact, there are many women who have the same ideas as Xinxin, who are full of expectations for meal replacement powder and doubts about it at the same time

A reporter from the Beijing News surveyed 10 popular “meal replacement powders” on the market and found that despite the differences in product formulas, the ingredients that appear the most are: purple potato flakes, oatmeal, wheat germ, quinoa flakes, raisins, konjac powder, jujube powder, red bean powder, medlar, psyllium shell round shell flour, almond flour, corn flakes, mountain powder, arrowroot powder, barley powder

Take COFCO's purple potato konjac meal replacement porridge as an example.

On December 10, a reporter from the Beijing News came to a stall selling miscellaneous grains at the Tjit morning market in Dongcheng District and selected the 10 most common ingredients in meal replacement powders-fried barley, oats, kudzu root, yam, A total of 500 grams of red beans, corn, red dates, poria, wheat germs, gorgon, etc.

Experts remind: Meal replacement powder is not reliable to replace the whole meal, which can easily lead to insufficient nutritional intake

Compared with the regular meal, the calories are reduced by 82%, and the feeling of fullness is super full + being hungry for N hours.

A reporter from the Beijing News bought a product called "Yunchao Vegetarian Nutrition Full Meal 159".

He Yuan, a dietitian in charge of Beijing Shijitan Hospital, said that this type of powder is implemented in accordance with the People's Republic of China Grain Industry Standard LS/T3302 promulgated in 2014, which is defined as instant cereal powder

"The main nutritional components of this type of powder are not much different from the grains we usually eat.

Gu Zhongyi, a registered dietitian in China and director of the Beijing Dietitian Association, believes that consumers should treat meal replacement powder scientifically and rationally

“For people who want to lose weight, they need to control their energy intake in their daily diet.

Industry observation: lack of mandatory standards, the chaos in the meal replacement powder market is difficult to solve

A reporter from the Beijing News found that there is no mandatory standard for meal replacement powder, and only the "Meal Replacement Food Group Standard" issued by the Chinese Nutrition Society on November 22, 2019 can be used as a reference

The "Meal Replacement Food Group Standard" proposes two concepts: meal replacement foods and some meal replacement foods

The standard stipulates that the energy provided by each meal replacement food should be greater than or equal to 835kJ (200kcal) and not greater than 1670kJ (400kcal).

Gu Zhongyi, a registered dietitian in China and a director of the Beijing Dietitian Association, revealed that the group standard is not a mandatory standard.
It is only a guideline given by the Nutrition Society.
There is no clear mandatory national standard for meal replacement foods
.

"Because there is no compulsory standard to regulate, it is difficult for consumers to distinguish and protect the rights of meal replacement powder in the face of the propaganda of the business
.
It is not illegal to provide consumers with dietary advice and teach them how to eat.
; If a business advertises that it has a certain health function or some medical purpose, it is illegal
.
” Gu Zhongyi explained
.

Professor Yang Yuexin, the chairman of the Chinese Nutrition Society and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, also said that the Chinese meal replacement food market has problems such as unbalanced product nutrition, unscientific formula, uneven quality, irregular use methods, and exaggerated publicity
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One of the reasons is the lack of national standards for meal replacement foods, and there is no product classification of meal replacement foods.
It is urgent for all parties to work together to promote the establishment and development of relevant national standards
.