The detection of vanillin in imported milk powder such as German Xibao attracts attention to experts: "non-essential" nutrients should not be added

Economic Daily - China Economic Net, November 13, Beijing News reporter (Liu Xiaoxiao Shilan) Recently, the Beijing Municipal Market Supervision Bureau found that vanillin was found in a batch of Xibao 1st stage milk powder during a random inspection, which has attracted widespread attention

According to the report, the product involved is the Xibao Beixi infant formula milk powder (0-6 months, 1 stage), which is produced by the nominal NUTRIBIO and operated by the fourth branch of Beijing Golden Future Trading Co.

According to the current GB2760-2014 "National Food Safety Standard for the Use of Food Additives", the addition of edible flavors is not allowed in infant formula for infants aged 0-6 months

In response, Xibao issued a statement in response, saying that it did not actively add vanillin or other edible flavors to the first stage milk powder

Coincidentally, German Xibao is not the only brand recently found to contain vanillin in a milk powder

Although recently imported milk powder has been frequently detected as substandard vanillin, experts said that vanillin does not actually have the effect of poisoning infants

That is to say, in a milk powder, vanillin is not necessary to be added, although the use of flavors within the specified dose has no safety risk

Experts in the industry believe that it is not necessary to add flavors to infant formula milk powder of stage 2 and 3

Experts said that when consumers identify whether milk powder has added flavor, they cannot fully judge from the smell alone