The sugar substitute problem under the halo is looming

Recently, the Zhihu website, a high-quality Q&A community, has unexpectedly put a big deal on the issue of mooncakes: in pursuit of low sugar, Zhihu mooncakes replaced all the sugar that originally accounted for about 20% of the total weight of mooncakes with sugar alcohols.

In response, the official account of Zhihu Weibo responded that this time Zhihu mooncakes were produced by mature enterprises with good reputation in the industry, and the low-sugar formula provided by the manufacturers was selected

COFCO Fengtong (Beijing) Food Co.

Various sugar alcohols have a certain tolerance

Partial replacement of sugar intake with sweeteners is a global trend

"All sugar alcohols have a characteristic as sugar substitutes, that is, if they eat too much, they will not be absorbed by the human body, and they will accumulate in the intestines to increase the osmotic pressure and cause diarrhea

In addition, the sugar substitutes used in different food and beverages are not the same, and the one-time intake requirements for different sugar substitutes are also different

In addition, "sugar substitute products" are not suitable for all people

Relevant regulations and standards are not sound enough

Luckily, the Zhihu mooncake incident was not a hygiene issue or a raw material issue for the mooncakes.

"Relevant departments should strengthen the supervision and random inspection of various sugar substitute products, and provide consumers with safe and qualified sugar substitute products

In this regard, legal professionals believe that all operations in this incident were compliant, and the products also met national standards.

Regarding the division of responsibilities, the above-mentioned people said that COFCO Fengtong is a food producer, and Zhihu is a non-food operator

(Yang Xiaojing comprehensive report)

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　　Knowing that the moon cake overturned this time is because of the pursuit of low sugar, ignoring the problem of maltitol used to replace sucrose, which may lead to the intolerance of the human body and cause diarrhea

　　Microbial items: mold count, Salmonella, coliform, total colony count, Staphylococcus aureus

　　Additive items: benzoic acid, natamycin, sucralose, deoxyacetic acid, propionic acid, benzoic acid, sodium salt, sorbic acid and potassium salt, amaranth, brilliant blue, sunset yellow, carmine, calcium sodium propionate, Sodium saccharin,

　　Sensory requirements items: from the shape, structure, taste, taste, impurities, color and so on of moon cakes

　　Physical and chemical items: the content of loss on drying, protein, total sugar, acid value, peroxide value, food fillings,

　　"China Food News" (September 16, 2021 03 edition)

(Editor-in-charge: Yang Xiaojing)