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    The vanillin in baby milk powder can be explained all at once!

    • Last Update: 2021-12-01
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    It's the annual 11.
    11 shopping season again.
    Are you planning to take advantage of the discounts to stock up on? Every year, young parents or their elders come to consult me, how to choose baby formula? Because they simply can't figure out what the various compositional differences mean and how to choose
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    I know that an article is difficult to explain all kinds of questions clearly, so today I will talk about a relatively simple topic-vanillin, and give you the answer in the simplest and most direct way
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    Question: What is vanillin?
     
    Answer: Vanillin was originally extracted from vanilla, and currently it is mainly artificially synthesized
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    It is the use of the world's most widely used, the largest amount of flavor, commonly found in dairy products, chocolate, ice cream, cake and so on
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    Question: What is ethyl vanillin?
     
    Answer: Ethyl vanillin is artificially synthesized, similar in structure to natural vanillin, and has a stronger fragrance
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    The two are often collectively referred to as vanillin
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    Question: Which is safer, natural vanillin or synthetic ethyl vanillin?
     
    Answer: There is no substantial difference in the safety of the two, and the limit of use in milk powder is also the same
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    Q: Can infant milk powder be added with vanillin?
     
    Answer: China's national standards for infant milk powder have just completed a round of revision, but the old and new national standards have the same regulations on vanillin.
    One paragraph cannot be added, and two paragraphs and above can be added
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    Question: Why is it not allowed to add paragraph 1?
     
    Answer: 0-6 months of infants are recommended to use pure breast milk.
    If there is insufficient milk or need to suspend breast milk due to diseases and other reasons, milk powder is needed at this time
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    If vanillin is added to the first stage of milk powder, it is not conducive to the baby's return to breast milk
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    Question: Why can 2 paragraphs and above be added?
     
    Answer: After 6 months, babies gradually add various flavors of complementary foods, and it is not necessary to strictly limit the flavor of milk powder
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    After 1 year old, children’s recipes are more complicated and gradually move closer to adults, and there is no need to restrict the introduction of various flavors
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    Question: Why is vanillin detected in some 1st milk powder?
     
    Answer: It is impossible for a formal enterprise to add it
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    If the production line also produces milk powder with 2 stages and above, there may be a small amount of milk powder mixed in between batches
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    However, the detection value is generally very low (less than one part per million, 1ppm), which does not affect the safety of milk powder, and the taste effect can be ignored
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    Q: Is the milk powder with vanillin safe?
     
    Answer: The result of the international evaluation of the safe dosage of vanillin is that it is safe to not exceed 10 mg per kilogram of body weight per day, and has no adverse effects on various organs including the liver and kidneys
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    According to the current actual added amount of milk powder, no matter how the child drinks it, there will be no problems with drinking
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    Question: Does foreign infant milk powder allow vanillin to be added?
     
    Answer: Not much different from China
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    For example, international standards allow the use of vanillin in milk powders of stage 2 and above; Europe and the United States do not have any rigid restrictions on the use of vanillin; South Korea allows all infant milk powders including stage 1 to use vanillin
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    In other words, either there is no restriction, or only one milk powder is restricted
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    Q: Is vanillin added to foreign infant milk powder?
     
    Answer: Some baby milk powders abroad are used, and some are not used.
    The same brand is both useful and not used
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    In fact, the situation at home and abroad is similar.
    The three-stage milk powder is mainly added with vanillin, but vanillin is also used in the first-stage milk powder in some countries and regions, such as Dubai
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    (Canada Wal-Mart Supermarket Section 3)
     
     
    (Section 3 of ParknShop, Hong Kong)
     
     
    (Dubai Supermarket Section 1)
     
    Question: Does vanillin cause dependence? Will it lead to picky eaters/anorexia? Will it affect digestion and absorption? Will it cause obesity?
     
    Answer: Infants are picky eaters, anorexia and a considerable part of their preference for original tastes are actually normal "anti-new" phenomena, which require repeated trials and adaptations
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    In addition, picky eaters, anorexia, weight loss, and obesity are often the result of unscientific feeding.
    When encountering such problems, it is best to consult a professional pediatrician or child care expert
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    Q: Is it better not to add vanillin to milk powder?
     
    Answer: From the perspective of safety and nutrition, there is no substantial difference between adding or not adding, but "no addition", "0 addition" and "not included" can be used as marketing selling points
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    The national food labeling standard (draft for comments) clearly prohibits the use of such propaganda terms because they are actually misleading consumption
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