Why did the three departments jointly stop gold foil food?

According to CCTV news, gold-leaf chocolate, gold-leaf ice cream, gold-leaf cake, and even gold-leaf steak and gold-leaf sushi.

Recently, the General Administration of Market Supervision, the National Health and Health Commission, and the General Administration of Customs jointly issued a notice, clearly stating that according to China's food safety laws and regulations and food safety standards, gold foil and silver foil, gold powder and silver powder are not food additives and cannot be used in food production.

Although the relevant departments expressly prohibit it, there are still businesses who knowingly commit the crime

Is eating gold leaf really good for the body?

Gold foil food is expensive, so some people think that eating gold foil must be good for the body

Fan Zhihong, professor of nutrition at China Agricultural University, member of the "Source News" expert database of China Association for Science and Technology: Gold itself, because it is an element with relatively low chemical reactivity, is difficult to dissolve in the environment we cook in daily.

Is it harmful to eat gold leaf?

Experts make it clear that gold foil has no nutritional value for the human body, and it will be excreted as it is

Experts said that swallowing gold to commit suicide swallowed gold nuggets, or stuck in the throat to cause suffocation, or fell down, slashed the digestive tract, injured human organs, and caused internal bleeding and other situations that led to death

Fan Zhihong, professor of nutrition at China Agricultural University, member of the "Source News" expert database of China Association for Science and Technology: Gold is a relatively stable chemical element.

Hu Xiangpeng, deputy director of the Department of Gastroenterology at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University: If you take a large amount, it may cause indigestion and so on

Gold foil does not belong to the category of food additives in my country

Gold foil does not belong to the category of food additives, so how are food additives defined in my country?

In China, according to the relevant national standards for food safety and the use of food additives, food additives are defined as: synthetic or natural additives added to food for the purpose of improving food quality and color, aroma, taste, and for the needs of antiseptic, fresh-keeping and processing technology.

Fan Zhihong, a professor of nutrition at China Agricultural University, a member of the "Source News" expert database of the China Association for Science and Technology: There is another situation, which is to improve the nutritional value of food, such as adding some vitamins, minerals, calcium, vitamin C, etc.

Is Edible Gold Foil Common Gold?

Obviously, gold foil does not meet the conditions of food additives, and China has not included gold foil in the category of food additives

What is the reason for the three departments to jointly stop the gold foil food?

Why are some merchants so keen to dress their products in gold and silver? Quite simply, it can be sold more expensively