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During the May Day holiday, we ushered in Lixia in the 24 solar terms. The temperature across the country is also rising rapidly, and the breath of summer is coming. In addition to fans and air-conditioners, the summer heat-relief and cool-down weapon is of course indispensable for various desserts and delicacies. Among them, ice cream and ice cream are the first choices of many big friends and children.
Cold drink products are so popular, so let’s study the ingredients today. From the packaging of some ice cream and ice cream products, it is not difficult to find that there are many types and contents of additives in many products, including four or five kinds, or even more than a dozen kinds.
A certain brand of cream ice cream, the reporter found a list of ingredients in the folds on the package. In the ingredient list, the reporter saw that the food additives include sodium cyclamate, aspartame, lemon yellow, mono/diglyceride fatty acid esters, Tween 80, sodium hexametaphosphate, potassium chloride, and carrageenan.
It’s incredible that the brand’s other red bean ice cream has more additives, up to 12 types: sodium alginate, aspartame, caramel color , Lemon yellow, brilliant blue, mono/diglycerin fatty acid esters, tamarind polysaccharide gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, xanthan gum.
After some research, it is found that, regardless of brand, almost all cold drink products contain no less than five additives, and more than a dozen types of additives are also very common. Artificial colors, sweeteners, monoglycerides and other emulsifiers, food flavors , Thickeners and other food additives play a very important role in cold drink products.
Fan Zhihong, an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, School of Food Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, pointed out that these additives can be divided into four categories: emulsification, flavoring, shaping, and coloring, and they are all ice cream An essential ingredient for a sweet taste. If these additives are not added to the cold drink product, the cold drink product with uniform texture, regular shape, sweet taste, delicate and soft, and not easy to melt will not be produced. If you want to know the safety of the product, experts also pointed out that thickeners, monoglyceride emulsifiers and sour agents are all very safe real shot additives. Most of them are safe and healthy ingredients in natural foods, but I have to say The flavors and colors are mostly chemically synthesized additives.
Everyone needs to know that as long as food additives meet the national standard dosage, they are national statutory additives and are theoretically safe. However, if there are many kinds of additives in a food and the ingredients are complex, it may cause superimposed effects and cause certain risks to health. If underage children use too much acid or too many food additives, it may lead to osteoporosis, loss of calcium and magnesium and other trace elements, affecting growth and mental health. Therefore, minors, especially children under three years of age, should avoid eating foods containing food additives, and children over three years of age should eat such foods as little as possible. Because in addition to food additives, cold drinks also contain a lot of high-calorie components such as sugar and fat, which can easily lead to obesity and affect appetite.
In the scorching summer, occasionally enjoy the delicious food. We don't need to resist these kinds of foods blindly, but we must learn to choose relatively safe cold foods.
When selecting and buying ice cream, deformed ice cream is not safe because there will be more bacteria breeding. Buying regular brands can also give you more protection for your health. Any food should develop a good habit of paying attention to the expiration date, and don’t mistakenly choose expired cold food products. It is very important that the outer packaging is intact, and cold drinks should be stored in an environment with a temperature of minus 18 degrees Celsius. It is not recommended to buy cold drinks with very bright colors, because such cold drinks have high pigment content, and long-term consumption will have a cumulative effect on health. No matter what kind of food it is, it is not suitable to overeating, over-eating and over-eating. If you eat too much cold drink at a time, eating too fast may cause damage to the digestive tract, causing stomach pain, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Therefore, it is recommended that you chew slowly and avoid excessive consumption.
Time：2021-12-30
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