since the milk powder incident, asked for an interview on Food Additives of the media suddenly many questions up. However, after listening to journalist's question, I found that they ask the question, most of them and additives打不着eight poles. This regard, people's misconceptions are so many to such an extent that even the problem itself, are enormous misunderstanding.
Misunderstanding 1: food add harmful substances, are food additives.
recently announced nine ministries food possible to add the list of non-food substances Originally, in order to clarify what are food additives, what non-food substances, result is just the opposite, had been mistakenly described as "illegal food additives" list. Dumbfounding to me want to, make such a "non-food substances" list, not very absurd吗? Tomorrow, someone probably put added watercolor cakes, the day after someone put lime powder added to flour, the大后天someone put red chilli powder added to flour in crime ...... endless creative ah yes, then this list is not will be a long extended, put 10 million kinds of non-food substances are included?
In fact, the food additive is a proper noun, it refers specifically to those countries that permit the use of added material in food products. The reason why a lot of people very bad impression of the additive is added to because of illegal food products and food additives things confused. May wish to make a test:
Which of the following substances do not belong to food additives? (You can choose many)
A formaldehyde ; B吊白块C Sudan D industrial paraffin E melamine
F Calcium Propionate G potassium sorbate I Dichlorvos H sulfite J benzene peroxide acid
Among the options in the above, A, B, C, D, G are non-food substances. Formaldehyde foam used to seafood, to use bleaching powder吊白块silk, with Sudan to give chili oil stain, industrial paraffin wax polish to give fruit, this is prohibited by country. Because they simply do not belong to the scope of food additives, there is sure to human health hazards. This is like people should not draw the pigments used to make beverages, which can not be painted the wall color paint to give the same cake. Melamine is not what natural food additives. It should have been affixed to furniture and plastic bowls of noodle production materials. Add it to food products can be said to be an incredible amazing "creative." All times and had not put melamine into food products of the records, naturally not have this kind of food additives.
those non-food substances, regardless of the number of add in food, are illegal. Food additives is different, if not excess, super scope of use, is lawful. For example, in the candy country permission to add food coloring, as long as the content is not excessive is not illegal. Unless there is a new scientific study found that the toxicity of its reaction, only by government departments to change their use limited, or food additives from the list go out. So that the reporter from the association of melamine to food additives, is completely misunderstood the basic concepts of food additives.
two errors: Some brand that does not contain additives, so better than other brands.
assert that there is a food expert: "I do not add any food additive of processed foods, it is impossible for high-quality, safe food. " - In modern society, the words not out of line. However, we will see in shopping malls have some good food brands such publicity: "This product does not contain preservatives. "" This product contains no artificial coloring. "" This product does not contain fragrance. "Consumers move their heart, think they are more healthy, so pleased to buy.
In fact, it is only a means of commercial publicity it. It uses consumer food additives do not know, let people misunderstood that only this brand does not contain some additives, on the other brands contain. This often seems there is unfair competition. For example, instant noodles containing little water, do not need to add long-term preservation of preservatives, to do this propaganda, in fact, is a deliberate attempt to mislead the "nonsense."
in accordance with the June 2008 start of the "hygiene standards of food additives" in the provisions of our country will be divided into 22 categories of food additives, a total of 1812 kinds, including 290 kinds of additives, 1528 kinds of spices, 149 kinds of processing aids, Chewing Gum have 55 kinds of basic agents. All over the world food additives market to reach annual sales of more than 16 billion U.S. dollars. Modern food processing difficult to completely leave the preservatives. Even some foods that do not contain preservatives, may not contain anti-oxidants; even if that does not contain pigment, does not mean that it does not contain fragrance, it does not mean do not contain emulsifiers, thickeners and other additives.
three errors: There is no food additives must safer.
In many cases, if no suitable additives, processed foods will only become more unsafe. Take instant noodles, the grease in the air will be released ten days to have Ha La flavor, and deep-fried instant noodles is the shelf life for half a year, and will not有味. Why? Since there is one of anti-oxidants. Grease in the air oxidation, is only right and proper thing. If you do not want to curb oxidation problem approach, resulting in substantial oxidation of substances harmful to health, what to eat have value?
outside apart from instant noodles, all relatively high fat content of food, it will inevitably have to resort to anti-oxidants. What rice crust, potato chips, small Serratula, orchids beans, and even some cookies, cookies, sending those inside ... ... the supermarket is a good one released a few months with oil products, if we do not add anti-oxidants, it is easy变味.
also, for instance, those who take a long time at the supermarket's fruit preserves, soy sauce and pickles which, in the absence of sugar and salt of these two "natural preservatives" and assist, on the will soon be destroyed by bacteria and fungi. But now people are aware that many糖吃salt and not conducive to health. Therefore sugar preserved fruit and low-salt pickles can only resort to a synthetic preservatives. Also, for example, kids like to eat the jelly, but also need to add preservatives. Otherwise, it is not the high sugar content, moisture content is so large, how can at room temperature to preserve them so long.
so that food additives should not add time to add no chaos, which does not add time to add them. The most important thing, after all, food security, micro-organisms always ready with us compete for nutrients in food, air, oxygen is also ready to let the nutritional content of food oxidation metamorphism. As many experts have said, do not add additives, processed foods, in general, are very rare, but is not reassuring.
four errors: additive merchants are only used to deceive the consumer things.
why the modern food industry can not be separated from food additives? Consumers because the appearance of the food quality, texture quality, convenience, save time raised demanding than ever. If there are no additives, it is difficult to imagine the food to maintain a pleasant time status, it is hard to imagine that consumers can be assured of food to eat. Can not take 12 days or corruption will长霉Products, supermarkets dare to sell it? Released a few days will pale变味products, production enterprises dare to sell it? Even if they dare to sell, consumers are willing to purchase吗?
if consumers refuse to buy fresh raw materials to produce their own, also called for the preservation of food a long time and pretty colors special taste good, it would be only a peaceful coexistence and food additives. - not a desire to meet are not a price. Think easy, think convenience, thought the mouth addictive and often have to pay a certain price. Businessmen are not so much to deceive consumers, better to say that consumers are color blind pursuit of their own fragrance, blind pursuit of "open BAG eat" convenience.
so that the food additive, it should be accepted calmly, sure that their food safety, taste and convenience of the contributions made, but consumers should avoid the excessive pursuit of texture, color , Taste of errors, acceptance of the natural characteristics of food, and look at the ingredients on the packaging shows that in order to select food wisely.
For those who do not belong to food additives harmful substances, if added to food, should be severely punished by the law. Hope that the legal definition of this case, it should be to achieve a "threat to public safety" Level of conviction, not just the "manufacturing of fake and shoddy products" punishment.
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