Who is amplifying the horror of food additives?

When we buy food, we always see all kinds of Food Additives in the list of ingredients. Also often see some articles and so on that food additives on health hazards and so on. Not only the older people, but even some of the young people are afraid of food additives. What`s more, the conversation turned sour.

Normally, food additives are standard, legally added in modern industrial food, are subject to a rigorous safety risk assessment. However, it can not be ruled out that there are some profit-seeking individuals or enterprises in the market that illegally add some additives that do not meet the food standards (note, not food additives) , such as melamine, clenbuterol and diced pork, which have been making a lot of noise, is Not the Food Additive, in the food belongs to the illegal additive. This kind of negative news frequent flow, will naturally exacerbate the people`s distrust of food additives, and even fear.

According to the definition of food additive in Chinese Standard Gb2760-2011, food additive is to improve the quality of food, such as color, smell and taste, and compounds or natural substances added to foods for the purposes of preservation and processing. In Modern Food Industry, food additive is a very important component, can be said to be the [Soul"of modern food industry.

How to treat food additive correctly?

1.Function of food additive. Rational use of food additives can prevent food spoilage, maintain or enhance the nutrition of food, improve or enrich the color, aroma, taste of food, etc. .

2.The necessity of using food additives. In fact, not using preservatives is more dangerous, because spoiled food often causes food poisoning. In addition, preservatives can prevent food spoilage, but also can kill aspergillus bacteria and other toxin-producing microorganisms, which is undoubtedly beneficial to human health.

3.Safe Use of food additives. The dosage of food additives without any toxic effect or adverse effect on health is expressed by the daily intake mass per kilogram (mg) , referring to the standard for use of food additives (GB2760-2014) .

4.Do not use toxic additives. For example, [Hanging white block"is formaldehyde sodium Bisulfite, it can make people fever, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite and so on. A single dose of 10G can be fatal. [Hanging White Block"is mainly used in the printing and dyeing industry as a long dye and reductant, its bleaching, anti-corrosion effect is more obvious.

In short, as long as strictly in accordance with the relevant standards, reasonable use of food additives, we do not have to fear food additives.