Chewing gum is a kind of chewing sugar that is more common in people's life. It not only can clean teeth, keep your mouth fresh, but also can exercise certain facial muscles. However, when we pick up a bottle of chewing gum, you can find that it actually contains a dozen food additives. This makes a lot of people talking about food additives, "talkative" that these food additives seriously endanger people's health, but in fact it is?
Chewing gum in food additives
Through the chewing gum ingredients on the box table we can easily find that the chewing gum is almost additive "set to": from the "xylitol", "maltitol", until the "gum base", "food flavor" and so on , It can be said that almost all from start to finish is an additive, resulting in a lot of people understand this list of ingredients, almost never had chewing gum. Although chewing gum is full of additives, but really no one imagined so terrible. Because many food additives are not only found in chewing gum, but are also common food additives found in many other foods that people eat today.
Gum in chewing gum, gum base is a thickener in food additives. They are also commonly found in people's favorite jelly, chocolate, bread, ice cream and other foods; citric acid in chewing gum is a type of sour agent that is consistent with the lactic acid used in many milk drinks and is common in many Jams, beverages, and confectionary foods; gardenia blue, safflower yellow, titanium dioxide and the like in chewing gums are colorants commonly found in canned foods, beverages and jams; and among them, xylitol Sparitin, acesulfame, and other artificial sweeteners, as well as flavors, are foundational additives found in some foods that people eat in their daily lives. Thus, although chewing gum "aggregates" many kinds of additives in one, it is often found in many common foods in real life, not a single example. So, no one imagined so terrible. And, as long as their additions are within the scope of national law, they do not pose a health threat to people.
Food additives
In fact, the reason why people talk about food additives, they "avoid the fear of less than", mainly due to frequent in recent years, people shocking food safety incidents, such as milk added melamine, added Sudan Duck, Even the bread sticks added to the bread, etc., which happen to people in their daily diet food safety incidents, so that "food additives" left a deep negative impression to the people, so that most people think that additives are harmful, Keep away from additives! But in fact, food additives are an indispensable part of the food industry in which humans depend for survival and development.
In recent years, with the rapid and steady development of our national economy, the food industry is also in a stage of rapid development. The progress of the food industry and the food additive industry are inseparable, in a sense, food additives play a decisive role in the development of the food industry, there is no modern food industry without food additives. Therefore, food additives that are regarded as the catalyst and basis of the modern food industry are also called "the soul of modern food industry". At the same time, food additives in fact, all countries have "ID card", in our country as well. According to the "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" (2009), food additives refer to synthetic or natural substances added to foods in order to improve food quality and color, smell and taste as well as taste preservation, preservation and processing needs . In addition, our law lists nutritional supplements, food fragrances, base materials in gum bases, processing aids for the food industry, etc. in the category of food additives.
The reason why people think that additives are bad, mostly from melamine, Sudan, sliver and other such food safety incidents. However, in fact, the reason why they are harmful to human nature is because they are not food additives at all, and they are illegal additives. Because they are industrial additives, used in food is illegal, it can not be judged on the food additives.
In modern life, people tend not to completely eliminate food additives because they tend to be in the daily life of the food industry. Everyone in the choice of food, should try to choose a good big-name manufacturers, and away from those poor quality, or even without the right to operate the underground workshop. At the same time to learn to look at food ingredients table, try to buy less additives, such as chewing gum, "seemingly small, but full of additives," the food. Although all within the limits allowed by the state, you can rest assured that food, but still should try to eat less, especially for minors. Because the additives used in food, although in line with the state to add the amount, but if you eat often, will cause their retention in the body, but if they accumulate too much in the body, but also can cause some harm to the body, especially not Adults should pay more attention.