"No preservatives", "No additives" and "All natural"... It seems that as long as there are such labels on food on the market, it can always win the "favor" of more consumers. So, does "zero added" processed food really exist? "The claim of 'zero addition' on the food label is a way for manufacturers to cater to consumers' psychology that they do not like food additives. It does not solve the food safety problem, but it is easy to backfire. Unless deliberately, it is very difficult to do this in modern food for food that does not use food additives at all, and many food products, such as tofu products, beer, cola, chewing gum, infant formula food, can not do this even if deliberately. Legal use The original purpose of our food additives is to ensure food safety. 'Zero addition' food can never become 'excellent students' in terms of safety. " On November 27, Sun Baoguo, an academician of the CAE Member and chairman of the China Food Science and Technology Society, said in an interview with the reporter of Science and Technology Daily. Fan Zhihong, a professor at the School of Food and Engineering of China Agricultural University, also believes that "if you want to eat processed food that is different from the original form, it is almost impossible to avoid the intake of food additives, and even some foods cannot be produced without the help of food additives." "Zero addition" is not reliable "Some food enterprises deliberately emphasize 'zero addition', no food additives, no essence, no pigment, etc. Regardless of their subjective wishes, they are objectively tarnishing food additives, increasing the public's concern about food additives and food safety panic, which is something that food enterprises need to reflect on. It should not be done by food enterprises with a sense of social responsibility to aggravate the public's food safety panic for their own interests The result will also be self trapping and counterproductive. " Sun Baoguo said. How unreliable is "zero addition"? "It is difficult to find food that does not use food additives at all in the modern food industry environment, at least it is almost impossible to do so in the whole production process. For example, even brewing soy sauce that claims to be '0 added' will also use filter aids, ethanol and other processing aids used in the food industry to ensure the normal progress of food production and inhibit the growth of microorganisms during the production process, and processing aids used in the food industry are also It is managed as a food additive, that is, according to GB7718-2011 National Food Safety Standard General Principles for the Labelling of Prepackaged Food, 'processing aids for the food industry do not need to be labeled'. " Cao Yanping, a professor of the School of Food and Health at Beijing Industrial and Commercial University, said. In fact, the special enzyme preparations for brewing soy sauce developed by some domestic companies for the brewing industry are also processing aids for the food industry, and fungi are common α- Amylase, compound protease, cellulase, phytase, pectinase, etc., which has also become a new track for these condiment enterprises to compete. "We must see that even those who claim 'zero addition' and 'no addition' have added most of the food they produce, which is also an objective fact. Claiming 'zero addition' and 'no addition' is tantamount to stealing news. As for melamine, Sudan red, clenbuterol, etc., which are still making everyone nervous, have never been food additives