Don't worry too much about additives when purchasing children's food
2022-12-08
Every child is a parent's treasure. Seeing the statement that "food additives affect children's intellectual development, leading to obesity and precocious puberty" and "don't let pigments accumulate into children's childhood", parents inevitably have various concerns about children's food safety. In fact, these statements contain many misleading and even rumors. On December 6, Professor Wang Bei, the vice dean and doctoral supervisor of the School of Food and Health of Beijing Industrial and Commercial University, said in an interview with the Science and Technology Daily that food additives have long been accompanied by human beings, are the daily composition of the public diet, and are an indispensable foundation for the modern food industry. In addition, the formulation and implementation of food additive standards in China are very strict, so parents need not worry too much about additives when purchasing children's food. Compared with food additives, parents should pay more attention to the nutritional components of children's food, and should not "stare at sesame and lose watermelon". Few additives are allowed to be used in infant food in China "There are more than 10000 kinds of food additives allowed to be used in the world, but there are only more than 2000 kinds in China. A large number of food additives that have been allowed to be used abroad have not been included in the national standards at home because of food safety, China's dietary cultural characteristics and other aspects. Therefore, in general, China's standards for the use of food additives are quite strict, especially for infant food." Wang Bei said. Wang Bei introduced that, according to the National Food Safety Standard for the Use of Food Additives (GB 2760, hereinafter referred to as the "Standard"), the food additives allowed to be used in infant food in China are mainly emulsifiers, thickeners, acidity regulators, and bulking agents, which are more than 20 of the four categories. In addition, the Standard strictly stipulates the food type, function and maximum dosage of each food additive allowed to be used in infant food. For example, infant formula is divided into infant formula, formula for older infants and young children, and formula for infants with special medical purposes. Although these three categories of food belong to infant formula food, the types of food additives among the three categories are not universal. For example, guar gum, a common food thickener, can only be used in formula foods for older infants and young children, but cannot be used in infant formula foods. In addition, the Standard also strictly stipulates that no food flavoring shall be added to formula foods for infants and young children aged 0-6 months. The standard is very strict. "Therefore, it is legal and safe to use food additives according to national standards, and consumers need not worry too much," said Wang Bei. Parents should pay more attention to the nutritional components of food. Wang Bei pointed out that children are at an important stage of physical development, and their physical functions are still not perfect. Therefore, the state is very cautious about the list of food additives allowed to be used in infant food and the selection of the maximum amount of food additives when formulating food additive standards. In addition, the amount of food additives added in food is very small, so its impact on children's growth and development can be basically ignored. "However, compared with food additives, it is more important to pay more attention to the nutrition of food itself. When choosing snacks for children, parents should buy more food with high nutritional value, such as milk, yogurt, etc., so that children can take more protein, calcium, lutein
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