In the last issue, we said that 99% of the baby's supplementary snacks calcium supplement iron supplement are IQ tax, don't be deceived again, in this issue we continue to compare the standards of nutritional additives in China and Japan to further provide us with reference suggestions for purchase.
The management of food additives in Japan is under the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and the term "Welfare" is derived from the "Shangshu DayuMo", which means to make people's lives rich, and medical care, health, welfare and provident funds are under the management of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
We directly visited the official website of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, checked the Japanese food additive rules, and compared with the domestic one, and found that the gap is really not small!
Zinc oxide is not in the added range
There are only two kinds of zinc additives allowed by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare: zinc gluconate and zinc sulfate, while there are six kinds in China: zinc sulfate, zinc gluconate, zinc glycinate, zinc oxide, zinc acetate, and zinc carbonate. Among them, the most used and cheapest zinc oxide in Japan is not allowed to be added in Japan at all!
It may be the main consideration: the absorption rate of zinc oxide is low, and the efficiency of zinc supplementation is relatively low.
A variety of calcium additives are not added
Ingredients allowed by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan for calcium additives: L-calcium ascorbate, calcium chloride, calcined shell calcium, calcium citrate, calcium glycerophosphate, calcium gluconate, calcium silicate, calcium calcium, calcium acetate, saccharin calcium, calcium oxide, non-calcined coral calcium, calcium hydroxide, calcium stearate, calcium carbonate, calcium lactate, calcium pantothenate, calcium pyrophosphate dihydrogenate, calcium sulfate, calcium monobidium phosphate, calcium dihydrophosphate.
The allowed ingredients of China's calcium nutritional additives are: calcium carbonate, calcium gluconate, calcium citrate, calcium lactate, calcium bicarbonate, calcium glycinate, calcium aspartate, calcium malate citrate, calcium acetate, calcium chloride, calcium phosphate, vitamin E calcium succinate, calcium glycerophosphate, calcium oxide, calcium sulfate, bone meal.
Through comparison, it was found that domestic calcium lactate, calcium glycinate, calcium aspartate, calcium malate citrate, and vitamin E calcium succinate are not allowed in the nutritional additives of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
For the most used calcium carbonate in Japan, the use code of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare states:
Benzoyl peroxide should not be used as diluted benzoyl peroxide by blending one or more of the alums, calcium phosphate calcium salts, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate and starch.
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/kenkou_iryou/shokuhin/syokuten/kouteisho9e.html
It shows that calcium carbonate is mainly added in the starch acidification process, only the addition of flour starch food is legal, if it is added to other types of food, parents must choose carefully!
The gap in iron additives is not large
Allowed ingredients of iron additives allowed by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan: iron lactate, iron heme, ferrous sulfate, ferric chloride, iron citrate, ferrous gluconate, iron ammonium ferric citrate, iron pyrophosphate.
The domestic iron nutrition additives allow the ingredients are: ferrous sulfate, ferrous gluconate, iron ammonium citrate, ferric fumalinate, iron citrate, iron pyrophosphate and so on.
The comparison found that the two are basically equivalent, and the commonly used ones are within the scope of each party's respective permission.
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