Supermarkets sell a variety of beef products.
Consumers should carefully check the ingredient list when purchasing, and the "modified" beef contains a variety of food additives in the ingredient list.
Xiamen Netnews (Xiamen Evening News reporter Wang Yingda) "Beef is crisp and tender to eat, completely different from the traditional taste, so strange! Recently, Ms. Zhang, a citizen, called the newspaper's citizen hotline to 5589999, and she had doubts about the 3 "fat beef rolls" products she purchased in supermarkets and fresh platforms.
The reporter visited the market and exchanged with industry insiders to learn that the crisp and tender beef reflected by Ms. Zhang was due to the use of "compound moisture retention agent", so the taste did not have the original meat of the "dry and chai".
The preservative is one of many food additives, and China has strict standards for this. If consumers are more concerned, they can choose a product with the word "original cut" at the time of purchase.
The taste of beef is "improved" and it turns out that food additives work
Last weekend, Ms. Zhang, a citizen, bought three beef rolls from RT-Mart, Pupu Platform and Yuan Chu, but the three boxes of meat tasted different. "The exterior looks similar, but the two boxes bought from Park And RT-Mart are crisp and tender, while the other box is drier and more chai," and the beef flavor is heavier." Ms. Zhang said, "Although the beef is crisp and tender and easy to chew, it is suitable for the elderly at home, but it always feels that it is not the same thing." I don't know if eating often is harmful to the body? ”
The reporter consulted the merchants engaged in the wholesale business of frozen products and the operation of beef and mutton catering, according to them, from the product packaging ingredient list purchased by Ms. Zhang, it plays a "tender meat" effect, in addition to the part that may be the meat itself is more tender, there is also a food additive "compound moisture retention agent" to play a role.
It is reported that "compound moisture retention agent" is very common in meat rolls, concocted steaks and other products, and can be found in the product ingredient list. The reporter checked 11 models of beef and mutton roll products on sale in Walmart supermarkets, and only two showed "pure meat" in the ingredient list, and the rest had moisture retention agents.
"Unprocessed meat is rolled up and easily air-dried, darkened, and skewered in the refrigerator." Mr. Yu, who runs a frozen products wholesale business, said that after using the "compound moisture retention agent", the meat storage can not be easily discolored, maintain a better appearance, and the water is not easy to seep out when cooking, so as to achieve the effect that the taste is not easy to age.
Members of the public should purchase packaged products from formal channels
"Compound moisture retention agent" is used for the processing of prefabricated meat products and cooked meat products, which plays a role in moisture retention agent, antioxidant, acidity adjustment, etc., which can prevent the oxidation of frozen meat rolls from becoming black and water loss, which is more commonly used in the industry. "Compound moisture retention agent" mainly has sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate and other components.
"Compound water retention agent" is one of many food additives, China has strict standards for such additives, including GB 26687-2011 "Food Safety National Standard Compound Food Additive General Rules", GB2760-2014 "Food Safety National Standard Food Additive Use Standard" and so on, the water retention agent, bulking agent, acidity regulator, etc. have the maximum amount of use regulations. As long as the amount added meets the national standard, it will not cause harm to the human body.
Since the outer packaging of products such as beef rolls generally does not indicate the specific dosage of additives, it is recommended that consumers should choose formal channels and packaged products when purchasing.
At the same time, if you prefer the original taste of consumers, you can choose to buy products with packaging labeled "original cut" or only "raw meat" and "pure meat" in the ingredient list.