It is said that "the people take food as the sky", food safety has always been the focus of public attention, so is "food additives" good or bad? Many people even listen to the discoloration, so let's see what the field of food science, spices and food additive experts, academician Sun Baoguo of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said.
What are food additives? Food additives are synthetic or natural substances added to food to improve the color, aroma, taste and other qualities of food, as well as for the needs of preservative and processing technology. At present, there are 23 categories of food additives in China and more than 2,000 varieties.
Then surely many people want to say, I don't go out to eat, cook at home, there will definitely be no food additives. But in fact, our daily life is impossible to escape, let's say that the most commonly used oil and salt sauce vinegar tea in our cooking, bread and chewing gum that we often eat, in fact, contain food additives.
cooking oil
Edible oil, the previous edible oil has been put for a long time with a harrah's taste, in fact, it is oxidized, so now the edible oil purchased has added antioxidants;
salt
Salt, which used to be not easy to agglomerate, is now intact even in a very humid place, because of the addition of anti-caking agents, thus avoiding agglomeration;
soy sauce
Soy sauce, vinegar, now add preservatives, some also added monosodium glutamate, that is, sodium glutamate, to enhance the taste;
Baking powder
Some people make bread at home, using baking powder, which is actually a leavening agent;
chewing gum
And the chewing gum that everyone often eats, but it is a compound food additive, what is spit out? It is called gum sugar base agent, so this food additive cannot be avoided.
There are so many food additives, is it harmful to the body? Academician Guo said that in fact, we do not have to be too nervous, in our country, there are three regulations for food additives: the first regulation, this variety must be allowed to be used in our country; the second, must be used within the specified scope of use, you can not exceed the range, dyeing steamed buns is beyond the range; third, can not exceed the maximum allowable amount of use, or some can not exceed its maximum residue.
As long as it is used in a standardized manner, it is not harmful to health, and it can not only increase the color and flavor of food and other qualities, and even some food additives, in addition to having corresponding functions, it also has the function of improving human body function and antioxidants.
National Standard for Food Safety Standard for the Use of Food Additives (GB 2760-2014)
In summary, we should basically be able to draw a conclusion: not beyond the scope, not excessive in accordance with our national standards to use food additives, to improve food quality, maintain food safety is a positive effect.
In fact, what everyone does not know is that in the 80s, code names 030 and 719 "meat flavor spices" were more expensive than gold. It can only be imported from the United States, and the price is as high as 140,000 yuan and 160,000 yuan per kilogram, respectively, which is equivalent to today's nearly two million ah.
At that time, in order to break this situation, Academician Sun Baoguo did experiments day and night, and finally lasted nearly 8 years, successfully developing a "meat flavored spice" with better effect and lower cost. Because of this technical difficulty, China has become one of the only two countries in the world that can produce such high-grade spices, completely getting rid of the fate of high-priced imports from other countries. The spices produced can not only fully meet the domestic needs, but also exported abroad, creating huge economic wealth for the country.
Academician Sun Baoguo
Today's academician Sun Baoguo, as a professional scholar in the food industry, has long been "successful and famous".
But it is still continuing to open up new research areas to make people eat more safely and healthier;
In order to popularize the scientific knowledge of food additives to the public and eliminate unnecessary misunderstandings, more than 200 popular science lectures have been held, and special popular science books have been edited to disseminate scientific understanding of food additives through the media;
And actively promote the construction of food safety related laws, regulations and standards, and improve the food safety supervision system.
Academician Sun Baoguo's contribution in the field of food, spices and flavors has attracted worldwide attention, and his spirit of dedication to research, fearless of difficulties and scientific exploration is more worthy of our learning, and he has a sense of social responsibility as an academician, and is committed to making the people eat at ease and eat at ease.