In order to maintain the figure, meal replacement powder has now become a hot new product on the market, in the face of the market brand, a wide variety of meal replacement powder products, in order to more fully understand the quality of meal replacement powder sold on the market, recently, the Beijing Consumer Association on 8 brands of meal replacement powder to carry out comparative tests. It was found that half of the samples had problems with label identification, and the measured values of the 4 vitamin indicators in One Sample were lower than the label values.
Beijing Consumer Association said that the meal replacement powder brands in this comparative trial involve 8 brands of Realistic NOTO, Keep, Quaker, Green Slim, Qianqian, Vitality, Notland and Tomson By-Health, and the products are solid beverages, all of which are the top products sold on the e-commerce platform, and the samples cover a wide range and have better representation.
Half of the sample product identification does not conform to the label
In this comparative test, the product identification of 4 of the 8 samples did not meet the requirements. Among them, a sample of a red bean barley protein solid drink of the green skinny brand and a protein meal replacement shake of the Vitality brand (chocolate flavor) have the problem of foreign language and Chinese of the food name; the characters on the label of a high fibrin shake (Earl's milk tea flavor) of the Keep brand do not meet the standard requirements; a solid drink of the Nortland brand of fortified vitamin replacement milkshake (red bean milk flavor) Sample has the nutrient content table Folic acid NRV% in the table of nutrients. Problems such as calculation errors and discrepancies between the values indicated in the Nutrition Facts Table and the calculated values.
The measured value of sodium is higher than the label value
Protein, fat, carbohydrate and sodium are the core nutrients in the nutrition label, and the human body converts proteins, fats, carbohydrates and other nutrients in food into energy through metabolism, thereby maintaining the normal physiological activities of the body. In this comparative trial, the label value of the solid beverage (chocolate flavor) of the Vignette Protein Meal Replacement Shake was 300mg/100g, and the measured value was 801mg/100g; the label value of sodium of the Solid Beverage (Red Bean Milk Flavor) of the Nortland Enhanced Vitamin Mineral Meal Replacement Shake (Red Bean Milk Flavor) was 314mg/100g, and the measured value was 460mg/100g, and the core nutrients of other samples met the requirements of the standard.
Vitamin index "shrinkage"
Vitamins are nutrients that the body can hardly synthesize, need to obtain from food, and regulate the physiological functions of the body. In this comparative test, the vitamin index label values and measured values of 2 samples did not meet the requirements of the standard. They are green skinny red bean barley protein solid drink vitamin A label value of 217 μg RE/50g, measured value of 407 μg RE/50g; Keep high fibrin shake (Earl's milk tea flavor) vitamin B6 tag value of 1.08mg/100g, measured value of 0.367mg/100g, vitamin C label value of 121.7mg/100g, measured value of 57.0mg/100g, niacin tag value of 19.28mg/100g, The measured value is 7.084mg/100g, the folic acid tag value is 218μg DFE/100g, and the measured value is 140μg DFE/100g. Other sample vitamin indicators meet the relevant requirements.
Consumer Association suggests that meal replacement powder is not suitable for long-term use
The Beijing Municipal Consumer Association said that the health index test of the samples in this comparative test all met the requirements of relevant standards, and no hidden dangers of food safety risks were found. However, the nutrient content of the 8 solid beverage samples in the comparison test was quite different. Consumers can refer to the product label and nutrition ingredient list in the purchase, and choose the product that suits them according to their needs.
The Beijing Municipal Consumer Association suggests that meal replacement powder products contain certain vitamins and minerals, which meet the nutritional needs of consumers who have weight loss needs, and suggest that consumers need to have a balanced diet and take a combination of means including exercise to control weight. At the same time, such products are not suitable for long-term use. For special groups such as pregnant women, lactating women, infants, children and adolescents, the elderly, the sick, etc., the use of such products is not recommended, if necessary, please consult a professional dietitian or doctor.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Wang Wei
Editor/Tan Weiping