Sprayed with a thin layer of gold powder, after a bite, it bursts out of the golden heart filling, the bigger of "gold bar chocolate" is so full that you want to think about it; the ice cream is covered with two pieces of shiny gold leaf and silver foil, and it turns into a "Lamborghini in ice cream", which can blind your longing eyes from afar! There are also gold leaf cakes, gold leaf steaks, gold leaf crab yellow noodles...
In recent years, many merchants have added gold leaf and gold powder to desserts and dishes, advertising that once they eat next year, they will be able to make a fortune, and even claim that gold and silver foil powder has health care functions and therapeutic effects. Are you still thinking about "gold"?
Can gold leaf and silver leaf be eaten in the end?
On January 29, 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation, the National Health Commission and the General Administration of Customs jointly issued the "Notice on Investigating and Handling Illegal Acts of Producing and Operating Food Containing Gold and Silver Foil Powder in Accordance with the Law", which clearly states that according to the mainland's food safety laws and regulations and food safety standards, gold and silver foil powder is not a food additive and cannot be used in food production and operation.
According to the "National Standard for Food Safety" Food Additive Use Standard, food additives are defined as: artificial synthesis or natural substances added to food to improve food quality and color, aroma, taste and for the needs of preservative, preservation and processing technology.
At present, there are 23 categories of food additives in mainland China, with more than 2,000 varieties, including acidity regulators, anti-caking agents, defoamers, antioxidants, bleaching agents, leavening agents, colorants, colorants, color inhibitors, enzyme preparations, flavor enhancers, nutritional enhancers, preservatives, sweeteners, thickeners, flavors, etc.
Gold and silver foil powder is not within the scope of the food additives that can be used in the mainland, and the use of non-food raw materials to produce food, or the addition of chemical substances other than food additives to food and other substances that may endanger human health, are all acts expressly prohibited by the Food Safety Law.
Why gold and silver can not be used
What about food additives?
First of all, each food additive that is allowed to be added has its own use and specified safety limits, and cannot be added arbitrarily. At present, there is no professional scientific research to prove its rationality and necessity as a food additive in food processing and production, and there is no data to prove its safety as a food additive.
Secondly, gold and silver as a precious metal, the price is expensive, added to the food to increase the cost also greatly increased the price, is not conducive to creating a good consumption environment. Moreover, the daily production process of gold and silver foil powder does not meet the hygienic requirements of food additives, and there are potential food safety risks.
In fact, in addition to being good-looking, compared to the mushroom, gold and silver foil powder may be more worthy of the name "see you tomorrow" - "see you tomorrow" player. It is not absorbed by the human body after eating, but it is just a trip in the human body, how to go in and how to come out. Moreover, the gold and silver foil powder itself has no taste, in addition to making the food look more "local luxury gold" color, it will not be more delicious to eat together!
The "edible gold leaf" claimed by many merchants may also be the "fake gold leaf" combined with other heavy metals and pigments, and the safety is difficult to verify. If you don't believe it, you search for the current gold price, 1 gram of gold has reached more than 400 yuan, how much "gold" can a hundred pieces of "gold delicacies" have, it is really frightening...
Although gold and silver foil powder looks good, food safety is more important than ritual!
Finally, once again, I would like to remind you:
Gold and silver foil powder is not a food additive and cannot be eaten!
No taste in itself, not tasty!
It may also be harmful to the human body, do not eat!
What's more, using the addition of gold and silver foil powder as a gimmick to promote extravagance and hedonism and money worship is what we should resist.
Therefore, the next time you find that there are merchants producing and selling food containing gold and silver foil powder, remember to report to the market supervision department in time
Source: Yangzi Famous Medical Group