These two days the ice pier was completely on fire
Become a veritable top of the Winter Olympics
Whether online or offline
Strength deduction "a pier is difficult to find"!
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The beijing winter olympic mascot ice pier
Not only is it available online
Offline stores are lined up for hundreds of meters
There are also a number of topics rushed to Weibo hot search
Recently
A licensed producer located in Qidong City, Jiangsu Province
We are stepping up to make "ice piers"
Strive to meet the needs of the majority of consumers
Look at the slippery ice piers that fill the screen
Are you hungry~?
The familiar shouting session began again—
In fact
Ice piers have been on the market as early as 2019
Some netizens said
The transparent shell of the ice pier will turn yellow over time
Manufacturer's Reply:
The shell of the ice pier
Made of healthy and edible silicone material
Yellowing will inevitably occur over time
So here's the problem!!
Since it is edible silicone
So is the shell of the ice pier edible?
According to Dongdong's understanding, the essence of silicone is a kind of synthetic rubber, which is obtained by hydrolysis and polycondensation of various dichlorosilanes. In the field of food processing, you can really find the figure of silicone.
Silicone is a clarifying agent used in the processing of beer, wine, fruit wine, and rice wine. The adsorption of the silicone particles themselves is used to precipitate the impurities of the large particles in the wine, so that the appearance of the wine is clear and transparent.
It should be noted that silicone is a food processing aid, not a food additive. Although used in food processing, silicone does not exist in the final food. Therefore, strictly speaking, the description of "edible silicone material" mentioned on the Internet is inaccurate. It can only be said that silicone can be used for food processing. Food-grade silicone is safe.
If the shell of the ice pier is made, it is really food-grade silicone, and a small amount of accidental ingestion will indeed not cause harm to the body. But silicone is used in a wide range of applications, not just in food processing. Plastic surgery hospital artificial cartilage, kitchen silicone shovel, sealed can silicone pad, silicone mobile phone case, some "adult" toys, etc., will use silicone, the standard of these products, certainly not the same.
The transparent silicone material used in the shell of the ice pier should be closer to the phone case, or it is better not to eat. This material, affected by sunlight, oxygen, and oil pollution, will inevitably age over time, turn yellow and harden, which is inevitable. Beijing' glory as the first city in the world to host both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics will endure, but the transparent shell of the ice piers can only last for a year or two.
For example, in order to ensure the safety of babies, some babies' pacifiers are also made of food-grade silicone. However, after all, the baby is drinking milk, not eating pacifiers.
The ice piers are so cute
How can you eat an ice pier?!
Source: Oriental Network, Qilu Evening News, netizen comments
Reporter: Cheng Qi
Editors: Xiao Liu, Dong Juncheng
Reviewer: Bian Yinghao