In recent years, the food ingredient "vegetable fat" has begun to frequently enter the public's field of vision. Although people still don't know anything about it, they all map it to the health enemy "trans fatty acids" and develop resistance.
What exactly is vegetable fat powder and what effect does it have on human health? What is the relationship with trans fatty acids? With these questions in mind, let's gradually demystify the plant-fat powder.
Vegetable fat powder is a kind of microencapsulated powder oil with vegetable oil, protein, starch syrup as the main raw material, adding emulsifier, thickener, stabilizer, flavor and other auxiliary materials, using microcapsule embedding technology, through emulsification homogenization, spray drying and other processes processed into powdered products.
As an imitation dairy product, vegetable fat powder has similar sensory qualities to milk powder, and can be added to other foods instead of milk powder to improve the flavor of the product. There are many kinds of vegetable fat powder, different functions, and its advantages are mainly reflected in: good stability, good dispersion, flavor and fat, diverse flavors, convenient storage and transportation, and high cost performance.
With the development of the food industry, vegetable fat powder has become an important processing raw material, and the application range continues to expand, and has been widely used in: instant coffee, nutritional cereal, sesame paste, nutritional rice flour, soy milk powder, modulated milk powder and other solid beverage industry; milk, soy milk, milk tea, coffee, yogurt and other beverage industries; cold food industry such as ice cream and ice cream; candy, chocolate, pudding and other snack food industry; powder flavor, complex vitamins and other raw and auxiliary materials industry; Condiment industry such as instant noodles, instant rice noodles, and instant soup stocks, and baking industry such as bread, biscuits, and confectionery.
I believe that everyone is no stranger to the above foods, people are usually worried because they contain vegetable fat, but in fact, the real threat to human health is trans fatty acids, the two can not be confused, let's explore the difference and relationship between the two.
First of all, we must make it clear that vegetable fat powder cannot be directly equated with trans fatty acids.
Vegetable fat powder is a kind of food raw material allowed by mainland regulations, the ingredients meet the "GB 2760-2014 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Use Standard", and the raw material quality standard meets the requirements of "QB/T 4791-2015 Vegetable fat powder".
Vegetable fat powder is considered unhealthy by many consumers, mainly because hydrogenated vegetable oil is used in the production of this raw material, such as the raw material production process is not well controlled, easy to produce - trans fatty acids.
How trans fatty acids are produced
Naturally occurring animal and vegetable oils generally contain a variety of unsaturated fatty acids, which are chemically active and prone to oxidation and other reactions, affecting the quality of oils. In order to meet the quality requirements for production greases, a common solution is to hydrogenate them to improve the thermal stability and oxidation resistance of the grease.
However, the reality is that the treatment of grease has high requirements for hydrogenation pressure, hydrogenation temperature and catalyst use. For example, if the temperature is too high and the raw material is unstable, cis-fatty acids will be generated by isomerization under the influence of high temperature, metal ions and other factors.
How trans fatty acids are eliminated
With the development of modern science and technology, the production of trans fatty acids can be controlled by improving the quality of the process and raw materials in the production process, so as to achieve the effect that the finished product does not contain or only contains trace trans fatty acids.
Among the common methods are to improve the hydrogenation and refining technology of oils, through the use of more advanced equipment, reduce the reaction temperature, increase the reaction pressure and other conditions, combined with the use of lower unsaturated fatty acid content, higher stability of oil raw materials, while maintaining oil quality while effectively inhibiting the formation of trans fatty acids.
It can be seen that whether vegetable fat is added or not is not the main reason for affecting our health. Whether we can achieve scientific production in the process and control the content of trans fatty acids is the top priority to escort our health.
Perfect Company has always paid attention to the health and safety of consumers, strictly monitored the raw materials used in products, and achieved "0 trans fatty acids" from the following three aspects to ensure the health and quality of raw materials.
1. The raw materials are more stable
Choosing coconut oil for refining is more stable than soybean oil and palm oil, less perishable and better quality.
The reason is that soybean oil and palm oil have a high content of unsaturated fatty acids, which are easily oxidized and form free radicals, which can deteriorate the oil.
The mass fraction of saturated fatty acids in the molecular structure of coconut oil is as high as 90%, and there are no double bonds in saturated fatty acid molecules, so it is not easy to be oxidized and the quality is better.
2. The process is more advanced
The production of trans fatty acids is controlled through production process technology, so that the raw materials can reach the standard of "0" labeled trans fatty acids (according to the national standard, the content of trans fatty acids in the product ≤ 0.3g/100g, which can be marked as "0").
A product nutrition facts table
3. Stricter quality inspection
Perfect has strict monitoring procedures for raw material supply, including on-site visits before access, regular follow-up visits to suppliers, and trans fatty acid inspection and control.
Raw material inspection
In addition, Perfect Testing Center also has the ability to detect trans fatty acids and ensure that they meet the requirements of national standards through the inspection of raw materials; At the same time, the "trans fatty acid 0" label is carried out on the nutritional content label of the product.
Perfect Testing Center CNAS certified
Vegetable fat powder is a kind of food raw material allowed in mainland food regulations, and its production and use must follow national standards. In the face of the widespread use of vegetable fat powder, we should not completely deny, but learn to identify and reduce the consumption of high trans fatty acid content vegetable fat food, so that its impact on our health is minimized.
At the same time, Perfect through strict control of the source, process and production process of raw materials, so that the product can meet the standard of trans fatty acid identification of "0", so that consumers' health and safety can be guaranteed. (Contributed by Perfect Bioscience Institute WeChat public account)