There is borax in the noodles, which can cause serious damage to the body. In fact, many friends may have heard this statement for the first time.
Everyone really has to pay attention to it, now some noodles are added with borax, which looks good, but it will bring great harm to our body, because it is an unqualified additive.
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What is borax in noodles?
The borax in noodles is actually a very common chemical material. This material is used in many areas, such as making glass, making enamel, making pesticides, making preservatives, and so on.
Moreover, borax is toxic and difficult to metabolize after ingestion. At present, borax has been clearly listed as a first-class carcinogen by the WHO, and it is a food additive that is expressly prohibited.
Therefore, as long as borax is added to any food, it is not allowed. It will cause harm to the body, and everyone should pay attention to it.
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Why is borax in noodles?
Since borax is toxic and a chemical raw material, why do people still add it to noodles?
In fact, this is also from the characteristics of borax.
(1) - Anti-corrosion
Borax is a chemical raw material with a good anti-corrosion effect. In fact, it is the preservatives added to the food that many friends are familiar with.
Noodles with borax can extend the shelf life and have a good antiseptic effect. Therefore, in the summer, if the newly made noodles are not sold out, they may spoil in half a day.
And those unscrupulous merchants, in order to ensure that the noodles are not bad and sell for a long time, add borax. It is said that when borax is added, it can be put for 10 days, 8 days and half a month, and it is the same as new.
(2) - Maintain the color
When processing noodles, adding borax to them can maintain the color of the noodles well.
This is due to the reducibility of borax. Borax can react with the pigment in oxidized food to become colorless. Like noodles that turn green and yellow, after adding borax, they react and reduce to white.
As a result, the noodles with borax added will look whiter, have a better appearance quality, and look better. You will feel that the noodles made by this one house are better than the noodles of others.
(c) - Resilient
The addition of borax to the noodles also makes the noodles more elastic. In fact, many friends like elastic noodles, which feel QQ elastic and especially chewy.
Ordinary noodles are actually not very elastic. You can try it, and it will break as soon as you pull it. If a noodle is very elastic and delicate when pulled, it may be borax.
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What are the dangers of ingesting borax?
Since borax is added to noodles, it will be harmful. So, what are the dangers? Maybe many of you don't know.
First of all, we must be clear that whether a harmful substance will cause harm, in addition to its own toxicity, it is also related to the intake.
For the borax in noodles, if we ingest a small amount, we can hardly detect the abnormality.
However, if borax is ingested for a long time, resulting in excessive intake, it will obviously cause symptoms of poisoning.
The symptoms that may occur when ingesting borax by mistake are generally acute poisoning, manifested as vomiting, diarrhea, erythema, and even shock, and in severe cases, coma and so on.
If only a small amount of exposure is made, it is possible to form boric acid in the body's metabolism. In fact, boric acid is very irritating and will cause harm to the human nervous system, reproductive system and digestive system, but it is not obvious. It's not obvious, but it's there, and over time, it can hurt the body.
If we are exposed to borax for a long time, for example, we have eaten noodles with borax for a long time, and chronic poisoning may also occur. In severe cases, it may induce cancer.
However, for many of us, it is customary to buy noodles at a fixed door or store. In fact, it is easy to form long-term contact. Therefore, everyone must learn to distinguish whether his noodles are added with borax.
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How can you tell if a noodle has borax added to it?
There are different ways to tell if borax is added to noodles or not.
Here are three tips to share with you, through which you can basically distinguish them.
(a) - Look at the appearance
The first thing you look at is the color of the noodles.
Noodles made from normal flour are not particularly white. If you process it into noodles, the color will appear very dark, and I have the impression that it will appear a little yellow.
If we buy noodles that look particularly white, then it is abnormal. Among them, it is very likely that borax is added, and of course, it may also be added with a whitening agent. For this noodle, try not to buy it.
Looking at the appearance, the second point is to look at the surface shape of the noodles.
We make our own hand-rolled noodles, and we all know that no matter how fine the noodles are kneaded and cut out, there will be small holes in the cutting off of its surface.
And if borax is added to the noodles, the noodles will become very smooth. Looking at the cutting part of the noodles, it is very delicate and even, and almost no holes can be seen, and it feels solid.
When you buy noodles, take one and put it in your hand, observe it carefully, and you will find that it is too boring.
(b) -- Look at the state of preservation
We can also distinguish whether there is borax or not by the state in which the noodles are preserved.
If you buy fresh noodles, it is recommended that you do not buy those that are bagged. Because it is packed with a sealed bag, no matter how it is sealed, it may have added preservatives, or something else, it is not fresh.
When we buy noodles, we buy those noodles that are processed directly on the outside, without any plastic wrap.
We also all know that noodles are stored at room temperature. If it's summer, it won't last long, and the noodles may ferment.
When you buy noodles, you have to see how long the noodles have been processed. It's been processed for a long time, and it's been there, but it's not rotten and spoiled, so don't buy it.
(c) - Test strip test
We can also use test strips to detect whether borax is added.
We can buy food products with borax test strips. By comparing the color of the test strip with the color card, you can basically determine whether there is borax in it, and the method is very simple.
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Reminders
Finally, remind everyone that in addition to noodles, there are many noodle foods that may be added to borax. Like the dumpling wrappers we often eat, wonton wrappers and so on.
Therefore, when you buy these pasta products, you can use the above three tips to judge, in case you buy pasta with borax.
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