Aspartame is an important sweetener that is widely used in pharmaceutical processing and food processing, and its safety is very important. However, in the use of aspartame, there are potential safety problems such as carcinogenicity, low immunity, and brain tumor induction.
Although some sweeteners on the market have been replaced by aspartame for relatively high safety sweeteners such as glucose syrup, their applications are still very extensive, especially in excess, which may affect people's life safety. So how do we judge how it will affect us? That Cheng Cheng Xiaobian told everyone that the easiest to distinguish is to meet the requirements, and then give you a brief introduction.
Aspartame scientific name aspartylphenylalanine methyl ester, not much to say, Cheng Cheng Xiaobian to take you to understand the detection method and principle. Take the "GB5009.263-2016 National Food Safety Standard For the Determination of Aspartame and Ali Sweet in Food" as an example to introduce to you.
For different types of food, the detection process of aspartame and ali sweet is slightly different, and the quantitative limits and detection limits are also different, as detailed in the following table.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > Equipment required for the test:</h1>
1. Liquid chromatography: equipped with diode array detector or ultraviolet detector.
2. Ultrasonic oscillator.
3. Balance: the sensible amount is 1mg and 0.1mg.
4. Centrifuge: speed ≥4000r/min.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" > Test results:</h1>
Cheng Cheng's conclusion: Most of the injuries caused by aspartame are not immediate, and it may take a year, five or ten years for these temporary or permanent injuries to occur. Such a high degree of concealment is very detrimental to the human health of long-term consumption of the sweetener. In view of the safety of aspartame, it is recommended that pregnant women do not consume it.
Some people may have aspartame intolerance and experience headaches, convulsions, nausea, or allergies after consuming aspartame products. Therefore, people who are intolerant to aspartame are best to avoid this sweetener as well.