Many people have been educated by their parents since they were young: ham sausages, lunch meats are all starch, there are many additives, are junk food, can not eat!
Up to now, many people say that they like to eat "starch sausage", which is the taste of childhood, and to "the more starchy the better, but where there is a little meat do not like to eat." In fact, the implication is that they are "junk food".
Now many people like to eat "starch sausage" | b Station screenshot
Are lunch meat and ham sausages really as bad as everyone says?
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How much starch is in the ham sausage?
/ Not as much as you think /
According to the provisions of China's national standard, ham sausage is a meat enema product made of fresh or frozen livestock meat, poultry meat and fish meat as the main raw material, which is salted, stirred, chopped (or emulsified), poured into plastic casings, and sterilized by high temperature. Lunch meat is a kind of canned compressed minced meat, with livestock and poultry meat as the main raw material, according to a certain proportion of starch and spices and other processing processing.
From the standard requirements, it can be clearly seen that ham sausage and lunch meat still belong to meat products, and the main raw material is still meat.
The main ingredient of ham sausage is meat | Figureworm creative
The main ingredient for lunch meat is also meat | wikipedia/ll1324
Both ham sausage and lunch meat have some starch in them, which is related to the processing process. Adding an appropriate amount of starch can make the ham sausage and lunch meat taste better, and the added starch combined with protein and water will make the ham sausage and lunch meat have better water retention, and the taste will be more tender.
Everyone likes to eat "starch sausage", in fact, they like the soft and tender taste | Bean fruit delicacy @ young girl m
So, how much starch is in ham sausage and lunch meat?
According to China's national standard, the protein content in ham intestines is not less than 10%, and the amount of starch is not more than 10%; and the amount of meat in the canned canned lunch meat and ham lunch meat shall not be less than 80%, and the amount of starch shall not exceed 7%.
According to the national standard, the starch of ham sausage is not more than 10% at most
Some intestines with ham sausages are not really "ham sausages" according to the national standard, but "cooked meat products", and the starch content is higher than that of ham sausages, but the meat > starch.
The ingredient list of a certain "starch sausage" | Lee eats hands to shoot
The ingredient list of the back label of prepackaged food is arranged according to the proportion of additions from high to low. Several "starch intestines" that everyone on the Internet more respects, the starch in the ingredient list is ranked behind the meat. Therefore, even if it is a "starchy intestine", it is also a meat > starch, and if you want to realize the dream of "everyone who has a little meat and does not like to eat", it can be said that it is... dream.
The ingredient list for another "starch sausage" | Lee eats hands to shoot
As for some netizens saying that "the more powdery the starch intestine color, the higher the starch content", it is not reliable. If it is livestock meat, more nitrite, more meat, will be red; in addition, the color is also related to the added pigment. Therefore, the starch content cannot be judged from the color of the intestine.
Intestinal pink and starch have nothing to do with | Figureworm creative
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More nitrite?
/ Do not talk about additive discoloration /
In addition to starch, when it comes to ham sausages, many people will also feel that "there are many preservatives and no nutrition".
Theoretically, ham sausages can be made with meat and salt, but in actual production, in order to achieve the best taste, cost, and safety, some food additives and other ingredients, such as preservatives, edible gums, and flavors and fragrances, are also used.
Considering the taste, cost and other factors, ham sausage will be added to the production of appropriate additives | Figureworm creative
Among them, the most worrying are preservatives, especially nitrites. In fact, the requirements for nitrite in China's meat food standards are very strict (≤ 30 mg / kg), and can not be added casually. Moreover, the benefits of using nitrite are also much greater than the risks of that point, because nitrite can inhibit the growth of Botulinum toxin and prevent the production of botulinum toxin. You know, once botulinum toxin is produced in ham and lunch meat, it is fatal.
Therefore, as long as it is a qualified product of a regular manufacturer, there is no need to worry about safety. We have repeatedly stressed that everyone who buys something must be a qualified product of a regular manufacturer! Don't buy small workshops and products with unknown channels, safety cannot be guaranteed (it is not easy to defend rights if something goes wrong).
Qualified products of regular manufacturers are more reliable | Figureworm creative
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Ham sausages are also nutritious
/ But don't eat more unrestrainedly /
From the perspective of nutrition, food itself is not "garbage" and "health", nutrition science still emphasizes that "there is no junk food, only garbage eating". Whether a person eats nutritiously and healthily depends on whether the food combination is reasonable.
Stir-fried ham sausage with cucumber | Bean fruit delicacies @ moonlight home's small kitchen
Moreover, the talk of junk food is not scientific. The so-called "World Health Organization (who) publishes the world's top ten junk food list" circulating on the Internet is not true, and WHO itself has debunked the rumors and has never published the list of the worst food or junk food.
The value of food is to be able to meet the nutritional needs of the human body. Any kind of food, as long as it can provide certain nutrients for the human body, without attaching toxic and harmful ingredients, is a valuable food. Ham sausage and lunch meat are rich in protein, fat or carbohydrates, which are also the nutrients that the human body needs!
Ham sausages and lunch meat also have nutritious | Bean fruit delicacies @ Apple Chef
As a kind of meat product, lunch meat and ham sausage can provide us with rich high-quality protein, but also a lot of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, not without nutrition. And they are only eaten occasionally to accompany meals or when traveling, they can be a good source of protein.
In addition, ham sausages and lunch meat are also easy to preserve and eat, and they can play a great advantage for people in areas with backward logistics, traveling far, and in disasters such as floods and earthquakes.
Of course, processed meat products such as ham sausages and lunch meat are not conducive to health if they eat too much. Who in previous years, the processing of meat products, such as ham sausage, bacon, sausage, as a class 1 carcinogen, mainly related to nitroso compounds, heterocyclic amines, saturated fats and so on in these foods, believe that they will increase the risk of intestinal cancer. There are also these products in the sodium content are very high, may be two under the belly, a day's sodium intake KPI will be exceeded, so should not eat more.
Ingredient list of a certain type of intestine, sodium content is very high 丨 shoot Li eats hands
It also needs to be reminded that many people now in order to reproduce the "roadside stall grilled sausage", the main way of making is to fry the ham sausage, compared to the "starch sausage", eat less fried food is more important to pay attention to.
Fried ham sausage | Bean fruit gourmet @ Lin's foodie shop
Fried ham sausages with sauce | Bean fruit gourmet @ Lin's foodie shop
In general, although ham sausages and lunch meat are not junk food and can be used as part of a reasonable diet, everyone should not eat them without restraint with an open stomach. Usually, we still have to try to diversify food according to the "balanced diet pagoda", eat some of each food, and do not eat much of each food, which can ensure the health needs.
Chinese residents balanced diet pagoda | The picture comes from the official website of the Chinese Nutrition Society
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Author: Nguyen Quang Feng
Article source: Fruit Shell's public account "Foodie Research Institute", not only has a lot of knowledge, but also a lot of food.
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