Nowadays, not only are many foods bright and colorful, but also stimulating consumers' desire to buy plastic bags, paper cups, cutlery, lunch boxes, and other food packaging is also colorful. So what are the hidden dangers of colorful food and colorful food packaging to human health? How to avoid the negative influence of color charm on eating life? The magazine launched special reports focusing on the hidden dangers of color food safety. It is divided into two parts, namely, color food and color food packaging. We hope that you can enjoy peace of mind, health, and scientific food life. Colorful beverages and ice cream, cream cakes with colorful patterns, colorful candy, etc., come into the supermarket, and various colored foods stimulate the desire of people, especially children. After the Children's Day on June 1st this year, CCTV's Weekly Quality Report exposed the chaos that over-range and over-range food additives were used in some children's food products on the market. Experts pointed out that to scrupulously eat colorful foods, some colored foods containing pigments and other additives are harmful to human health. Excessive or long-term consumption is harmful to the development of the human body, especially children. survey: Colored snack temptation children The reporter visited a number of supermarkets in Beijing and found that colored snacks on the shelves of supermarkets can be seen everywhere, and the snacks of children's food areas in some supermarkets are dazzling. Really pleased, gray wolf, kitty cat flying on the plane, howls of angry birds, colorful Vikings, Pooh bears... all kinds of lollipops, modeling candy let reporters lament the producers Craftsmanship. The reporter found that the original candy was temptation for many children because of its brilliant colors and shapes. "Mom, I seem to have entered the world of fairy tales. I'll buy this Winnie the Bear Lollipop. It's very colorful and good to eat." In front of the food counter in a supermarket in Chaoyang District, there is a pile of colored snacks. A young boy about five or six years old refused to leave. "There is a lot of snacks at home and children have to buy them. There is really no way. The temptation of children with colored snacks is too great." The boy's mother told reporters with a grin. The reporter took a closer look at the composition table of these sweets and found that most food additives containing pigments, flavors, preservatives, etc., some as many as 20 or more. The reporter saw a candy called Mickey, divided into two flavors, strawberry and blueberry, but its actual composition was not accompanied by strawberries and blueberries. The statement on the ingredient list was made by tempting red lake and bright blue aluminum lake and flavor. production. The brightly coloured jelly, fruit juice, and ice cream naturally look "beautiful" in the child's eyes. The reporter noticed that the variety of fruit juice drinks and ice cream on the market presented attractive colors, whether they were single or complex. The reporter saw a cherry passion fruit juice drink, which was clearly indicated in the ingredient list as "1.6% of concentrated juice concentrate," containing isomalto-oligosaccharide, hydrogenated glucose syrup, white granulated sugar, and artificial colors and flavors. "As we all know, the shelf life of fresh fruit juice is very short. In order to extend shelf life, fruit juice drinks can only reduce the content of the original juice, and it can be improved by pigments and flavors to improve the taste and sell better at the same time," said Zhang Weifeng, a food expert and national senior dietitian. data: Up to 15 Ice Cream Additives Recently, the “Investigation Report on the Intake of Food Additives by Children in 9 Cities in China†issued by the Environmental Protection Agency of the Earth has attracted extensive attention. The report shows that children's foods are commonly supplemented with various food additives such as flavors and colors, among which the highest frequency for children in summer The investigation and analysis results of the snack ice cream showed that 37 different types of ice cream in the common brands of the market used 100% of food flavors, and 86% added various colorants. In the ingredient list, there are a total of nearly 100 different additives, including 15 colorants, 12 emulsifiers, 11 thickeners, 8 sweeteners, 7 acidity regulators, and 37 foods. Fragrance, one of which contains as little as 6 kinds of additives, up to 15 species. “Children are always attracted by colorful and attractive foods. Many businesses use various colorants in the children's food processing process to cater to their children’s sense of color and taste.†Introduced, to a certain brand of a taste of ice cream as an example, its packaging on the ingredients table marked 15 kinds of food additives, of which only the colorant contains 5 kinds, namely caramel, carmine, vermilion, bright blue, turmeric. In addition, it also contains five thickeners such as xanthan gum and carob bean gum, three emulsifiers such as monoglyceride, as well as sweeteners, sorbitol and edible essences. Warning: Abuse of pigments is harmful to health “All kinds of snacks have been reduced by one after the production and processing,†said Professor Feng Lei, an expert in the nutrition and health project team of the Ministry of Health. The reduction in snacks after production and processing is due to nutrients in the raw materials, plus all kinds of additives. According to experts, bright foods on the market are caused by colorants. Commonly used food colorants, which are commonly known as pigments, include two types, namely natural pigments and synthetic pigments. After the melamine incident, China revised the new "Hygienic Standards for the Use of Food Additives", allowing only 9 kinds of synthetic food colorings such as carmine, lemon yellow, sunset yellow, indigo, bright blue, and temptation red, and natural food colorings. There are 40 kinds. "Although each kind of food additive does not exceed the specified dose, in the normal intake case, will not cause harm to the human body, but because the child's metabolic organs are not yet mature features, there are still some hidden dangers to health. Experts emphasized that the accumulation of additives will not only increase the burden on children's physical function metabolism, but also affect the children's immune system, cardiovascular system, and intellectual development, and the more serious the age, the more significant the harm will be. The report issued by the Environmental Protection Agency of the Earth emphasizes that the long-term intake of foods containing food additives in large quantities poses a potential hazard to the healthy growth of children, and the burden on the kidneys and other organs is the most important. “The normal use of additives has hidden dangers, in addition to a large number of abuse additives. Abuse includes both over- and over-range use of additives, abuse of additives or ADHD and many health problems.†A well-known nutritionist who did not want to be named Said that the behavioral toxicity problems caused by pigments are causing widespread concern in the industry. In recent years, studies have successively included many foreign research findings and verifications, such as sunset yellow, lemon yellow, quinoline yellow and temptation red and other synthetic pigments and preservatives benzene. Sodium formate and others are related to the occurrence of ADHD in children. The reason is that long-term consumption of foods with added artificial pigments can cause lead poisoning, and children with high blood lead levels can easily cause hyperactivity and inattention. “China has strict restrictions on synthetic pigments. Only soft drinks, cold drinks, candy, fruit juices, etc. can be used, but the current abuse does exist. From the aspects of health, safety and other aspects, food coloring should be closer to the natural direction, used in the United Kingdom and the United States in recent years. Natural food pigments are gradually becoming the mainstream of the industry, said Zhu Yi, associate professor of the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering at China Agricultural University. According to the latest news from the reporter, the Ministry of Health recently announced that it intends to withdraw 38 food additives, of which 17 are pigments, including tea pigments, tea green pigments, citrus yellow, blackcurrant red and other colorants. Experts and consumers are quick about this. “The Ministry of Health stated that after being reviewed by the experts, these additives are not technically necessary and therefore cancelled. It seems that the color of the snacks may become monotonous in the future.†Experts emphasized that colorful snacks are the children's favorite, among them The frequency of appearance of artificial colors is highest, and even if the content of colorants is low, long-term consumption will still affect health. To avoid letting children ingest artificial colors, parents should be careful not to let their children eat bright-colored snacks. Healthy, scientific, and rational diet ideas should be cultivated from an early age. Try to keep children away from the bright colors and encourage children to be more. Feel the good taste of the original ecological food. 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