Four health tips to identify dyed steamed buns

　　The food additives listed on the labels of many dyed steamed buns sold in supermarkets are vitamin C or sugar. However, actual investigation found that these dyed steamed buns did not add sugar but cyclamate. They did not specifically add vitamin C, but added additives such as potassium sorbate and tartrazine.

　　Uncover the true colors of three additives:

　　1. Potassium sorbate: Very slightly toxic. Potassium sorbate is colorless to white scaly crystals or crystalline powder, odorless or slightly smelly. Unstable in air. Can be oxidized and colored. They are very slightly toxic to humans, but they are unsaturated fatty acids (salts) that can be absorbed by the body's metabolic system and quickly decomposed into carbon dioxide and water, leaving no residue in the body.

　　However, due to the current lack of food safety awareness in our country, some manufacturers use toxic sodium benzoate instead of potassium sorbate in order to save costs. Its toxicity will not cause immediate death or serious serious illness. disease , but it will bring infection to the body cancer the possibility of various diseases.

　　2. Cyclamate: May affect children’s intelligence. Sucralose, whose chemical name is sodium cyclamate, is a commonly used additive in food production. There is a certain limit to the daily amount of artificial sweeteners allowed by the human body. The maximum intake limit of cyclamate per kilogram of body weight is 11 mg.

　　If you overeat foods with excessive sweeteners for a long time, excessive intake will cause harm to the human body, especially to the liver and nerve causing harm to the system, especially the elderly, pregnant women, and those with weak metabolic detoxification ability. Child The harm is more obvious. Because cyclamate has side effects such as carcinogenesis, teratogenesis, and damage to kidney function.

　　3. Lemon yellow: harms internal organs and affects intelligence. Tartrazine is also called tartrazine, acid yellow, and hydrazine yellow. This pigment is generally toxic and diarrheal. If food containing excessive amounts is consumed for a long time or in large quantities at one time, it may cause allergies, diarrhea When the intake is too large and exceeds the load, it will accumulate in the body and cause certain damage to the kidneys and liver.

　　In terms of long-term effects, consuming tartrazine can cause ADHD in children , even the IQ dropped by 5 points. It can also induce asthma , allergies and other reactions caused by tartrazine are also well known and often include: anxiety, Migraine , depression, blurred vision, asthma, itching, weakness of limbs, etc.

　　Teach you how to distinguish between good and bad steamed buns:

　　1. How to distinguish real and fake corn buns

　　The method to identify dyed "corn buns" is very simple, that is, look, smell and smell blister . Break the steamed buns into pieces and soak them in water to watch the color of the water. If the color of the water becomes the same as the color of the steamed buns, it is a pigmented steamed bun. The brighter the color of the water, the higher the pigment content.

　　2. How to identify steamed buns with added leavening agent

　　Steamed buns with added leavening agents can be distinguished by their appearance and feel. If the steamed buns are particularly large, white, soft and juicy to the touch, and taste as soft as bread, it means that a leavening agent has been added, so don’t buy it.

　　The leavening agent, acidic sodium aluminum phosphate, is commonly used in batter, breading, frying powder, fried foods, and baked foods. It can make the food soft and delicious. It is harmless when used in appropriate amounts under the dosage prescribed by the state. But if too much is added, the aluminum element will exceed the standard. If the human body consumes too much aluminum, it will damage the human central nervous system and increase the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.