The most food additives snacks

Food additives are divided into 23 categories according to their functions. Food additives that you often hear about include preservatives, thickeners, antioxidants, sweeteners, flavors and fragrances, and colors.

There are some that you may not be familiar with, such as processing aids, nutritional enhancers and so on. There are about 2,400 food additives approved for use in China. Even vitamin C, vitamin E, and vitamin B2 are food additives.

Many of our usual foods have food additives, especially packaged foods. There is no sister below to talk about the food additives contained in the food they eat.

Instant noodles
A pack of instant noodles can have up to 25 kinds of food additives, common are sodium glutamate, caramel, citric acid, tert-butyl hydroquinone and so on.
Long-term consumption of products containing citric acid by children may lead to hypocalcemia.

Ham sausage
The additives contained include sodium nitrite, potassium sorbate, and the like.
Sodium nitrite may produce carcinogenic nitrosamines in vivo.

Candied fruit
The additives contained are citric acid, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, and the like.
Sodium benzoate will destroy vitamin B1 and affect children's calcium absorption.

jelly
Potassium sorbate, citric acid and carrageenan are the most commonly used additives.
Excessive intake of potassium sorbate can cause allergic reactions and affect your child's calcium absorption.

Ice cream
Artificial flavors, thickeners, synthetic pigments and other additives are most commonly used.
And some of the artificial colors, foreign regulations can not be used for food.

Cookies
Included additives include sodium metabisulfite, citric acid, sorbitol.
A large amount of sodium metabisulfite damages cells and is biologically toxic.

Milk tea
The additives contained include potassium sorbate, sodium hexametaphosphate and the like.
Excessive amounts of the latter cause disorders of calcium metabolism.

chewing gum
May contain aspartame, sorbitol, citric acid and other additives.
Too much sorbitol can cause diarrhea.

Potato chips
Possible additives include sodium glutamate, disodium guanylate, and the like.
Both of the above are prohibited for use in baby foods.