Why is Anti, which is common in drinks, why is it fined after adding orange juice?

Recently, there was another news related to eating and drinking: In the imported orange juice sold by a certain supermarket, An Sai Mi was detected. It did not meet the requirements of "unused" in the national standard of food safety and was fined by the market regulatory authorities.

Figure 丨 Weibo@021 Video

Wait, An Sai Mi, it looks like a familiar name, many of the beverage components have its figure ...

Is Anciemi unsafe in orange juice? Then, can we drink Orange juice and drinks of Antimi?

What is Anti Mi?

An Sai Mi is a sweet taste agent, which belongs to food additives, which can bring sweetness.

An Semi was discovered by Germany's Helster in 1967. In 1983, Britain approved it for the food industry. In 1988, the United States approved it to use in food. After that, An Semi started the application of the world.

Compared to adding sugar such as sugar sugar and fructose syrup, sweeteners have several advantages:

The first is high sweetness, and the sweetness of most sweeteners is equivalent to tens to thousands of times that of sucrose;

Secondly, the energy is low, and the sweetener usually does not provide energy or only provides less energy, so that people can significantly reduce energy intake while enjoying sweetness;

In addition, the water solution and processing stability of sweeteners are good, and it is convenient to use in food processing.

An Semi's sweetness is about 200-250 times the sucrose, because the taste is better and is widely used in the food processing industry, such as candy, baked goods, freezing snacks, drinks, mixed desserts, and table sweeteners. The figure.

In addition, An Sai Mi can not only be used by sweet taste agents, but also combines with other sweeteners to improve sweetness and improve product flavor. In the current global sweetener market, Angemi accounts for about 10%, which is the mainstream sweetener product.

Why is there in orange juice?

Why is there An Sai Mi in this 100%orange juice? I guess the reason should be for "sour".

I believe that people who have squeezed orange juice will feel this way: How can the freshly squeezed orange juice so sour, different from the orange drinks sold in the supermarket? Indeed, the taste of pure natural orange juice is very sour, and many people may not like or accept it.

Fresh orange juice, the taste is still a bit sour ... 丨 pixabay

In order to regulate the taste, the usual practice of the food industry is to add sugar. Adding sugar in beverages can play a role in regulating acidity and make it taste better.

However, now that everyone feels that it is not good to eat too much sugar, the health policies of various countries are also walking in the direction of "reducing sugar" and "sugar control", so many businesses will use sweeteners in drinks. This can not only reduce the calories, but also achieve the same effect with a small amount. As one of the mainstream sweeteners, An Sai Mi is naturally easy to be selected, so we often see it in some juice drinks.

The problem is that according to the current food safety standards, fruit juice drinks can be added with sugar or sweetener to improve the taste, but "100%pure fruit juice" is not possible. If it is used, it is illegal.

However, regulations are regulations, reality is reality.

In fact, the phenomenon of abuse of food additives in Thailand over the years is not uncommon. It is hoped that when imported foods, domestic businesses will pay attention to more review customs and do a good job of food safety.

An Sai Mi added to the juice,

Will it cause health hazards?

Of course, for more people, the most worrying is whether the orange juice is safe and whether it will cause harm to the body.

This can be relaxed as much as possible. Although this orange juice is illegal, this does not mean that it will definitely cause harm to our body. The reason is the old saying: whether it causes harm, the key depends on the dose.

The sweetness of Acemi is 200-250 times that of sucrose. It only requires a very small amount to achieve the same sweetness effect of sucrose. Moreover, because it is very sweet, you do n’t have to worry about the merchants will add too much, because the taste is not sweet, but it is bitter, and consumers will naturally not like such products.

According to the assessment of the FAO/WHO and Food Additive Expert Committee (JECFA), Ansisi's daily allowable intake (ADI) is 0-15 mg/kg. 0.021g/kg, which means that an adult weighing 60 kg drinks 42.8kg orange juice every day to exceed the range of this intake, which is almost equivalent to drinking 43 boxes of orange juice every day ... I am afraid that few people have this. Volume.

One liter orange juice, probably so many 丨 pixabay

Therefore, in terms of doses, you don't have to worry about any health hazards.

In the end, my suggestion is: If you just bought the juice of this brand recently, you don't have to throw it away because you are worried about fear. You can rest assured. After all, it is a pity to spend your own money. If you haven't bought it at all, then eat melon to see the news. If you want to buy some orange juice, you can choose a brand you like and acceptable prices, just be happy.

references

[1] "Sweet Division Science Consensus 2018"

[2] http://www.chinasugar.org.cn/i,109,1755,html

[3] https://apps.who.int/food-dditives- controls- jecfa-database/home/chemical/926 Author: Ruan Guangfeng

Edit: malt Yang

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