The cooked corn sold on the streets is particularly sweet. These cooked corn are not authentic boiled corn, but the result of the fragrance of corn is added. It is said that in order to increase the fragrance of corn, the hawkers added corn flavor in the pot. This rumor is similar to the "drop of incense" incident exposed by the media before, which makes citizens feel worried. Is the use of flavors in food is harmful to the human body?
The aroma in food is composed of a variety of volatile substances, which is perceived by human smell. The sense of smell is a type of sensation caused by the particle that enters the nose to stimulate the nasal olfactory nerves. For example, the smell of fish emitted by fish is the main component. People are accustomed to dividing odor into aroma, odor, and odor; they are simply divided into fruit aroma according to the types of food in the food industry. Vegetable aroma, tea aroma, fermented aroma, etc.
Human beings have instinctual vigilance in food flavors. They are often unwilling to eat for unfamiliar or wrong smells and flavors. They will be eaten with ease of food with strong characteristics and familiar flavors. However, due to restrictions on processing technology and processing time, some foods are often insufficient, or the fragrance is not correct, and the aroma is not characteristic. At this time, the edible fragrance spice came in handy.
Edible spice flavors can give food fragrance as food additives. Although the amount of addition in the entire food is small, it can give different flavors of food. Especially because the addition of edible flavors can make food fragrance supplement, strengthen and improve. In addition to meeting people's requirements for food and delicious food, it can also stimulate the secretion of digestive juice, help promote human appetite and help the human body digestion.
Edible spices and flavors are the category of food additives, and they are often added to food to change the flavor of food. Spice is a substance with a certain aroma and is used to prepare a certain flavor or fragrance. Some spices can be used to prepare fragrance, and some spices can also be directly added to food. Common edible spices include cinnamon, cloves, cumin seeds, pepper, star anise, and extracts. Sperm is a concentrated product mixed with a variety of spices and auxiliary materials arranged by artificially arranged, including fruits, milk, poultry, meat, vegetables, nuts, honey, emulsification and alcohol Fragrances are usually not used directly for consumption. The amount of edible flavors in food is generally 0.1%to 0.6%. The ingredients in the fragrance also include alcohol, distilled water, and salad oil.
So what are the behaviors of unscientific use of edible fragrance spices in our daily life?
First, add flavors to food that should not be added. Water -free milk, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, frozen vegetables, fresh edible fungi and algae, frozen edible bacteria and algae, raw grains, rice, wheat flour, miscellaneous grain powder, edible starch, fresh meat, fresh aquatic products, sugar, honey, honey, honey, honey , Salt and salt products, drinking natural mineral water, drinking pure water, and other drinking water. In addition, the state also stipulates that the use of the use of infants and young children with less than 6 months of use must not add any edible spices, and the foods of large babies and young children can only add a few edible spices.
The second is to cover up food corruption and deterioration. The "Food Additives Use Standard" stipulates that the principle of use of food additives should not cover up food corruption and deterioration, quality defects in the food itself or processing, or use food additives for the purpose of doping, adulteration, and forgery. Therefore, you cannot try to cover the deterioration ingredients with strong flavors. In the example mentioned above, if the vendor uses corn fragrance to cover up the truth of rotten and deteriorated corn and deceive consumers, it is illegal. Similarly, if someone uses salty flavors such as "a drop of fragrance" to make cooked food, cover up the meat smell of corruption, and sell it to consumers, it also belongs to the crackdown of the regulatory authorities.
The third is to use it in excess. Many people have some scruples about adding fragrant spices in food, and worrying that excessive intake will affect human health. However, unlike preservatives and edible pigments, edible flavors are a relatively safer additive. This is because edible flavors are a additive that can limit itself. Because the edible fragrance can feel the smell of the nose, it also includes the smell of entering the nasal cavity from the mouth, so humans have a very sensitive feeling of edible flavors. The fragrance of food must be moderate. Like more perfumes, it is difficult to accept. Therefore, the use of edible fragrance spices scientifically is very harmful to the human body. However, with the increasing development of the food industry, the use of fragrance spices has gradually become common, and consumer taste buds are also increasing year by year, which may cause the gradually increasing amount of edible flavors spices during use. It can be seen that "heavy taste" is not a good habit.
In the end, it is worth mentioning that the edible flavors sold on the market must be a substance that is harmless to the human body. In order to reduce costs or improve the incense effect of products, it must not be used to use chemical raw materials instead of food raw materials. Otherwise, it belongs to the act of adding non -edible substances to food without authorization, and will be severely punished by law.
