What harm does bubble tea do to human body?
"Labor" recently reported that some street stalls in Shanghai actually made bubble tea with inferior creamer (mainly malt powder) and essence. When the news came out, everyone was in an uproar, accusing greedy vendors of endangering customers' health. Fan Zhihong, an associate professor in the College of Food Science of China Agricultural University, told Life Times: Even the foam tea in big hotels is not nutritious, so it is better to drink less. Fan Zhihong explained: "The so-called milk tea drink, which is all the rage, is very different from the traditional milk tea that grassland residents drink. The former is a mixture of non-dairy creamer, essence, pigment and sugar. The main components of non-dairy creamer are hydrogenated vegetable oil, emulsifier and sodium caseinate, not milk powder. The milk tea disclosed by the media is made of worse raw materials. " So, what's the difference between "milk" in bubble tea and real milk in nutrition? Fan Zhihong said: It lacks calcium, B vitamins and vitamins A and D, and the content of protein is very low. "There are basically no useful nutrients in milk. On the contrary, it contains a lot of sugar, saturated fat and trans fatty acids. Trans fatty acids will increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, which is more unfavorable to the glucose metabolism and lipid metabolism of middle-aged and elderly people. " What effect does the essence and pigment in bubble tea have on human body? "If the flavors and pigments in milk tea are added according to the national food additive standards, and you don't drink much, there is basically no harm. But if you add too much, or drink too much, it will be bad, especially for children. Excessive consumption of milk tea may have adverse effects on children's intellectual development and behavioral health. How can we distinguish "milk" in bubble tea from real milk? Fan Zhihong said that although the "milk" of milk tea has low nutritional value, it is more delicious than milk and milk powder granules, fragrant and slippery, without that greasy feeling. This can be said to be a great achievement of modern petroleum industry, and it is also one of the reasons why milk tea is attractive. "It seems that milk tea, especially children's milk tea, is better to drink as little as possible. If you really want to drink, you should also choose regular restaurants and shops with better sanitary conditions, and it is best not to "drink one cup after another"