? Are those dense labels never read or read and don't understand what they mean?
Reading the ingredient list on the label can help you avoid how many food additives there are.
In fact, all food enterprises must abide by the regulations of the Ministry of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, and indicate the key information in the food production process to consumers on the product labels according to the unified norms.
The first thing you need to know is the "nutrient composition table". Otherwise, if you eat and drink so much and have no nutrition at all, you won't eat for nothing.
Basic five items: "4" refers to the four core nutrients specified by the Ministry of Health, namely protein, fat, carbohydrate and sodium. 1 is energy.
Nutritional component value: the nutritional component value represents the content of the basic five items in food, and is usually marked in units of 100g(ml). There are also some foods marked with "each serving" or "each package".
Nutrient reference values: "Daily recommended intake" is a unified standard issued by the Ministry of Health according to the nutritional diet of China residents. Represents the percentage of nutrients contained in each food in the recommended daily intake.
The significance of nutritional reference value is to help you intuitively understand the nutritional level you eat every day. It is undoubtedly a good help for people who need to control their diet or special physique.
? How to ensure that food is relatively safe and eat with peace of mind?
? In our daily diet, we try to choose foods with high protein, low fat and low sodium. Due to the influence of trans fatty acids on human health, according to the General Principles of Nutrition Labeling in prepackaged foods, if hydrogenated vegetable oil is used in food raw materials, the content of trans fatty acids must be marked in the nutrition composition table.
? It should be noted that the column labeled "trans fatty acid" in many packaged foods is "0", which actually does not mean that it does not exist, because if the trans fatty acid content in100g solid food or100ml liquid food does not exceed 0.3g, it can be labeled as "0", which needs to be carefully checked with the ingredient list.
The Regulations on the Administration of Food Labels and prepackaged foods Labels stipulates that the ingredients in prepackaged foods's ingredient list should be arranged in descending order according to the amount added during manufacturing or processing. The first place has the highest content, and so on.
? In the ingredient list, except for food raw materials, the rest are basically food additives. At present, there are more than 2000 kinds of 23 categories approved by the state. When buying packaged food, be sure to look at the ingredient list. This will let you know what the main ingredients of the food you buy are.
? Consumers can compare different manufacturers of the same product and try to choose products with no or less ingredients.
? For bulk packaged food, the Food Safety Law stipulates that food business operators should indicate the name, production date or batch number and shelf life of the food in the storage location. At the same time, it should be in the container of bulk food. It is also marked on the outer packaging.
The most important thing is that consumers should choose regular manufacturers and brands of food, and the use of food additives will be more standardized, thus reducing the harm to health.