Haagen-Dazs responded that toxic ingredients were found, and pesticide residues were found in two batches of Haagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream exported from France, specifically the toxic ingredient "ethylene oxide". General Mills China responded that these two batches of products were not sold in Chinese mainland. Haagen-Dazs responded to the detection of toxic ingredients.
Haagen-Dazs responds to the detection of toxic ingredients 1 According to official website news of the Ministry of Commerce, recently, the Food and Drug Administration of Taiwan Province Province of China released a list of foods that failed the border inspection, among which two batches of Haagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream exported from France were found to contain the toxic ingredient "ethylene oxide".
It is understood that ethylene oxide is a carcinogen, which has been used to make fungicides, widely used in washing, pharmaceutical, printing and dyeing industries, and can be used as an initiator of cleaning agents in chemical-related industries.
The Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that the products of Haagen-Dazs flagship store on the e-commerce platform were also imported from France. Will the same problem occur?
On July 7th, Red Star Capital Bureau obtained a response letter from China, the importer of General Mills. The official response letter stated that two batches of products imported from Taiwan Province Province of China were not sold in Chinese mainland.
Why is there a carcinogen in ice cream? The Red Star Capital Bureau found that other brands of ice cream were also found to have ethylene oxide before, and the reasons for disclosure were different.
In July, 20021year, brands such as Nestle and mirka (Ka Miao) produced by Fronelli Company were recalled because they contained ethylene oxide. At that time, the recall statement issued by Fronelli Company in official website indicated that the ethylene oxide content in the ice cream in question originated from an accidental contamination of raw materials by a supplier, and this content was unlikely to pose a risk to consumers' health.
202 1 65438+ China On 9 February, the Center for Food Safety of the Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department issued a communique, saying that people were advised not to eat six kinds of "GODIVIA" ice cream imported from France because the stabilizers used in related products were found to contain ethylene oxide, a pesticide banned by the European Union.
Yun, a doctor of food engineering, told Red Star Capital Bureau that the pollution source may be printing ink or ethylene oxide disinfection residue. Ethylene oxide is an efficient bactericide, and different countries have different regulations on whether it can be used for disinfection in food production. Residue and ink may appear in both raw material production and ice cream production.
Haagen-Dazs responded by finding toxic ingredients. After the clock that can't burn, Haagen-Dazs, the Rolls-Royce of ice cream industry, is on the cusp again.
Recently, the Food and Drug Administration of Taiwan Province Province, China issued a list of foods that failed the border inspection. Among them, two batches of Haagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream exported from France were found to have pesticide residues, specifically the toxic component "ethylene oxide", and the importer was Taiwan Province General Mills Co., Ltd.
In this regard, General Mills China said that the above two batches of products were not sold in Chinese mainland. With well-known brands such as Haagen-Dazs, Wanchai Wharf and Hulk, General Mills recently announced its fourth fiscal quarter results for the fiscal year 20 14 ending May 29th, achieving operating income of 4.89 billion US dollars, up 8% year-on-year, and net profit of 823 million US dollars, up 97% year-on-year, exceeding market expectations. The performance is improving, and the share price of General Mills is also very strong, which recently hit an all-time high of $76.73 per share.
Haagen-Dazs was found to have ethylene oxide.
According to the information released by the US Food and Drug Administration in Taiwan Province Province, China on June 2, 2022, the product containing ethylene oxide is Haagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream, and the importer is Taiwan Province General Mill Co., Ltd., the unqualified reason is "the residual pesticide ethylene oxide is detected at 0.07 1ppm and 0.072ppm", and the disposal situation is "the goods in the box do not meet the requirements".
In response to the above incidents, Haagen-Dazs has clearly stated that the two batches of ethylene oxide products detected this time are vanilla pint ice cream (valid on April 26, 2023 13) and vanilla bucket ice cream (valid on June 26, 2022 10), and said that emergency treatment has been done at the first time, calling for the purchase of related batches of products after April 26 this year.
At present, most of Haagen-Dazs ice cream sold in various channels in China are French origin.
In this regard, General Mills China solemnly declared that these two batches of products imported from Taiwan Province Province of China were not sold in Chinese mainland. At present, all imported Haagen-Dazs products in Chinese mainland market circulation channels have passed the inspection and quarantine in line with national standards at the time of entry and customs clearance, and have valid inspection and quarantine certificates.
Food safety problems of ethylene oxide occur frequently.
What is ethylene oxide? Data show that ethylene oxide is an efficient bactericide, which can kill all kinds of microorganisms at room temperature and is widely used in washing, pharmaceutical, printing and dyeing industries. However, the sterilized products usually contain residues, so they cannot be used for food sterilization. China clearly stipulates in the Technical Specification for Disinfection (2002 edition) that ethylene oxide is not suitable for food sterilization.
It is reported that ethylene oxide has certain toxicity, and the oral LD50 of animals is about 72 ~ 270 mg per kilogram of body weight, which belongs to moderate toxicity according to the acute toxicity classification standard. In 20 17, ethylene oxide was listed as a carcinogen in the preliminary reference of the list of carcinogens published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization.
In recent years, ethylene oxide has been detected in food for many times, including many expensive high-end products, which sounded the alarm for food safety. In 2020, it was found in Europe that ethylene oxide residues in sesame seeds produced in India exceeded the standard, such as bread, sauce or other foods containing sesame seeds, which led to large-scale product recycling.
Last July, according to Spanish media reports, at least 46 kinds of ice cream produced by Froneri companies such as Neslé and Ka Miao were recalled because they contained ethylene oxide, which may cause cancer. In June 5438+February last year, the Center for Food Safety of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of Hong Kong advised the public not to eat six kinds of "Godiva" ice cream imported from France, because the stabilizers used in related products were found to contain ethylene oxide, a pesticide banned by the European Union, and Godiva was known as "the Rolls Royce of chocolate".
According to industry insiders, the pollution of raw materials and packaging materials or the presence of ethylene oxide in food are the main reasons. Because the low concentration of ethylene oxide can not be distinguished by vision and smell, it is difficult for food enterprises to control raw materials containing ethylene oxide by conventional means.
Zhu, a food industry analyst in China, told the reporter of Securities Times E Company that food safety has become a national strategy. With the improvement of people's quality of life, the importance attached to food safety has been increasing. Any brand with food safety problems may form a brand crisis to some extent.
Haagen-Dazs responded by finding toxic ingredients. According to official website, the Ministry of Commerce, recently, the Food and Drug Administration of Taiwan Province Province, China released a list of foods that failed the border inspection, among which two batches of Haagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream exported from France were found to contain the toxic ingredient "ethylene oxide". The ingredients of ice cream have once again attracted attention.
On July 6th, Zhong disclosed the formula of Haiyan Coconut Ice Cream through the official Weibo. Some netizens asked, "Can you tell the quality of ice cream by its melting speed?" "How to tell the quality of ice cream from the ingredient list?" Wait for doubts.
To this end, the reporter compared and combed the ingredient list and ingredient list of five ice creams on the market, and found that the number of ingredient lists of many ice creams was above 19. All the five tested ice creams contained edible gum, and there were as many as eight kinds of edible gum for brand ice creams. Experts said that if you care about the existence of food additives, you can give priority to adding fewer varieties.
Haagen-Dazs exported from France detected a carcinogen.
According to official website, the Ministry of Commerce, recently, the Food and Drug Administration of Taiwan Province Province, China released a list of foods that failed the border inspection, among which two batches of Haagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream exported from France were found to contain the toxic ingredient "ethylene oxide".
Specifically, the two batches of products are vanilla ice cream, the importer is Taiwan Province General Mills Co., Ltd. The name of the producer or exporter is Haagen-Dazs ARRAS, and the brand name is Haagen-Dazs. Disposal shall be returned or destroyed as required.
It is understood that ethylene oxide is a carcinogen, which was previously used to make fungicides, widely used in washing, pharmaceutical, printing and dyeing industries, and can be used as an initiator of cleaning agents in chemical-related industries.
In this regard, some media published a response letter from the importer General Mills China Company. According to the response letter, two batches of products imported from Taiwan Province Province of China were not sold in Chinese mainland.
The reporter immediately logged into an e-commerce platform and saw that various styles of Haagen-Dazs ice cream were still on sale. A Haagen-Dazs classic pint of 3 cups of flavored ice cream from the flagship store of Haagen-Dazs on a certain platform ranks 1 and 7th in the ice cream repurchase list, showing that the country of origin is France, with a price of 324 yuan and a discount of 248 yuan.
According to the enterprise survey information, Haagen-Dazs was fined 10000 yuan for passing cocoa butter off as chocolate in 202 1 year.
Comparison: The first ingredient list of the three ice creams is drinking water.
The reporter compared and combed the ingredient list and ingredient list of five ice creams on the market. The five ice creams participating in the comparison are-78g of Zhonghaiyan Coconut Ice Cream, and the price is 17 yuan; Eight-up six-in-one ice cream 360g(6 boxes), the price is 32.8 yuan (the average price per box is about 5.47 yuan); Menglong vanilla ice cream 64g, priced in 9.9 yuan; Mengniu casually follows 70g chocolate-flavored ice cream, with crisp core and 4 yuan price; 75g Mattel yellow peach ice cream, price 1 1.9 yuan (average unit price after discount is 5.95 yuan).
According to the recently published formula of Zhonghaiyan coconut ice cream, its main components are milk (35.8%), thin cream (19.2%), coconut milk (1 1.2%), sweet condensed milk (7.4%), whole milk powder (6.0%) and so on. The protein content in the product is 6.3g/ 100g, and the solid content is about 40%. The average amount of carrageenan added to Gao Xue Haiyan coconut ice cream every 78 hours is about 0.032g g.
The reporter found that the number of components in Mengniu, Menglong and Zhongzhong was as high as 19, while Mattel and Baxi were 17 and 14 respectively. Drinking water ranks first in Mengniu, Mattel and Menglong ice cream ingredient lists, while raw milk (> 40%) and milk (35.8%) rank first in Baxi and Chinese ingredient lists respectively.
The ingredient list also shows that all five kinds of ice cream contain edible gum, and the price of ice cream containing more kinds of edible gum is relatively high. Menglong and Zhongzhong contain 5 kinds of edible gums respectively, and Mathieu contains 8 kinds of edible gums. The lowest unit price of these three ice creams is in 9.9 yuan.
Interview: Most consumers don't pay attention to the ice cream ingredient list.
During the visit, the reporter noticed that most consumers did not specifically check the ingredient list when buying ice cream. "The ingredient list of ice cream belongs to a new' knowledge point' that everyone should start learning now." China food industry analyst Zhu said. Zhang Gansheng, deputy secretary general of Guangdong Chain Store & Franchise Association, believes that ice cream enterprises should increase the publicity of ingredients and ingredients, and inform the relevant information of ingredients as much as possible.
Previously, the great difference between China's market composition table and other countries' market composition table caused a heated discussion. According to a senior insider, the main reason why Menglong uses vegetable fat instead of milk fat in the domestic market is to reduce costs. Low cost and high price, or some ice cream and ice cream are criticized by consumers.