I don't know when the cakes around me became softer and more delicate, but few consumers will think: How did this wonderful taste come from? What effect will the satisfaction of desire between lips and teeth have on health?
Recently, some insiders revealed that the cakes with exquisite appearance on the market actually added excessive additives, often exceeding the standard by more than 10 times. When I bought a new dessert not long ago, I also smelled the obvious smell of alum. I asked the lady in the cake room and got the answer: "We didn't add much, only 20 grams of baking powder per catty."
It is not difficult to find that no matter how hard you make cakes at home, it is difficult to achieve the effect of a cake room. The key point is that many additives will be used in bakery production, including emulsifier, shortening, baking powder and so on.
Emulsifier will mix oil, sugar, flour and other raw materials evenly, which will increase the size of the cake, make the pores uniform, and prevent the cake from hardening and drying; Shortening oil can make the gluten of flour disperse and soften, and the cake body is loose and easy to form. Among them, emulsifiers such as monoglyceride, polyglycerol ester and glycerol sucrose ester are not toxic substances. Shortened oil made of palm oil and partially hydrogenated vegetable oil contains a lot of "trans fatty acids", which is extremely harmful to cardiovascular health and the development of nervous system, and also contains a lot of saturated fatty acids, which may increase blood lipids.
In addition to the above additives, baking powder is often added in the production of cakes. At present, most baking powder contains alum, and aluminum in it is very harmful to the nervous system, especially to developing children. The so-called "pure whipped cream" has little to do with milk. Its main raw material is actually "plant milk essence", and it also contains dangerous "trans fatty acids".
Therefore, when eating cakes, don't pursue too delicate texture, just a little rough; Eat less so-called "fresh milk cake"; Control the times and quantity of eating cakes, preferably not more than 100g per week. For preschool children, the consumption should be strictly controlled.