Ready-mixed powder is the savior of many novice baking or failed experts. It mixes all the raw materials needed to make muffins, bread, cakes and other baked goods in the best proportion, and simplifies the production steps, so that anyone can easily get started and enjoy baking. However, some people held back, because they heard rumors that the pre-mixed powder contained modified starch, which was unhealthy for their health, or saw that there were food additives in the ingredients on the package that they didn't understand.
Xu Tingzhen, an adjunct professor at the Institute of Food Science and Technology of Taiwan Province Provincial University, stressed: "Don't be surprised! There are no illegal food additives in Taiwan Province Province. Because food additives are a legal term, as long as they are on the list of additives approved by the Ministry of Health, they are all tested and evaluated, and their safety is confirmed by scientific evidence. As long as the manufacturer uses it according to the regulations, consumers can eat it with confidence. 」
Expert: Modified starch and baking powder have no health problems!
As we all know, starch is the main ingredient in baked goods such as bread, muffins, cakes, Dafu or egg cakes, which affects the Q-bomb taste of baked goods. The swelling process of dough is an important key to the success of baked goods.
"However, as long as the viscosity of natural starch is affected by external forces, it is easy to change. For example, if the dough is frozen or the soup is dipped in saliva, the viscosity will weaken or disappear. Therefore, modified starch such as acetylated starch adipate and starch phosphate can be used as a bridge to keep the viscosity of starch, so that the bread or muffin made will not be easy to age and chewy.
Moreover, the modified starch approved by Fu Wei Department has high stability, almost the same as natural starch! Xu Tingzhen, who has studied food science for many years, first explained the common uses of ingredients in ready-mixed powder, hoping to eliminate consumers' anxiety about unknown ingredients.
Similarly, "natural yeast" and food additive "baking powder" can promote dough expansion, but yeast takes a long time and is easily affected by temperature and humidity, and the expansion speed (including time and volume) is not easy to standardize; On the contrary, baking powder can not only shorten the expansion time and control the expansion degree more easily, but also imitate the secondary expansion of yeast (double-effect baking powder) to make its taste similar to that of yeast, so it has become a common ingredient in ready-mixed powder.
Xu Tingzhen said: "The main ingredient of baking powder is baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), so that everyone can rest assured. Other acidic ingredients, such as acidic sodium pyrophosphate and calcium dihydrogen phosphate, are also food additives approved by the Ministry of Health. They are mainly used to neutralize alkaline baking soda and release gas to promote dough expansion, so there is no health problem of baking powder complex. 」
As for the aluminum-containing baking powder that has caused public panic, Xu Tingzhen explained: "Consumers have doubts about aluminum-containing baking powder because they are worried about' aluminum' baking powder. But in fact, baking powder containing aluminum releases "aluminum ions", and there is not enough literature to prove that "aluminum ions" are related to Alzheimer's disease, and there is no evidence that the aluminum dose ingested from baking powder is harmful. But if consumers still have doubts, there are ready-mixed powders advertised as aluminum-free formula to choose from! 」
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In order to prevent pollution, food factories should meet HACCP certification standards.
With the rise of health awareness, but lack of food knowledge, many consumers often worry that eating food additives will be unhealthy and unsafe. Xu Tingzhen said helplessly: "Natural ingredients such as salt and sugar are not good for your health if you eat too much. What's more, the risk of food additives approved by the Ministry of Health and Welfare is relatively low. If there is a problem, the reason is that unscrupulous manufacturers have not used or used prohibited substances according to regulations. It can't even be called a food additive! 」
However, he further reminded consumers that even if manufacturers did not illegally use additives, they might produce "pollutants" due to poor process control, such as dust in factories and benzopyrene in the environment. Therefore, it is suggested that consumers should pay attention to whether the manufacturer has ISO22000 and HACCP certification when purchasing ready-mixed powder to ensure the safe working environment and process of food.
Global gluten-free trend, Taiwan Province rice muffin powder won the World Quality Gold Award.
In recent years, influenced by gluten-free products popular in Europe and America, flour-free muffin powder has also become popular in Taiwan Province Province. For example, this year (20 19), Lechuang rice muffin powder won the gold medal of "World Quality Evaluation Award", which not only selected the world-renowned Tainan 1 1 Penglai rice, but also made it by dry grinding, completely retaining the rice grains.
"Mond Selection" is a major event in the international food industry every year. This year, more than 3,000 products from 1000 enterprises in 90 countries participated in the selection, and 70 international professionals reviewed and evaluated the appearance, flavor, manufacturing safety, quality control and labeling of each product.
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It is worth noting that the "World Quality Appraisal Award" will be carried out by certified laboratories for chemical and bacteriological analysis, which will not only check whether the product component labels and health claims are true, but also evaluate the safety of the products.
Lechuang rice muffin powder, which has just won the gold medal in the World Quality Evaluation Award, is not only produced by food production enterprises that meet international certification standards such as ISO22000 and HACCP, but also recognized internationally for its delicious, excellent quality, safety and reliability. Once again, it shows that the ready-mixed powder with good reputation and no worries about health and food safety is bound to become the popular first choice commodity on the safe purchase list of home bakers in the future.
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