Correctly Viewing Food Additives

Release time:Jan 20,2022


The rational use of food additives can prevent food spoilage, maintain or enhance the nutrition of food, improve or enrich the color, aroma, taste, etc. of food.

(1) The rational use of food additives can prevent food spoilage, maintain or enhance the nutrition of food, improve or enrich the color, aroma, taste, etc. of food.
(2) The necessity of using food additives
In fact, not using preservatives poses a greater risk because spoiled food often causes food poisoning. In addition, preservatives can not only prevent food spoilage, but also kill toxic microorganisms such as Aspergillus, which is undoubtedly beneficial to human health.
(3) Dosage of food additives
The dosage of food additives that have no toxic or adverse effects on health is expressed in mg per kilogram of daily intake, in accordance with the GB 2760-2011 National Food Standard for the Use of Food Additives.
(4) Do not use toxic additives
"Diaobao block" is sodium formaldehyde bisulfite, also known as Diaobao powder Diaobao block, with the chemical formula NaHSO2 · CH2O · 2H2O. It is produced by reacting zinc powder with sulfur dioxide to produce low sulfite, which then reacts with formaldehyde and is concentrated in a vacuum evaporator to condense into blocks. "Diaobai" is a white block or crystalline powder that is soluble in water. It is relatively stable at room temperature and can decompose sulfite at high temperatures. It has strong reducing properties and therefore has a bleaching effect. At temperatures above 80 ℃, it begins to decompose into harmful substances. The chemical equation of the reaction is: 6NaHSO2 · CH2O · 2H2O+3H2O=4NaHSO3+2HCOONa+HCOOH+2H2O+3CH3OH. At 110 ℃, it decomposes into formaldehyde, and the reaction equation is: NaHSO2 ˙ CH2O=NaHSO2+CH2ONaHSO2+H2O=NaHSO3+2 "H" It can cause fever, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, etc. A single dose of 10g poses a life-threatening risk. "Diaobai" is mainly used in the printing and dyeing industry as a dyeing agent and reducing agent. Its bleaching and anti-corrosion effects are more obvious.