A variety of snacks have become
The "fourth meal" for many people
Among them, crispy and delicious snacks such as potato chips and shrimp strips
is even more favorite of many people
But how safe is the French fries and potato chip snacks on the market
?
Recently, the Hong Kong Consumer Council
tested 77 pre- and non-pre-packaged snack samples on the market
. Come and see if you have stepped on the mine!
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Test samples: a total of 77 test snacks. Including -
① 67 common pre-packaged crispy snacks sold in supermarkets, convenience stores, and snack stores;
② 10 non-pre-packaged ready-to-eat fries, potato grids and potato cakes sold in restaurants, fast food stores and snack stores.
Testing items: Acrylamide, fat and sodium content
Reference standards: Acrylamide indicators refer to EU regulations 2017/2158; Fat and sodium content indicators refer to the "Guidelines for Student Snacks" of the Center for Health Protection and the reference level of "high-fat" and "high-sodium" foods provided to consumers by the Center for Food Safety.
More than 90% of snacks were detected with acrylamide
IKEA Home Furnishings, Spaghetti House, etc. on the list
It is reported that acrylamide is a substance with a wide range of industrial uses and is classified as "possibly carcinogenic" by the International Cancer Research Institute (Group 2A). When making potato chips and fries products, acrylamide will be produced by high temperatures (higher than 120°C) such as frying, baking and baking, and low moisture. Animal experiments have proved that acrylamide is a genetic carcinogen and neurotoxic substance, which is harmful and unhealthy to the human body. The less intake, the better.
Among the 77 test snacks
only 7 snacks without acrylamide
of which 1 is vegetable crispy
6 is shrimp slices and shrimp strips
are the following
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is very good Taiwanese vegetable crispy
Bourbon Petit Ebi Crackers
Minghui Indonesian shrimp slices original
Taiwanese shrimp slices (imitation lobster flavor crispy )
Babadong original shrimp slices
Sizhou spicy barbecue crispy
GS Retail YOUUS Shrimp Chips
In addition, all 70 snacks were detected. Acrylamide
accounted for more than 90%
includes 60 pre-packaged samples and 10 non-pre-packaged ready-to-eat fries, potato grids and potato cakes purchased from restaurants, fast food restaurants and snack shops.
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pre-packaged sample
Consumer Council tested 29 pre-packaged potato chips and fries samples, and all of them were detected with acrylamide. Among them, 9 (31%) samples had acrylamide content higher than the benchmark level set by the EU for potato chips. The highest content of "Topvalu" samples exceeded the benchmark level nearly 2.5 times.
reporter sorted out 9 pre-packaged potato chips with over-limited acrylamide, the top left to the bottom right are
1, Topvalu Best Price Potato Chip Salt Flavor
2, Westby Spicy Potato Chip
3, Richin Lake Child House Spicy Potato Spicy Potato Chip
4, "Mackie's of Scotland" Potato Crisps Haggis Cracked Black Pepper Flavour
5, "MS" Sweet Chilli Hand Cooked Crisps
6, "Meadows" potato chips - Tom Yum Kung Fu
7, "Orion O!Karto" Potato Chips (Chili Chili flavor)
8, "Tohato" Spicy Potato Rings Garlic Onion Chicke
9, "Luke's" Organic White Truffle Sea Salt Potato Chips
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10 non-pre-packaged samples, 3 samples exceeded the benchmark level: Chain Store Five Guys' large package of fries, IKEA's crispy potato grid, and Spaghetti cakes. The acrylamide content of each sample ranges from 38 micrograms to 964 micrograms per kilogram, a difference of about 24 times. The highest is the large-packaged French fries of Five Guys, which is 90% higher than the benchmark level.
Overall, the average acrylamide content of pre-packaged potato chips and fries is higher than that of non-pre-packaged ones.
3 French fries, including Kalebi, Rising Lake Chiya,
Total fat content is twice that of high fat standards
Fat and sodium are nutrients needed by the body, but excessive intake of these two nutrients may cause problems such as cardiovascular diseases.
According to the reference level of the Hong Kong Food Safety Center, the total fat content of every 100g of food is higher than 20g, which means it is a high-fat food.
按照此标准
本次测评的77款零食中
有57款样本属于高脂肪食物
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其中，预先包装类零食检出55款高脂，占此类型的82%；“即炸即吃”的非预先包装样本检出2款高脂。
Overall, the average total fat content of pre-packaged potato chips and chip snack samples is 30.5g, which is 1 times higher than that of non-pre-packaged French fries and potato cake samples. In the non-pre-packaged samples, the "Five Guys" fries sample found a total fat content of 22.2g and the total fat content of Spaghetti Star Potato cake was 22.7g.
在检出高脂的55款预先包装香脆零食样本中，薯片及薯条类最严重，除1款外全部属于高脂，其中3款更是超过每100g食物40g的水平，是高脂标准的2倍，分别为“Calbee”卡乐比宅卡比紫薯条（原味）企业袋装、759阿信屋劲脆薯条原味、日清湖池屋激辣魔薯香辣味薯片。
According to the WHO recommendation, assuming that adults consume 2,000 kcal per day, the maximum daily intake of 60 grams is 60 grams.
参考这3款零食样本包装上建议的使用分量计算所摄取的脂肪——
1、卡乐比薯条吃17克便摄取约7.3克脂肪；
2、759阿信屋薯条样品吃一小包便摄取约7.4克脂肪；
3、日清湖池屋样品吃27.5克摄取约11.5克脂肪。
本次检测中，有一些样本没有建议使用分量或建议的分量很大，甚至等于一整包，如一款名为“OrionO!Karto”的薯片建议的分量就是一整包115克，其总脂肪含量为每100克31.9克，吃115克便摄取约36.7克脂肪，达每日摄入上限的61%。
肯德基薯块、乐事（美国）等
多个样品检测为高钠食物
根据香港食安中心的食物参考水平，每100g食物的钠含量高于600mg则属于高钠。
测试结果显示——
非预包装样本中，肯德基的格格脆薯块样品钠含量检测值为608mg/100g，宜家的香脆薯格钠含量检出值为706mg/100g，均为高钠食物。 Among the pre-packaged potato chips and fries, the sodium content of 8 samples including Leshi (US), Meadows potato chips, Nissin Lake Pond House, and Westby is more than 600mg/100g, which is high in sodium.
It is worth noting that the average sodium content detected by the 13 shrimp slices and shrimp strip samples in this test was 924mg/100g, which is the type with the highest average sodium content in the test.
4款（31%）虾片及虾条类的钠含量超过1000mg/100g，分别为“MOMOKO”原味虾条、“明辉”辣味虾条、“Treats by Wastons”原味虾条和“佳之选”原味虾条。 Among them, the "Jiazhixuan" original shrimp strip sample is the sample with the highest sodium content in the test, reaching 1320mg/100g. The sample does not indicate the recommended amount of edible.
WHO recommends that adults’ daily sodium intake should be less than 2000mg. According to this standard, if one person eats a whole bag of food, he will consume about 1386mg of sodium, which is equivalent to 69.3% of the daily limit. The Hong Kong Consumer Council reminds consumers that excessive sodium intake may cause hypertension, and calls on manufacturers to adjust product formulas to reduce sodium content.
Do you like shrimp fries and potato chips?
What do you think about this? Will you still buy
in the future?
Produced by Wuhan Radio and Television Station
Editor: Wang Fengjun
Editor: Chen Siying
