I believe everyone has been flooded with the recent "Hex Technology". What exactly is Heex Technology? What impact does the emergence of Hex Technology have on our lives?
What is Hex Technology?
, a word from the game " League of Legends ", refers specifically to a top technology that integrates magic and technology, but in the mouths of short video bloggers, it has become a way to "turn ingredients into magic".
In the hands of bloggers who have been popular all over the Internet recently, they use various powders and liquids to blend daily foods, which gave this word a new meaning for a while.
What is food additive?
Food additives are artificial synthetic or natural substances added to food to improve food quality and color, aroma, and taste, as well as to improve the quality of food, as well as to improve the quality of food, and to ensure the needs of anticorrosion, preservation and processing technology. Food spices, basic substances in gum-based candies, and processing aids for food industry are also included.
Currently, there are about 2,000 types of food additives approved for use in my country. Any substances not included in the " Food Additives Use Standard " (GB2760) list are not food additives.
How did food additives develop?
In ancient Egyptian , the lifestyle of salt-grained fish had already appeared. In ancient Europe, people would save wine through sulfur dioxide . By the Qin and Han Dynasties, they discovered salt that can make tofu, and then nitrate , which can cure meat products, etc., were already there. In fact, our lives and development are closely related to additives.
Why is food additives more controversial?
In fact, for food additives, there are basically two extremes. One thinks it doesn’t matter, and the other thinks it is very unhealthy and will cause harm to human health. Let’s take a look at it separately below.
·Support party
Under the premise of standard, additives can help provide some nutrition and help stimulate more taste buds. And it is very important that with the addition of additives, the manufacturing and storage costs of some foods will be greatly reduced.
For example, the blended oil we often eat will be added to prevent the oil from deteriorating and thus better preserved. If there are no such additives, the shelf life of blended oil will be shortened by at least 2-3 months, and the cost of purchasing oil may increase by more than 5-10 times.
·Opinion
Food additives are additives after all, which may cause the human body to rely on certain spices, tastes, sweeteners, etc. Most additives are still modifications to food, and it is not necessary.
actually has some truth in both, but it is undeniable that the global food industry spends tens of billions of dollars in food additives every year, and on average, each person eats 5-7 kilograms of food additives every year.
Does the additive affect the body?
We should still look at this issue rationally and know that it is not only safe but also necessary to use any food additives within the specified range and dosage.
again emphasizes that it is within the scope of reasonable and legal use, as long as it is a food additive recognized by the state, it is safe. Moreover, there have never been any cases of health damage caused by rational use of food additives.
Correctly view additives and illegal additives
Many people have said that additives are not harmful. How do you say the incidents such as melamine and Sudan Red many years ago? In fact, melamine, sultan red, etc., plus the plasticizer and other additives that we may have heard of, these substances are illegal additives themselves. They are illegal in themselves and are not allowed to be added to food.
So we have always emphasized the use of additives within a reasonable and legal scope.
zero addition is really safer?
The reason why people have this perception is that many companies are now promoting zero additions and do not contain preservatives. This explanation will give everyone a perception that additives are all harmful to health! This perception is absolutely wrong.
Not to mention that in modern factories, it is unlikely that processing agents are not used at all in the entire production process; the most important thing is that the added food additives are safe in themselves and will not cause harm to the human body. If no additives are added forcibly, the food may be damaged or mildewed before it has been shipped.
Take preservatives as an example. Of course, it is not ruled out that some foods do not really need such additives. For example, canned foods are sealed and bacteria are not easy to grow; for example, pickles are high-salt products themselves, and preservatives are also optional.
So using additives ≠ unhealthy, zero addition ≠ safer.
How should we view additives?
·It does exist
Let’s talk about our Hex Technology, it is undeniable that it does exist. In order to control costs, some small stalls and small workshops may really use Hex Technology to make some food.
So in daily diet, be careful not to buy food in small workshops. It is recommended to go to restaurants with quality assurance and be able to buy food in serious restaurants. Especially for families with children, pay more attention to the food given to children.
·Faced with the existence of
Additives have indeed added a lot of convenience to life, but additives are not a disaster. We must correctly view the impact of additives. Again: Use and add to the reasonable and legal scope, it is harmless to the body.
But you still need to pay attention to the intake ~ Any excessive amount is bad. For example, although the hot sugar substitute is lower than some sugars, eating too much will still increase the taste. In your diet, you will unconsciously consume more heavy-tasting foods such as salt, sugar, etc., which will affect your health.
·Judge the existence of
In daily life, you can determine what kind of additives are used in the product we are going to buy based on the food ingredients list, what are the functions of these additives, and whether they are added within a reasonable range~
Learn to look at the ingredients list, which is really an important skill for a healthy life! Everyone needs comprehensive get√!
In fact, compared with food additives and Hex Technology that shocked the entire network, what we should pay most attention to is whether our diet is less oil, less sugar and less salt; whether the ingredients are balanced and whether the exercise is reasonable, these are the basis for health~
References:
[1] "Who can escape the "Hex Technology" in food? 》Sanlian Life Weekly
[2] "Soy sauce is full of "technology and ruthless work"? Is "0 Add" really better? 》 Ruan Guangfeng Nutritionist
[3] "Hex Technology", who did he hurt?" China News Weekly
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