Amount of alum

Introduction: alum is actually one of the most common aluminum containing food additives, also known as alum What about the amount of alum? Let the small editor of Baibai safety net lead you to learn more about it! Alum is the crystal of mineral alunite which is processed and refined The main chemical component is aluminum potassium sulfate dodecahydrate How about the amount of alum? Baibai safety net and you to understand it! The dosage of alum 1 The proportion of alum in food is about 0.5% There is no rigid regulation on the amount of alum in the country, because it is different according to the production needs of various products, but alum contains a lot of aluminum, because the regulations only stipulate the residual amount of aluminum; 2 We should have a correct understanding of the impact of aluminum on health Firstly, aluminum from food is unlikely to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease; secondly, according to the international agency for cancer research, aluminum is not a human carcinogen; in addition, if the aluminum intake per kilogram of body weight per week is less than 2 mg per week, it will not cause health hazards; 3 According to the national hygienic standard for food additives, the maximum use amount of alum is "appropriate use according to production needs", but the residual amount of aluminum should be ≤ 100mg / kg The above is the answer about the amount of alum provided by Baibai safety net I hope my article will let you have a clearer understanding of this problem! To learn more about food safety, please pay more attention to Baibai safety Internet bar! Editor in charge: Wang Xiujuan