Do food additives really affect good health?

The 2022 National Food Safety Publicity Week was launched on August 29, and this year's theme is "Create a New Development of Food Safety and Share a Better New Life"

"Natural food additives" are no safer or healthier than "synthetic food additives"

Natural food additives are usually produced from animal and plant extracts, but there are also some metabolites or minerals from microorganisms, which are obtained

Wang Huali, an associate researcher at the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, pointed out that whether it is "artificial" or "natural" food additives, they must stand on the same running line to accept scientific and strict risk assessment

Preservative-free food and beverages do not mean safer and healthier

In the food additive family, preservatives are the most misunderstood by consumers, and many consumers also tend to choose "preservative-free" foods and beverages

"Preservative-free" is a lot of marketing gimmicks, whether the food is safe and healthy, and whether there is no preservative is not necessarily related

"Pure natural ingredients, zero additives" is a means of commercial publicity, do not be gullible

There are many foods on the market that are labeled "zero additives" or "all natural"

The use of food additives in accordance with national regulations is safe and harmless

Wang Huali introduced that China has formulated strict and detailed standards for the scope and dosage of various types of food additives, and the safety of food additives is guaranteed in accordance with the varieties and doses stipulated by the

Some people are worried that the daily intake of multiple foods will cause the accumulation of food additives, which will be harmful

The development of the food industry is inseparable from food additives, it is the existence of food additives, so that the production, storage and circulation of food can be carried out normally, and the various foods in supermarkets can be so colorful