Do not force the use of bulking agent in making biscuits

After soliciting opinions, the National Standardization Committee recently issued the No 1 amendment to GB / t20980-2007 biscuit national standard, which made it clear that the use of bulking agent was not compulsory According to the reporter, the modification list is modified to "add or not add other raw materials" according to the corresponding contents in the definitions of crisp biscuit, tough biscuit, cookie, wafer biscuit and egg round biscuit involved in "Chapter 3 terms and definitions" in the standard text For example, in "3.2 crispy biscuits", the words "adding bulking agent and other auxiliary materials" should be changed to "adding or not adding other materials" "Due to the rapid development of the biscuit industry and the continuous emergence of new technologies and processes, the biscuit national standard was approved for project approval and revision at the end of 2018." Zhang jiukui, President of China baked food and sugar products industry association, told reporters that after the establishment and revision of the standard, the Secretariat of the National Standards Committee and the national baking products standardization technical committee respectively received some public messages and inquiries about "whether bulking agent must be added to biscuits" In order to solve the problem in time and properly, the No Reasonable use of food additives will not bring safety problems, but in order to better meet the health needs of consumers, especially young children, the food industry to minimize the use of additives has become the current consensus The biscuit modification list also emphasizes "reducing the use of food additives to better meet people's health needs" Zhang jiukui said that it is of great significance to clarify the use principle of leavening agent At present, many biscuit manufacturers no longer use leavening agent, improver and other additives, but through improving production process and adjusting food raw materials Before that, biscuit food was often judged as unqualified due to the excessive aluminum in the spot check, and the reason is mostly related to the excessive use of aluminum containing additives in the production and processing process or the excessive aluminum content in the compound additives used by some enterprises in order to improve the taste of products.