Is food thickener harmful to human body

Introduction: many foods we eat are added with thickener, which is a kind of food additive Is food thickener harmful to human body? Is it safe to add thickener in food? Let's follow the small edition of Baibai safety net to understand At present, there are many thickeners available in the market, mainly including inorganic thickener, cellulose, polyacrylate and associated polyurethane thickener Cellulose thickeners have a long history of use and many varieties, including methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, etc., which used to be the mainstream of thickeners, among which hydroxyethyl cellulose is the most commonly used one There are basically two kinds of polyacrylate thickeners: one is water-soluble polyacrylate, the other is acrylic or methacrylic acid homopolymer or copolymer emulsion thickener In the past two years, thickeners have been widely used in the food industry, corresponding products, such as jelly, suspension beverage, juice, fermented milk, liquid milk, soft sugar, ice cream, meat products, rice flour products, bionic food, etc The viscosity of the thickener solution has a great influence on its application effect, and the factors affecting the viscosity of the thickener are various In addition to its structure and relative molecular weight, it also depends on the system temperature, pH, metal ion concentration, shear force, etc With the increase of thickener concentration, the molecular volume of thickener increases, the probability of interaction increases, the number of adsorbed water molecules increases, so the viscosity increases The pH of the solution has an important influence on the viscosity and stability of the thickener Attention must be paid to the selection and use of the thickener Is food thickener harmful to human body? The use of food thickener is often complex, for example, some thickeners are dextrin produced by starch hydrolysis, modified starch, etc., which are non-toxic and harmless, but easy to raise blood sugar, adding too much may lead to severe blood sugar reaction, bringing hidden danger to health For example, many small workshops use pigment, bulking agent, emulsifier and thickener completely by feeling and do not follow the standard The food not only affects the normal nutrition absorption, but also brings harm to health Is it safe to add thickener in food? It is safe for human body to use the approved thickener reasonably according to the national standard The thickener allowed by the national standard can not only thicken, stabilize, gel and keep water, but also has some nutritional value It is harmful to human health to add thickener without permission of national standard or to use food thickener beyond the scope or limit Therefore, when we use food thickener, we should know it correctly, do not blindly believe that thickener is not good or thickener is good, we should dialectically know thickener We can learn more about food additives by learning food safety knowledge We can also use food safety detector to test food safety standards Editor in charge: he xianrob