Is thickener harmful in porridge

Introduction: porridge is a kind of staple food that we all like to eat No matter it's big rice porridge, small rice porridge or vegetable porridge, there are many nutrients So, is it harmful to put thickener in porridge? Is it safe to add thickener in food? Let's learn it together with Baibai safety net Thickener is a kind of food additive, which is mainly used to improve and increase the viscosity of food, keep the color, fragrance, taste and stability of liquid food and jelly food, improve the physical properties of food, and make the food have a sense of lubrication and palatability Thickeners can enhance the viscosity of food or form gelatin, thereby changing the physical properties of food, giving food sticky and suitable taste, and emulsifying, stabilizing or suspending According to the health standard for the use of food additives issued by the former Ministry of health, only vitamins and antioxidants are expressly allowed to be added, and thickeners are not allowed to be added It is understood that the main component of the thickener is xanthan gum, which is a national food additive However, it is also stipulated that xanthan gum is not allowed to be added in similar rice products, especially in breakfast Is thickener harmful in porridge? Experts believe that although there is no clinical experimental data to prove that food additives including thickener have direct harm to human body, it is still necessary to eat as little as possible It mainly depends on the amount added by the manufacturer In terms of nutrition, if the amount is controlled, it should be harmless to the human body It's better to eat less porridge outside And the state also has a regulation that thickeners are not allowed in porridge Is it safe to add thickener to food? Thickener can be used in certain food Some foods, such as milk and rice, are not allowed to add thickeners However, it is safe for other foods to put proper amount of thickeners, but try not to eat foods containing thickeners for a long time and do not add too much thickeners to foods These two kinds of thickeners may cause certain harm to human body Food is the food we depend on for survival Without food, we can't do without it So we should strictly control the dosage of additives in food, use the food safety detector to detect food safety, learn more about food safety, and learn to distinguish various food additives Editor in charge: he xianrob