This year's Mid-Autumn Festival has to eat mooncakes clearly

Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, recently entered the business super, all kinds of moon cakes are full of eyes. Among them, there are not only five kernels, mud and other traditional moon cakes, there are many new varieties, such as sugar-free moon cakes, seafood moon cakes and so on.
, people pay more and more attention to health, high-oil and high-sugar moon cakes, more and more frustrating, and even some people called health "killers." Mooncakes, dubbed "sugar-free" and "health care", have become the new darlings of consumers.
, are mooncakes really healthy killers? Are sugar-free mooncakes sugary? Is health mooncakes healthy? In addition, there are rumors that the shorter the shelf life of moon cakes, containing less preservatives, is it true? In response to the above-mentioned questions, science and technology daily reporter interviewed relevant experts.
as the "standard" of the Mid-Autumn Festival, moon cakes are not only a traditional cuisine, but also a symbol of family reunion. However, because its filling is high in oil and sugar, some people eat moon cakes, there will be indigestion symptoms, so many people think that "moon cakes are harmful to health."
" mooncake skin is soft, the filling is sweet because of the addition of a large amount of oil and sugar, which is the main reason moon cakes are considered unhealthy. "Koxin Food and Nutrition Information Exchange Center Business Department Director Yan Guangfeng in an interview with Science and Technology Daily, said that the traditional moon cake production materials are mainly flour, oil, sugar or syrup, plus fillings, including soy sand, mud, salted egg yolks, ham and so on.
, a registered dietitian, said in an interview with Science and Technology Daily that the data show that excessive intake of refined sugar may be related to overweight, obesity, diabetes, early aging, gyrations and so on. The World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed standards for the daily intake of refined sugars in adults, recommending that adults' daily refined sugar intake as a proportion of total daily sugar intake should not exceed 10%, if the value is reduced to 5% of the human body will be more beneficial. Moon cakes contain a lot of refined sugar, eating moon cakes will greatly increase the proportion. At the same time, moon cakes also contain a lot of oil, they are more saturated palm oil, ghee, hydrogenated vegetable oil and so on. Excessive intake of saturated fat can lead to cardiovascular disease.
" mooncakes are high-calorie foods and do need to be eaten in quantities. But we do not need to say it as a health 'killer', leaving the total amount of food to talk about health is unreasonable, only once a year mid-Autumn Festival, as long as we usually reasonable diet, hard work and exercise, eat one or two pieces during the holiday is no problem. Li said.
mooncake advertisements said that its products contain bird's nests, shark fins, abalone and other precious ingredients, with a health effect. What's more, some businesses have also launched ginseng mooncakes, hemp mooncakes and other high-end moon cakes. So, this kind of "noble" moon cakes really have health benefits?
" these mooncake health features, mostly marketing gimmicks. In fact, their nutritional value is similar to that of many ordinary foods, and the mooncakes are at risk of contamination, and the salt may exceed the standard. Yan Guangfeng admitted that abalone, shark fin, bird's nest and other ingredients, does have a certain nutritional value, but many affordable ingredients and their nutritional value is equivalent, the more expensive the better. What's more, with only a small amount of abalone, shark fins or bird's nests added, the tonic effect is limited. At the same time, if such ingredients are mishandled, it is likely to lead to bacterial growth, increasing the risk of consumption.
, in order to reconcile the taste, merchants are likely to add a lot of salt to this type of mooncake. Excessive consumption of such moon cakes, easy to cause excessive salt intake, hypertension patients in particular to eat less. Yu Guangfeng said.
sugar-free mooncakes have become popular in recent years and are considered a boon for diabetics because they claim to be sugar-free and do not cause blood sugar to rise. Is that really the case?
" so-called sugar-free mooncakes, mostly just did not add sucrose, with sweeteners to replace, but can not say that none of the sugar. "Sugar is commonly known as carbohydrate, in addition to sucrose, starch, flour and other polysaccharcharies are also carbohydrates. China's nutrition labeling standards, solid or liquid food names to label "sugar-free", its sugar content per 100 grams of food should not exceed 0.5 grams. Mooncakes are mainly made of flour and starch, and even if sucrose is not added, their sugar content is much higher than the national standard for sugar-free foods.
So the so-called sugar-free mooncakes are actually commercial propaganda, not really sugar-free. "Yu Guangfeng suggests that sugar-free mooncakes contain a lot of fat, calories are not low, diabetics are best not to eat.
that mooncakes are still stored for eight years because of the addition of preservatives. Many people also feel that some moon cakes have a long shelf life, certainly added a lot of preservatives. Therefore, some consumers in the purchase of moon cakes, specifically to buy a short shelf life, think that such moon cakes in the preservative content is small. So, what is the factual space?
to this, Yu Guangfeng explained that moon cakes are generally transported and stored at room temperature. Soft-mouthed mooncakes, usually with high moisture content, provide a suitable environment for bacterial growth. In order to be able to transport and store moon cakes at room temperature, people should use preservatives, otherwise it is difficult to ensure product quality.
" mooncakes added preservatives, mainly related to its ingredients, water content and ingredients. Yu Guangfeng said, especially sweet moon cakes, such as bean sand mooncakes, five-ren mooncakes, which contain less moisture, more sugar, microorganisms are not easy to reproduce, more resistant to storage, preservatives put less, their shelf life is relatively long. And egg yolk stuffing, beef stuffing, ham filling moon cakes, which contain more water, less sugar, then need to put a little more preservatives, their shelf life is relatively short. Therefore, the long shelf life of moon cakes does not mean that preservatives add more, the length of shelf life can not determine the quality of moon cakes.
, how on earth do we eat mooncakes? What kind of people are not suitable for mooncakes?
mooncakes are delicious. Yan Guangfeng introduced, the biggest problem with moon cakes is the high calories, eat half a piece a day is appropriate. At the same time, people with diabetes should not be fooled by propaganda such as "sugar-free". Seafood, abalone and other health moon cakes, which contain aquatic raw materials, gout, high uric acid patients are best to eat less. And people with higher blood pressure, when shopping for moon cakes, should try to choose as little as possible ham mooncakes, egg yolk mooncakes and other salty mooncakes, to strictly control the intake of sodium.
addition, Yu Guangfeng advised, do not blindly buy homemade moon cakes. "In recent years, some micro-businesses have introduced homemade mooncakes, saying they have no added, no preservatives. These mooncakes are not necessarily made by professional pastry chefs, so-called 'no additions' may be gimmicks. Micro-commercial fish dragon mixed, many do not have a health license, if there is a food safety problem, it is difficult to blame. He said.
" I recommend that consumers try not to buy mooncakes made with ghee and hydrogenated vegetable oil. Li Said that moon cakes belong to a high fat content of a class of food, its ingredients are generally fat. If the use of ghee, hydrogenated vegetable oil and other types of oil as an ingredient, it will make the original "oily" moon cakes "oil on the oil."
in addition to other fats, which, like other fats, are high in heat, these fats also produce trans fatty acids during processing. Trans fatty acids not only lead to obesity, they also increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, and they metabolize very slowly in the body. Li said.