27 types of foods may not add flavors and spices this year, moon cakes will accept the first round of inspection

In the summer heat, people entering and leaving the supermarket in Hangzhou have already smelled the moon cake early.

Recently, Chongqing’s media broke the news that “having mooncakes for two years without mildew” together with the news that hamburgers and fries in the United States were still intact after one year, triggered a public debate on food preservatives. . Coincidentally, since the beginning of June 20, the new version of the "National Standard for Food Additives" has been officially implemented, which has also given rise to more attention for moon cakes that are going to be listed in large quantities.

There are more than two months left in the middle of the autumn festival. The reporter found that as a moon cake war, the “first march” of moon cakes has been quietly put on shelves. Yesterday, the reporter went to Lianhua Supermarket located at Shaoshui Lushuiyuan. As soon as you enter the door, you will see a number of cartridge moon cakes stacked on the right side of the booth. The tastes are salt and pepper, ham, sesame, rose, and fruit. Each of the 8 drums costs between 16 yuan and 20 yuan. Compared to the past, the moon cake taste did not change much, but the price has increased slightly.

Reporters readily pick up a few barrels of moon cakes and look at the packaging. The marked production dates are July and the shelf life is about 30 days. In the list of ingredients indicate: wheat flour, vegetable oil, white sugar, lard, salt, food additives (sodium dehydroacetate), etc. When asked about the impact of the new food additive standards on the production of mooncakes, the salesperson said that it was not clear. According to the reporter's observation, there are many customers who buy this type of moon cakes, mainly middle-aged and old people.

Manufacturers have produced new editions of the “Standards for the Use of Food Additives” in accordance with the new standards, covering 16 categories of food and 23 functional categories. Additives that are not listed in the new standard means that they cannot be used. The reporter found in the “Standards for the Use of Food Additives” that sodium dehydroacetate, which is marked on the cartridge moon cake, functions as a preservative and stipulates that the maximum amount used in cakes and baked goods is 0.5 g/kg.

“The food additives used in moon cakes are mainly used for preservation. The shelf life of moon cakes is basically within two months.” The person in charge of Hangzhou Limin Food Factory explained to reporters that some of the additives were due to process needs, “like Cantonese Moon cakes cannot be colored without sodium carbonate."

There are currently dozens of food additives that are allowed in moon cakes. For the implementation of the new version of "Food Additives Use Standards", all food manufacturers have stated that they "must implement according to national regulations." Each manufacturer has re-examined the moon cake production line, and then adjusted the ratio of raw materials according to standards.

“It is generally necessary to start moon cake production in the middle and late of this month, and it will not take more than two months until the Mid-Autumn Festival. As a matter of practice, once the Mid-Autumn Festival is over, moon cakes will be recycled.” Limin Food Factory “Five-flavored” moon cake technicians Introduction.

The use of moon cakes with a price increase of one to two percent of additives can make mooncakes sell better. After the implementation of the new standard, there are fewer additives, and moon cakes may not be as beautiful as the past. However, the authenticity of raw material fillings is the key to winning market reputation.

The reporter received feedback from the mooncake makers in Hangzhou yesterday that due to rising raw materials and costs, the price rise for moon cakes this year is a foregone conclusion.

“The cost of raw materials for light has generally increased by 10% to 15%, and there is also an increase in the cost of labor.” Limin Food relevant person in charge calculated roughly for the reporter. This year, sugar has risen from 5,000 yuan per ton to about 7,000 yuan. Lard prices rose by about 40%. The lotus seed, the most important raw material for Cantonese-style moon cakes, has risen nearly half its price this year.

Although Yuanzu Food has not officially produced moon cakes, there are product catalogues available for customers to order. Marketers introduced that this year's mooncakes have an estimated price increase of nearly 20%. Zhi Zhiguan and Cai Zhizhai said that the prices of moon cakes listed this year will increase by 5%-10%.

27 kinds of foods can not be added flavors and fragrances The new "food additive use standards" include food additives, food processing aids, gum base and food flavoring 2314 varieties, involving 16 major categories of food, 23 functional categories.

The new edition of "Standards for the Use of Food Additives" further enhances the scientificity and practicality of standards. Among them, the use of food additives and processing auxiliaries that are no longer needed, and that are not necessary for the production process, such as benzoyl peroxide, calcium peroxide, formaldehyde, etc., have been removed; the use of food additives has been clearly defined, and the use of food additives is stipulated. Must not cover up spoilage of foods, cover up the quality of food itself or in the process of processing, and must not be used for the purpose of adulteration, adulteration, or forgery, etc.; it must also increase the principles for the use of food flavors and processing aids for the food industry; Adjusted the classification of food spices, a list of processing additives for the food industry.

Among them, in particular, the scope of use of food flavors and fragrances is clearly defined, and pasteurized milk, sterilized milk, fermented milk, cream, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, frozen vegetables, fresh edible fungi and algae, raw grains, rice, and wheat flour are clearly defined. Fresh food, fresh fish, fresh eggs, sugar, honey, salt and salt substitute products, infant formula foods within 6 months, drinking natural mineral water, and other drinking water, 27 kinds of foods, shall not be added with any flavor and fragrance.

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