Many parents think that jelly is a fruit product, rich in vitamins, and it is good for children to eat more. This is actually a complete misunderstanding. Actually jelly is not a fruit product. Its main components are sodium alginate, agar, gelatin, essence and pigment. These substances are harmful to children, so children had better not eat jelly, especially infants.

What's wrong with children eating jelly?

1. Too much jelly will affect the absorption of minerals, such as sodium alginate and agar, and will also affect the absorption of fat and protein, especially inorganic salts such as iron and zinc can be combined into soluble or insoluble mixtures. Children eat more jelly, which will affect the body's absorption of protein and hinder the absorption and utilization of trace elements such as iron and zinc. Over time, it will lead to diseases such as abnormal taste and pica.

2. Jelly additives and preservatives are harmful to your baby's health. The essence that makes jelly produce attractive fragrance is mostly prepared by dissolving some compounds such as lipids and aldehydes in alcohol, while the bright color of jelly is the result of adding synthetic pigments with coal tar as raw material. Eating jelly with essence and pigment for a long time has no nutritional value and has certain toxicity.

3, affecting the baby's appetite jelly is delicious, in fact, it is not conducive to health, eating jelly is easy to reduce the child's appetite, affect the balanced absorption of nutrients, and easily make children form an "acidic constitution." However, synthetic pigments and spices can only enhance the sensory characteristics of jelly without any nutritional value. Blind consumption will accelerate the accumulation of toxins in children, which will lead to serious health problems in the long run.

3 4, improper consumption will cause the baby to suffocate. Because the self-protection mechanism of the baby's body is not perfect, it is easy to make jelly enter the trachea or bronchus when eating jelly, forming foreign bodies in the organs, causing suffocation. (The outer packaging of some brands of jelly will also suggest that it is not suitable for children under 3 years old. )

4 Will eating jelly make you fat? Eating properly won't make you fat.

Jelly has high water content, no fat and relatively low calories. Its main components are some soluble gums (water-soluble dietary fiber), which can regulate intestinal function, promote the body to detoxify and excrete fat, and help to lose weight. A proper diet will not make you fat. However, jelly has a high sugar content. If you don't control your consumption, you will still get fat if you eat too much.