Children's biscuits in the market are dazzling, and various publicity gimmicks emerge one after another. So, what does a mother choose for her child? Children's cookies? Is there a problem with safety? What's the difference between children's biscuits and ordinary biscuits? What kind of cookies should I give my children?
Children's biscuits are no different from ordinary biscuits.
The types and quantities of food additives in children's biscuits are not controlled.
In all the biscuit information investigated, the number of ordinary biscuit formulas accounts for 86.90%, and the number of children's biscuit 3 formulas accounts for 13. 10%. Both ordinary biscuits and children's biscuits use food additives such as leavening agents, emulsifiers, flavors and fragrances, colorants and acidity regulators. And there are generally many kinds of food additives used (on average, about 6-7 kinds of food additives are used in each formula). From this point of view, because children's physique is relatively weak, most manufacturers have not made special treatment on the formula of children's biscuits.
Are there children's biscuits in the ingredient list? Sugar? The addition of content is also unmarked.
Sugar is high in energy, but contains almost no nutrients, which is easy to cause satiety to children, affect their nutritional intake at dinner, and cause malnutrition to children. Sugar will also affect the absorption of calcium, leading to excessive calcium loss, which will affect the baby's physical development.
Take the sugar content of biscuits per serving 100g as an example, and refer to the World Health Organization's report on? Reduce sugar? Action suggestion? The daily sugar intake of adults and children should not exceed 25g (about 5 cubes of sugar)? It is suggested that the daily biscuit intake of adults should not exceed 100g, and the biscuit intake of children should be strictly controlled.
In terms of price, children's biscuits? The price is too high? not obvious
Ordinary biscuits and children's biscuits dominate the market in the price range of (5 yuan-10 yuan)/100g, and their average prices are 7.43 yuan/100g and 7.63 yuan/100g respectively. The market share of children's biscuits in the price range of > 20 yuan/100g is slightly higher than that of ordinary biscuits, but overall, children's biscuits? The price is too high? The phenomenon is not obvious.
Finally, two kinds of children's biscuits with relatively healthy ingredients list were selected for all tests, including heavy metals, food additives, microorganisms, peroxide value and trans fatty acids. Unfortunately, none of the children's cookies can meet the selection criteria.
In this regard, relevant enterprises are called upon to strictly control the types and quantities of food additives used in children's food and the sugar content of products, and pay attention to children's food safety; At the same time, consumers are advised to pay attention when buying biscuits: carefully choose the types of biscuits and read more food labels; It is necessary to control the number of biscuits and avoid excessive intake of sugar, energy and fat.
When choosing cookies suitable for children, you must learn to read food labels.
Composition table
The nutrition and quality of food essentially depend on the raw materials and their proportions, which can be seen from the ingredient list. Usually, the raw materials with the highest content rank first, and the content decreases in turn according to the ranking order.
When buying cookies for children, try to choose the first few natural raw materials (such as flour, milk, eggs, water) instead of deep-processed foods with additives in front. There is also a very long list of ingredients, and usually there are many kinds of additives, so it is best not to choose them.
nutritional ingredient
(1) Look at the standard: pay attention to whether it is one per100g or one per package.
(2) Look at energy: Because children are in a period of rapid growth, there is no fixed daily energy intake standard, but parents should try to choose less high-energy foods for their children.
(3) Look at carbohydrates: Try to choose low values. At present, the content of sugar is not specifically indicated in the nutrient composition table, but is uniformly included in carbohydrates.
(4) Look at the content of sodium: the lower the sodium, the better, especially the baby's food.
(5) Look at the fat content: Like choosing less high-energy foods, high-fat foods not only give children fewer choices, but also adults should pay attention to controlling their fat intake.
(6) Look at the content of trans fatty acids: Now many foods claim that? Absolutely free of trans fats? The content of trans fatty acids is usually marked as 0 in the food nutrition composition table, but this does not mean that there are no trans fatty acids. Because if the content is less than 0.3%, it can be marked as 0. So it is recommended to look at the ingredient list. Such as hydrogenated vegetable oil, margarine, margarine, non-dairy creamer, shortening, cocoa butter substitute, etc. , it is recommended to choose less.
In addition to the ingredient list and nutrients, food types, certification marks and market access certificates are also things that we should pay comprehensive attention to. When choosing food for children, as long as you learn to interpret the ingredient list and nutrient composition list, no matter how many words and phrases the merchant makes, they will naturally come together.
Remarks:
1, product number: if the brand, product name and specifications are different, they are different products;
2. Formula quantity: the same brand, the same ingredient and the same taste are all the same formula (for example, strawberry-flavored products are used? Edible essence? The essence has the same taste); Same brand, same ingredients, different tastes (for example, products with strawberry flavor and apple flavor? Edible essence? Flavors for different flavors) are used in different formulas; Different brands, the same ingredients, the same or different tastes are different formulas; Different brands, different ingredients, the same or different tastes are different formulas.
3. Children's biscuits mainly include two situations:
(1) Define children's biscuits: What appears in the package or product name? Children? Words;
(2) It is suggested that children's biscuits: the packaging itself is brightly colored, or cartoon pictures, cute animals and anthropomorphic patterns appear on the packaging, and the packaging is specially processed into a small and exquisite appearance, which is easy to cause information related to children.