Ten commonly used food additives that have been banned by China government

Many food additives are added to a food to keep the quality and improve taste, but this is only in a reasonable range. But some of the additives are prohibited by the State, so what are the banned commonly used additives?

1 Sudan (disabled)

Sudan is not a food additive, but a chemical dye. It contains a chemical called naphthalene compounds with azo structure. Due to the chemical nature of the structure determines it is carcinogenic, it has obvious toxicity to the human liver and kidney. The government against adding Sudan red in food processing, but some illegal retailers mainly use it for paprika pepper product (food) and other desired food coloring or feeding ducks poultry processing red eggs.



2 The sulfoxylate (disabled)

Industrial chemical name: sodium sulfoxylate formaldehyde or formaldehyde-sulfoxylate and sodium, the main ingredients are: sodium sulfoxylate formaldehyde white blocks or crystalline powder, it is an industrial bleach. The government against adding sulfoxylate to food, but some illegal retailers add it to the noodles, rice, pasta, tofu, brown sugar, candy, flour, shoots, tremella, cattle venetian, blood tofu and seafood for the food whitening, preservation, appearance color bright, increase taste and toughness, anti-corrosion.

3. Industrial formaldehyde (disabled)

Also called formalin. It is an industrial bleach. Formaldehyde is a colorless gas soluble in water with a strong pungent odor, usually 35% to 40% of the formaldehyde solution called "formalin". It functioned as a preservative to soak pathology and human and animal specimens. Government against adding formaldehyde in food processing, but some illegal retailers use it in sea cucumber, squid, dried seafood, fish, water, Yuba, noodles, seafood, beer, soy foam, pickled food, blood products for strong food sterilization, antisepsis, whitening, foaming white bleached, solidification, stereotypes, improve the appearance and texture.

5. Two sodium sulfite (disabled)

It is an industrial strong bleach and mainly for the reduction of printing and dyeing agents, silk, wool fabric bleaching, which contains heavy metals might remain difficult to rule out in the human body for a long time. Government against adding sodium disulphite in food processing, but some illegal retailers use it to soak the mushroom, kelp and other foods to make the foods fresh and bright.Click here