Reporter investigates jelly without fruit ingredients made from konjac flour

The jelly with a bright and pristine appearance has almost become the most popular food for children. But does this good-looking jello really contain fruit? A closer look at the ingredient list The reporter found that most of the main components of the fruit are water, sugar, konjac flour, and then there are as many as a dozen food additives.

Jelly without fruit ingredients Worries over additives

The reporter saw on this Xizhilang juice jelly that there were 11 kinds of food additives. For a wide variety of food additives, consumers also have their own concerns.

A customer who bought jellies said that the children of his family always had to eat, not to eat. A lot of additives, not exceeding the standard is also OK, but the problem is that the standard does not know.

The colorful appearance of the seller and its soft and refreshing taste make it a selling point for jelly. But is there really fruit in the jelly? The reporter saw that there are no fruit ingredients in the ingredients list of the kissable mango flavored jelly.

Kiss jelly customer service staff also said, "This product itself is fruity, not flesh. Not that there is a "fruit" word must have fruit."

Jelly's service hotline said that jelly is just a name and does not necessarily contain the ingredients of fruit. To eat fruit, you need to choose their fruit jelly.

Dozens of additives to create fruity customer service

Since there is no fruit, let's look at what made this fruit.

In addition to water, sugar, and konjac flour, there are carrageenan, xanthan gum, lactic acid, potassium chloride, mango essence, potassium sorbate, sodium cyclamate, titanium dioxide, and lemon yellow. Ten kinds of additives such as lure red.

It is these additives that make the raw materials without any mango ingredients become mango-flavored jelly, and all this has nothing to do with mangoes.

This kind of jelly has been turned into a child's favorite food. How does this jelly manufacturer look at this situation?

Jelly jelly customer service personnel said, “I personally recommend that you eat as little as you can, eat less, and affect the intake of staple foods.”

In the name of mango, it produces food. The result is that there is no relationship with the mangoes. What makes people's mangoes feel like it? Finally, the factory's staff recommended eating less. Does this jelly have any nutrition? We still ask nutrition experts to give us a shot.

Poor nutrition is jelly into "junk food"?

As a child's favorite snack, how much nutrition does jelly have? Liu Jun, a public nutrition expert, told reporters that judging from the ingredient ingredients, many of the jellies are poorly nutritious. The main ingredients are water, sugar, carrageenan, and preservatives.

Liu Jun told reporters that water and sugar can be consumed in the daily diet, while the remaining food additives are within the scope of national use, but for children, too much food is harmful. Insufficiency of liver and kidney function in children, these components are likely to accumulate and eventually cause injury.

Part of the jelly contains fruit juice and pulp. Does this type of jelly have higher nutrition? Wu Yanming, a senior nutrition and hygienist, told reporters that after fruit juice, the VC content will be lost by 80%. The fruit in the jelly is similar to canned fruit.

Wu Yuming believes that these fruits processed in jelly must be subjected to deep processing and preservation in order to achieve anti-corrosion purposes. As a result, nutrients will also be destroyed. Although dietary fiber-rich konjac flour is beneficial to intestinal function, the content of konjac flour in jelly is rather limited.

In addition, for children who lack self-protection awareness, there is a risk of eating jelly into the trachea. Incomplete development of children's teeth, easy to call into the respiratory tract, causing suffocation fatal.

Liu Jun, a public nutrition expert, believes that pre-packaged foods such as jellies use too many types of food additives in order to ensure the phase of sale, flavor, and shelf life. It is best to buy less or not.

There is no food industry now without food additives, but now the food industry does not mean blindly using food additives. Now think about eating jelly, what is it?