It is better to eat less flavored buns

　　People take food as the first and food first. The ditch oil incident that caused a sensation across the country has just come down a bit, and recently the flavor buns have surfaced again. Maybe many people have eaten such buns, but they don’t know that they contain flavors. What is the essence? Why do you need to add essence to the bun?

　　 First, what is flavor:

　　Essential flavor refers to the fragrance of natural food, using natural It is carefully blended with natural equivalent spices and synthetic spices to have various flavors with natural flavors. The dosage forms of edible flavors are liquid, powder, microcapsule, paste and so on.

　　Essence of flavor is a necessary food additive in the food industry. It is self-contained in food additives, there are more than 1,000 varieties. Edible flavors can be divided into:

　　 (1) Natural flavors. It is a completely natural substance extracted from animals and plants (spices) in nature by physical methods.

　　(2) is equivalent to natural essence. This kind of essence is a chemical substance that is obtained by self-care of natural raw materials through chemical methods or artificially synthesized and is completely the same as the natural essence substance.

　　 (3) Synthetic fragrance. It is a substance obtained by artificial synthesis and other chemical methods that have not been proven to have this chemical molecule in nature. If it is found in nature and dominates with the same chemical molecule, it is equivalent to natural essence. As long as one of the raw materials in the fragrance is synthetic, it is a synthetic fragrance.

　　 (4) Flavor prepared by microbial method. It is a flavor obtained through microbial fermentation or enzymatic reaction.

　　 (5) Reactive fragrance. This kind of flavor is obtained by heating the protein and reducing sugar to undergo a Maillard reaction, and it is often used in meat, chocolate, coffee, and malt.

　　Second, "veltol" flavors are banned

　　 flavor buns, which refer to some private bun shops, all making buns in hidden places outside the store Fillings, except for poor hygienic conditions, are used to secretly use various flavors to prepare bun fillings, including some unknown flavors, a "veltol" brand "meat flavor" is widely used, this flavor Almost all are marked in English.

　　This kind of essence marked in English is a prohibited product. Flavor Buns- Flavors are banned from sale. This "veltol" brand flavor bottle is also marked with "CAS#4940-11-8" and the place of origin is marked as "USA". Relevant experts introduced this symbol to indicate that the ingredient is ethyl maltol. Ethyl maltol is a food additive. It is a meat-flavored multi-functional flavoring agent, such as a repellent for bitterness, fishy smell and odor. It can also improve the taste and extend the shelf life of food. The general dosage is 0.003%. If the bun-making enterprises add such flavors without authorization, the health supervision department said that they are suspected of illegally adding. China’s food hygiene regulations and standards do not stipulate that flavors and spices cannot be used in meat stuffing, but the Food Safety Law stipulates that food additives should be labeled. The label shall include the scope, amount and method of use of the food additive, and the words "food additive" shall be stated on the label. If most of the packaging is marked in English, the use of this additive is illegally added, and it is also illegal to tear the used additive label. Use the essence in the stuffing for the buns to fill it well.

　　Three, why do buns need to add flavor? According to an insider of a bun shop,

　　 buns with flavors do have a unique fragrance, Every time I smell the smell of buns, I want to eat it. Eat one and want to eat it again. Many office workers pass by the bun shop every day when they commute to work, and they can smell the scent of buns far more than other shops. This bun has a very strong meat flavor. After eating for more than an hour, sometimes the hiccups have meat fragrance.

　　 2. The concealed processing stuffing in the bun shop is poor in hygiene. This bun shop only makes buns and sells buns in the shop, and the stuffing is not made in the shop. The oil is dirty and the air is filled with a share Sour smell, flies flew around on the plastic box filled with stuffing.

　　3. Insiders revealed that the meat used in the buns was not good, and they were also blended with flavors. The owner of this "steamed kung fu" bun shop said that the price of the meat used in the bun shop was 7 pieces and 5 pounds. Pork belly plus fat meat, the average pork price in the market is more than 15 yuan per catty.

　　Various flavor buns

　　meat flavor 1. Use different flavors for different bun fillings, meat flavors and meat essential oils for green onions. Beef filling uses beef flavor, roast beef flavor, etc. The use of fragrance can enhance the fragrance and the buns are easy to sell. For example, the use of meat flavors can cover the defects of inferior meat, and can make the meat filling full of meat flavor.

　　 2. Make bun fillings, add MSG, chicken essence, sugar, thirteen spices to the meat filling, and then add the chopped green onions and ginger. Then pour a meat flavor of "veltol" brand, 60 pounds of meat is about half a lid of flavor, then add about 10 pounds of water, and stir it into a meat slurry with a machine.

　　 3. The meat flavor used is a brand from the United States. The label is almost all in English. The beef filling uses beef flavor. The operation process is the same as that of pork onion.

　　 4. Most of the bun shops use concentrated flavors, which are resistant to high temperatures. Ordinary flavors evaporate as soon as they are heated, and no scent is gone. Now how does it heat up, the scent is still there.

　　Be diligent and make your own buns:

　　When we know the truth of the production process, you may be surprised, but it’s okay to think quietly. To be conscientious, if it weren’t for our consumers to like that kind of smell or the pungent fragrance, companies wouldn’t create such a thing. Essence buns are nothing more than artificially added fragrances, and eating too much is definitely not good for the body. So you can''t eat if you can. It can be seen that if you want to eat the buns that you think is safe and delicious, I think you should make it yourself. Most of the time, because we are too lazy to work hard on our limbs, if we want to eat steamed buns, we can add and enjoy delicious food.

　　You can add natural, naturally scented foods such as shiitake mushrooms, leeks, celery, coriander, sesame, fennel, and spring onions to the bun instead of artificially prepared flavors.

　　Essence buns are actually not so terrible, it is nothing more than a bun without meat. Now many foods have added flavors, as long as the amount added is appropriate, it does not matter. The key is to accidentally add more, so it is better to eat less steamed buns.