Conservantes em alimentos
Food with preservatives
Often we consume food without worrying about the amount of preservatives present and what its long-term consumption can cause to health. Many common foods in our daily life have a lot of preservatives, besides those mentioned below we can also mention: ready-made drinks, ready-made sauces, snacks and biscuits.
Preservatives should only be used when they are really needed, beneficial to the consumer and allow better conservation and more economy in food production. They should not be used to deceive or deceive consumers as it does in meat, for example, where nitrite and ascorbic acid are used illegally for the role of masking spoiled meat. Daring is of high risk to the health of those who consume the food, as they do not reverse the effects of spoiled meat.
Remember that by legislation, you can not put anything that could harm the health of the consumer. Any additive has to be approved by the Ministry of Health before being used in the food, however, we must pay attention to its prolonged consumption that can cause great risks to the health of the consumer. To identify them it is necessary to look at the packaging labels of the products that will be or have been purchased. Preservatives do not appear with the name in full, but rather a numbering code, the INS. Our country adopts the International System of Numbering of Additives (INS), which has all the additives registered.
WHAT
WE SHOULD
DO?
We must pay attention to the labels and avoid consume foods, which have preservatives, with a certain frequency.
Always try to consume natural products, research on what you are consuming, and value the correct hygiene of foods.