Eating sugar-free bread, drinking unsweetened yoghurt, and buying sugar-free cakes... From the pursuit of a healthier life, more and more “sugar-free foods†appear in the lives of citizens. However, is "sugar-free food" really sugar-free?
The reporter recently visited a number of businesses and manufacturers in the city and discovered that the “sugar-free foods†on the market are not truly sugar-free, and most of them do not contain sucrose.
The variety of products is nearly double the price in the “sugar-free food†sales area of ​​a shopping mall in the Princess’s Tomb. From snacks, cereals to flour, yoghurt, there are nearly 100 varieties of “sugar-free foodâ€, almost every type of food will be "Sugar free" is marked in a prominent position.
"Our food here is not sugar at all, and it can be eaten by people with high blood sugar and diabetes." One salesman said that these products are not only sugar-free, but also have long-term consumption and help to reduce sugar, so it is very popular.
However, are these foods just as sugary as the salesman said? On a shelf, reporters randomly picked up a product called “Intelligent Middle-aged and Nutritional Cerealâ€. Although the label on the sales label was “sugar-freeâ€, the product ingredients were oatmeal, maltose syrup and maltodextrin. . It is not difficult to find that this unsweetened cereal uses maltose syrup instead of the original sugar. Other food ingredients such as "sucrose-free" walnut powder, "non-sucrose-reduced" lotus seed meal, and "non-sucrose-free" oatmeal contain sugars such as maltose, maltodextrin, isomaltose, and aspartame.
The reporter also found that once a food item is labeled "sugar-free", it will immediately "double the price." In a supermarket, a bag of sugar-free 700 grams of black sesame paste cost 24.80 yuan, while the same brand with the same weight of black sesame paste is only 20.00 yuan, the former is actually 24% higher than the latter price; The special calcium milk biscuits are marked with “no sugar†in the lower right corner. The price is 6.0 yuan, and the price is nearly double that of ordinary biscuits of the same brand.
“Sugar-free†is no sucrose. In the production workshop of a “sugar-free whole wheat bread†in Daxing District, freshly baked sugar-free bread is emitting a burst of fragrance. The reporter did not find any difference between the entire production process and ordinary bread production, but only added xylitol in the process. The person in charge said that sugar-free bread is not really sugar-free, but instead of ordinary sugar, compound xylitol.
“The state has a specific requirement for “sugar-freeâ€: 100 grams or 100 milliliters of solid or liquid foods have a sugar content of no more than 0.5 grams. Most foods currently on the market labeled “sugar-free†foods, especially baked goods, are difficult to achieve. National standards.†According to the relevant person in charge of the China Bakery Products Sugar Industry Association, sugar is divided into vegetable sugar, fruit sugar and starch sugar. Sucrose belongs to fruit sugar and has strong permeability. Diabetic kidneys are damaged and unfit for human consumption. Maltose extracted from wheat, sorghum and other foods belongs to starch sugar, and diabetics can eat it. Many “sugar-free foods†are added. Sugar.
He said that although the country has provisions for "sugar-free", it does not limit that "sugar-free products" must not contain any carbohydrates. In order to publicize, some businesses have wiped the ball and exaggerated the concept and efficacy of “sugar-freeâ€.
Expert opinion Sugar-free foods are not hypoglycemic "Adding xylitol, maltose and other sugar-free foods can not be treated as diabetes." Yuan Shenyuan, chief physician of Tongren Hospital Endocrinology, said that there are two kinds of sugar-free foods, one is to add pure Sweetener foods, do not add any energy, do not participate in metabolism; the other is the addition of xylitol, starch sugar foods, although it does not rely on insulin metabolism, but also does not play a role in hypoglycemic, and clinical practice It was shown that xylitol does not treat diabetes and that xylitol eats too much and blood triglycerides rise, causing coronary atherosclerosis. He suggested that when people purchase sugar-free foods, they must look at the product description. Do not blindly believe the manufacturer's publicity. The weight-reducing people cannot rely on xylitol, but need to change their dietary structure.
The reporter recently visited a number of businesses and manufacturers in the city and discovered that the “sugar-free foods†on the market are not truly sugar-free, and most of them do not contain sucrose.
The variety of products is nearly double the price in the “sugar-free food†sales area of ​​a shopping mall in the Princess’s Tomb. From snacks, cereals to flour, yoghurt, there are nearly 100 varieties of “sugar-free foodâ€, almost every type of food will be "Sugar free" is marked in a prominent position.
"Our food here is not sugar at all, and it can be eaten by people with high blood sugar and diabetes." One salesman said that these products are not only sugar-free, but also have long-term consumption and help to reduce sugar, so it is very popular.
However, are these foods just as sugary as the salesman said? On a shelf, reporters randomly picked up a product called “Intelligent Middle-aged and Nutritional Cerealâ€. Although the label on the sales label was “sugar-freeâ€, the product ingredients were oatmeal, maltose syrup and maltodextrin. . It is not difficult to find that this unsweetened cereal uses maltose syrup instead of the original sugar. Other food ingredients such as "sucrose-free" walnut powder, "non-sucrose-reduced" lotus seed meal, and "non-sucrose-free" oatmeal contain sugars such as maltose, maltodextrin, isomaltose, and aspartame.
The reporter also found that once a food item is labeled "sugar-free", it will immediately "double the price." In a supermarket, a bag of sugar-free 700 grams of black sesame paste cost 24.80 yuan, while the same brand with the same weight of black sesame paste is only 20.00 yuan, the former is actually 24% higher than the latter price; The special calcium milk biscuits are marked with “no sugar†in the lower right corner. The price is 6.0 yuan, and the price is nearly double that of ordinary biscuits of the same brand.
“Sugar-free†is no sucrose. In the production workshop of a “sugar-free whole wheat bread†in Daxing District, freshly baked sugar-free bread is emitting a burst of fragrance. The reporter did not find any difference between the entire production process and ordinary bread production, but only added xylitol in the process. The person in charge said that sugar-free bread is not really sugar-free, but instead of ordinary sugar, compound xylitol.
“The state has a specific requirement for “sugar-freeâ€: 100 grams or 100 milliliters of solid or liquid foods have a sugar content of no more than 0.5 grams. Most foods currently on the market labeled “sugar-free†foods, especially baked goods, are difficult to achieve. National standards.†According to the relevant person in charge of the China Bakery Products Sugar Industry Association, sugar is divided into vegetable sugar, fruit sugar and starch sugar. Sucrose belongs to fruit sugar and has strong permeability. Diabetic kidneys are damaged and unfit for human consumption. Maltose extracted from wheat, sorghum and other foods belongs to starch sugar, and diabetics can eat it. Many “sugar-free foods†are added. Sugar.
He said that although the country has provisions for "sugar-free", it does not limit that "sugar-free products" must not contain any carbohydrates. In order to publicize, some businesses have wiped the ball and exaggerated the concept and efficacy of “sugar-freeâ€.
Expert opinion Sugar-free foods are not hypoglycemic "Adding xylitol, maltose and other sugar-free foods can not be treated as diabetes." Yuan Shenyuan, chief physician of Tongren Hospital Endocrinology, said that there are two kinds of sugar-free foods, one is to add pure Sweetener foods, do not add any energy, do not participate in metabolism; the other is the addition of xylitol, starch sugar foods, although it does not rely on insulin metabolism, but also does not play a role in hypoglycemic, and clinical practice It was shown that xylitol does not treat diabetes and that xylitol eats too much and blood triglycerides rise, causing coronary atherosclerosis. He suggested that when people purchase sugar-free foods, they must look at the product description. Do not blindly believe the manufacturer's publicity. The weight-reducing people cannot rely on xylitol, but need to change their dietary structure.
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