In order to speed up the growth of bean sprouts, illegal traders often use plant hormones to soak soybeans. The sprouts are generally white, long and rootless, and sometimes they can smell a faint smell of ammonia. After eating such bean sprouts, it is easy to cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and long-term consumption is harmful to human health.

Four kinds of food are easy to contain food additives

Grape

Some profiteering vendors and fruit growers often use the ripening agent (ethephon) to dilute the immature green grapes and soak them in the diluent. After a day or two, the green grapes will become "ripe" purple grapes. In addition, hormone strawberries, waxed apples and sulfur bananas have been found all over the country.

Four kinds of food are easy to contain food additives

flour

It is common to abuse flour brighteners in the market. The so-called flour brighteners mainly refer to benzoyl peroxide and calcium peroxide. These additives can not improve the quality of wheat flour except for whitening.

Four kinds of food are easy to contain food additives

can

According to relevant regulations, pigment is allowed to be used in food, but it is not allowed to be added in some pure natural food. In order to reduce the cost, some small enterprises purchase inferior fruits and make them into cans, and use pigments beyond the scope to increase sales, which brings health risks to the human body, especially children. Studies have shown that the intake of artificial pigments can aggravate ADHD symptoms in children