As the Dragon Boat Festival is coming, some unscrupulous merchants have made the wrong idea of zongzi. Now they are afraid to buy green rice dumplings. At present, there is "borax zongzi". What is this? How to identify 'borax zongzi'?
Borax is a kind of harmful substance that is forbidden to be added to food. However, some businesses add borax to zongzi. It is really disturbing to hear this news before the Dragon Boat Festival.
Why to add borax, many netizens popularized knowledge for you, @ Henan Business Daily said: some vendors usually add borax to zongzi, because borax has the function of antisepsis, increasing elasticity and expansion. Adding borax can make zongzi more chewy. The simplest way to identify whether there is borax pollution is sensory inspection. The zongzi added with borax has a smooth feeling by hand, and can smell a slight alkaline smell.
Not only zongzi, but also borax was added to the noodles and Shaxian snacks we usually eat. Although the news of food safety repeatedly stimulates our nerves, netizens are still very angry. As for these unscrupulous traders, @ Meitu Chen Wei thinks: "we should be sentenced severely, so that we can ensure that our kind-hearted people will not be harmed, and that illegal traders will stop. '
How to identify borax zongzi
Borax is usually added to dumplings because of its antiseptic, elastic and swelling properties. According to Ganzhou people, it is more chewy to eat. However, borax enters the human body and changes into boric acid through gastric acid action. It accumulates in the body, hinders the enzyme action of digestive tract, causes anorexia and dyspepsia, inhibits the absorption of nutrients, promotes fat decomposition, reduces weight, and causes multiple organ cumulative poisoning.
Food hygiene experts warn the public that it is better not to put borax when making zongzi, and it is better to put it or put it less. When choosing food, the public should not blindly pursue more energy and flexibility. The most important thing is to be natural and healthy.
It seems to eat Zongzi to be careful, now it is better to make zongzi at home. Let's have a look at the new taste of zongzi in 2012?