The sweet taste of milk tea can bring people a sense of happiness. The younger generation such as the post-90s and post-00s rely on drinking milk tea to 'continue their lives'
But at the same time, we also have many concerns: how much sugar does a cup of milk tea contain? Will the sugar content of half sugar gain weight? Did you add sweetener / saccharin? " Does pearl have plasticizer? Another problem is
Why can't you sleep easily after drinking milk tea The comparative test of pearl milk tea carried out by Shenzhen food and drug safety Voluntary Service Corps of Shenzhen Guangming district consumer committee found that
Hi tea, Naixue tea, stage cover, yo! Tea, coco, Yidian, koi, Weixing, Dakasi and mizhilian were detected to contain caffeine, with an average content of 258mg / kg.
Among them, Michelin classic silk stockings milk tea (black sugar Boba) has the highest caffeine content, which is 522mg / kg (converted into 365mg / cup). The caffeine content of one cup of milk tea is equivalent to the total caffeine of 7 cans of Red Bull (or 3.5 cups of medium cup American coffee).
No wonder I can't sleep after drinking milk tea!
Let's look at the following specific experimental results & DARR& darr;& darr;
The price of pearl milk tea in this evaluation ranges from 12 yuan / cup to 25 yuan / cup, including Xi tea, Naixue tea, table cover and yo! Tea has ten brands, including tea, coco, Yidian, koi, Weixing, Dakasi and mizhilian.
According to the preliminary survey results, consumers pay more attention to sugar, plasticizer, sweetener, caffeine and trans fatty acid. After communication and discussion with testing institutions and food experts, the indicators of this test are determined as total sugar, plasticizer, sweetener (saccharin sodium, cyclamate, aspartame, acesulfame), caffeine and trans fatty acids of pearl milk tea.
Trans fatty acids, sweeteners, plasticizers
Not detected
All comply with national standards
All 10 milk teas meet the requirements of China's announcement on the list of possible illegal non edible substances and easily abused food additives (the Sixth Batch), and six trans fatty acids, sweeteners (sodium cyclamate, acesulfame, saccharin sodium, aspartame) and plasticizers have not been detected.
Trans fatty acids are difficult to digest and absorb, and long-term accumulation may lead to obesity. Trans fatty acids in milk tea generally come from vegetable fat powder and vegetable fat milk (creamer).
Excessive addition of sweeteners may have neurotoxicity and may cause anorexia, metabolic disorder and obesity. We often say saccharin is a kind of sweetener.
Long term consumption of plasticizer may cause reproductive system abnormalities, malformations and cancer. The plasticizer in milk tea comes from packaging containers or pearls (if & lsquo; pearls are made of plastic & rsquo;).
The results show that all the 10 pearl milk teas meet the requirements of the public for milk tea materials to be 'as natural as possible' - no saccharin, no milk essence, and no plastic in the Pearl.
1 cup of milk tea & asymp; 7 cans of Red Bull
Caffeine!
Can't sleep normally
In recent years, in addition to finding that milk tea is easy to get fat, everyone has paid more attention to insomnia. Like coffee and red bull, the main reason for insomnia caused by milk tea is that it contains caffeine.
Caffeine is a central nervous stimulant, which can temporarily drive away drowsiness and restore energy. Excessive absorption may cause palpitation and insomnia. Caffeine in milk tea mainly comes from tea.
First, do a little popular science:
Caffeine content of 1 cup of American coffee (medium cup): about 108mg
Caffeine content of a can of Red Bull drink: About 50mg
In this sampling, caffeine was detected in 10 pearl milk teas, with an average content of 258mg / kg. Among them, Michelin classic silk stockings milk tea (black sugar Boba) has the highest caffeine content, which is 522mg / kg (converted into 365mg / cup). The caffeine content of one cup of milk tea is equivalent to the total caffeine of 7 cans of Red Bull (or 3.5 cups of medium cup American coffee).
Sure enough, there is a reason why drinking milk tea is more spiritual than drinking coffee. Tired and sleepy? Would you like a cup of milk tea?
1 cup of Boba milk tea & asymp; 13.2 cube sugar
Half high sugar
Easy to get fat
The Hong Kong Department of health believes that if the sugar content in 100ml beverage exceeds 7.5G, it is a beverage with high sugar content.
Among the 10 pearl milk teas evaluated this time, 5 belong to high sugar drinks. Among them, the total sugar content of a little Boba milk tea is the highest (9.30g / 100g), and the total sugar content of Weixing Tieguanyin pearl milk tea is the lowest (3.8g / 100g).
In order to make you feel the data more intuitively, we compare the total sugar in milk tea with the quantity of square sugar.
According to the total volume of each tea, calculate their respective total sugar value. The total sugar value of each cup of 10 pearl milk tea ranges from 26.6g to 60.9g. Based on 4.5g per cube sugar, the total sugar content per unit of Yidian Boba milk tea is the highest, and the total sugar content per cup is about 13.2 cube sugar. The total sugar content per unit of Weixing Tieguanyin pearl milk tea is the lowest, and the total sugar content per cup is about 5.9 square sugar.
Jin Hui, chief physician of Clinical Nutrition Department of Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, said, "a normal adult requires a daily glucose intake of 40-50g, preferably no more than 25g."
A cup of milk tea can reach or even exceed the sugar intake for one day. Obviously, the sugar content is too high. Here is also a special reminder: friends with high blood sugar and diabetes should control the intake of milk tea. After all, the body is the real cost of happiness.
Whole sugar is out of proportion to half sugar
Hemisaccharide & ne; Whole sugar X50%
During the survey, some consumers said that when they buy milk tea, they clearly choose half sugar, but the total feeling is still sweet. They want to know whether the so-called 'half sugar' in the milk tea shop is 50% of the total sugar.
Good question! In order to further understand the sugar content of pearl milk tea, we evaluated the total sugar value of whole sugar and semi sugar of three milk tea. The results showed that the so-called whole sugar and semi sugar did not proportion to 1 / 2, but 70% to 80% of the sugar content of whole sugar milk tea.
Subjective evaluation of taste
In addition, in order to find the most popular pearl milk tea in taste, Shenzhen Quality Consumption Research Institute also carried out subjective taste evaluation activities for these 10 popular pearl milk tea.
Wrap milk tea in kraft paper bag to hide the brand & DARR;
Only expose the straw at the binding port for everyone & lsquo; 嘬 & rsquo; Milk tea & DARR;
The final evaluation result & DARR;
The highest comprehensive score was Xi tea - milk tea bobbing
Dakasi pearl milk tea and 1 Diandian Boba milk tea ranked second!
Among them, like tea - milk tea bobbing scored the highest in milk tea (liquid) preference and Pearl Q elasticity, and obtained & lsquo; Double champion & rsquo;!
Preference of milk tea (liquid part)
Everyone has a different preference for the taste of milk tea. Some people like mellow and smooth, some like astringent, some like strong fragrance, and some like light, which is difficult for everyone to adjust. This time, we simplified the blind taste test of milk tea (liquid part) into preference. Without talking about so many taste details, let's say whether you like it or not!
3 most popular brands of milk tea (liquid part) & DARR;
Pearl Q elasticity
Pearls (or pink balls / Boba) in milk tea are usually made of tapioca powder, potato powder and sweet potato powder with water and sugar. Due to the characteristics of starch, cooked pearls naturally have q-bomb taste. The Pearl with the most q-bomb in this evaluation comes from the following three milk teas & DARR;
The subjective evaluation transcripts of 10 pearl milk tea samples are as follows ☟
Note:
1. The results of this comparative test are only responsible for the purchased samples and do not represent the quality status of products of different batches and specifications of the same brand.
2. The marked prices are the expenses incurred in the current purchase and are for reference only.
3. The comparison test results shall not be used for commercial publicity.