4hw.com.cn: many people like pearl milk tea, but recently a child who drank pearl milk tea was found to have acute cholecystitis. What is pearl milk tea made of?
Can drinking pearl milk tea really cause acute cholecystitis
Pearl milk tea has always been a popular fashion drink. Many people like to chew it. However, drinking pearl milk tea can't be greedy. If you drink too much, you will have problems. Recently, Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Dalian University accepted a senior high school student suffering from acute cholecystitis due to drinking pearl milk tea.
The doctor immediately made a CT examination of the boy's abdomen. The CT film surprised the doctor. From the film, we can see that there are a lot of small round white dots in the boy's stomach, about thirty or forty of them. Moreover, the boy's stomach has been dilated, and the gallbladder can be obviously enlarged.
The boy said that he ate a lot of snacks that day, including two cups of pearl milk tea. The doctor determined that the round and indigestible objects were the pearls in the pearl milk tea.
What is the Pearl of pearl milk tea made of
Food experts said that the "Pearl" in pearl milk tea is mainly made of cassava powder, glutinous rice powder and other materials. However, in order to make the taste of "Pearl" more elastic and chewy, some businesses will also add some gum materials in the production process, which also makes "Pearl" difficult to digest.
Therefore, it is suggested that people with poor gastrointestinal function should eat less or not, and try to chew it up before swallowing.
Is Pearl of pearl milk tea harmful
Wheat protein contained in pearl milk tea is a kind of protein. Except for some people who are allergic to wheat, wheat protein will not cause any harm to human body.
Dextrin is the degradation product of incomplete hydrolysis of starch, which is harmless to human body. Other additives are harmless to human body as long as they are used reasonably.