Monday, May 9, 2011

People with diabetes can eat sugar-free moon cake you

Gansu Daily Times - Technology Xin reported near the Mid-Autumn Festival, moon cake sales began to hot, get together and listed a wide variety of moon cake, and the ever-changing promotions. Yesterday, Gansu Province, the command center 12315 Business Administration, Lanzhou City Consumers Association also released the Mid-Autumn consumer alert to remind the general public, real sugar moon cake does not exist, part of the "sugar-free moon cake," altered the idea of ??misleading consumers people not superstitious so-called "health moon cake," "special effects moon cake", if they are exaggerated publicity moon cake 忽悠, and can call 12315 complaints.

Not completely sugar-free sugar-free moon cake:

According to the municipal associations to the staff, a large number of hits the shelves in the moon cake, moon cake they made a special trip to the urban management of shopping malls, supermarkets, shops were visited. Found in the visit, almost every brand of moon cake makers have developed a "sugar-free moon cake."

"Sugar-free moon cake" really sugar-free it? CASE staff, told reporters in the business in which they visited the "sugar-free moon cake" found on the ingredient label nutrition labels more than the wheat flour, vegetable oil, lotus seed paste, edible alkaline water, maltitol ... ... and called on the label business "sugar free" is really just "no sugar", maltose, xylitol and other alcohols are sweeteners often used in place of ordinary sugar moon cake in some "sugar free" moon cake is made with white sugar sweeteners.

Housing associations Qingzhou City, the Secretary-General told reporters, convention, sugar-free food is free of the sweetness of sucrose and starch sugar foods. In other words, sugar-free foods should not contain any sugar. Individual manufacturers to avoid marked "sugar free" and led to a lawsuit, on the product label "no sugar" words, diabetes, human consumption, is likely to lead to an increase in body sugar, blood glucose increased.

Health moon cake sales at high prices in disguise:

Housing Secretary-General told reporters that in the subsequent visits, they found that in addition to moon cake vendors add ice cream moon cake stuffing, xylitol, flowers and other fashion than food, many manufacturers are also in the practice of moon cake combines charcoal, deep-fried, fried and other fresh elements, refreshing the same time, such moon cake often take to disguise the taste of new technology and high sales.

Currently on the market a dazzling variety of moon cake, the city staff to remind consumers associations, in accordance with national regulations and standards, all food (including moon cake), should not use people's names cause misunderstanding and confusion. Restaurants, supermarket sales of moon cake, if looking for food factory OEM, manufacturers must have a formal sign, not mark their hotel (supermarket) name or own-brand sales; if it is self-production, must apply for the relevant production licenses, When consumers choose to be extra attention.

Meanwhile, consumers should pay special attention to whether the marked curative or health care. Under the regulations, expressed or implied with the role of prevention or treatment of diseases, non-health food products with health effects expressed or implied in the content may not appear in food labeling, and therefore, those marked with "cosmetic beauty", "beauty of blood" of the moon cake likely to exaggerate the effect is that consumers must be careful purchase.