The first “Children’s Snacks” standard stipulates that raw materials that have been irradiated cannot be used

　　The first "Children's Snacks" standard stipulates that
　　irradiated raw materials cannot be used

　　Our reporter Liu Jie and correspondent Wu Ling report: Recently, China Non-staple Food Circulation Association issued the "Standard Requirements for Children's Snacks" group standard, Wuhan Liangpin Shop Co., Ltd., Guangdong Hamaki Food Co., Ltd., Ningbo Jidian Health Technology Co., Ltd., etc. Enterprises participate in the formulation. This is also the first domestic standard on "children's snacks", which has been systematically and clearly stipulated in terms of nutritional health and safety of children's snacks.

　　The "White Paper on Survey of Children's Snack Market" jointly prepared by the China Non-staple Food Circulation Association, the Food and Nutrition Development Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tmall Foods, and Liangpin Shop points out that in recent years, the total consumption of snacks for children and adolescents has accounted for 21% of the total consumption of snacks. about. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics also show that the number of school-age preschool students and primary school students (ages 3 to 12) is about 159 million. With the implementation of the two-child policy, it is expected that the number of children in China will continue to increase in the future, and the corresponding children’s snack market will be expected. Reached a scale of RMB 100 billion

　　The children's snack group standard describes the requirements for raw materials, sensory requirements, nutritional requirements, microbiological indicators, and food additives. For example, it is stipulated that the fats and oils used in children’s snacks should not contain trans fatty acids, and that raw materials that have not been irradiated cannot be used; in addition, the group label stipulates that less sugar, salt, and oil should be added, and requires that sodium chloride, sucrose, Fat limit; the group standard also emphasizes the sensory requirements of the product's physical level of food safety, such as the requirement that the product's tissue shape must not have obvious sharp protrusions, and the taste does not collapse.

　　Yang Yinfen, CEO of Liangpinpuzi, said that the implementation of children’s snack standards provides a basis for research and development of children’s nutrition snacks, and has played a positive role in promoting the regulation of the children’s snack market.