Along with diabetic's unceasing increase, sugar-free biscuit, sugar-free cake, sugar-free bean powdered milk, sugar-free drink and so on these in view of diabetic's dazzling sugar-free food, also walks into people's line of sight gradually, and wins many diabetic's favor.
However, the expert pointed out that has declared “sugar-free” food, has not increased the sucrose actually food, some still have the malt sugar, the fructose, the starch, the dextrin and so on to be able to become the glucose in the human body relay the food ingredient. The diabetic takes in this kind of product unlimitedly, similarly will cause the blood sugar fluctuation, the aggravation condition.
The other day, reporter has visited Shijiazhuang several large-scale supermarkets, discovered that in the supermarket is equipped with “the sugar-free food special counter” mostly, inside the special counter has chocked up all kinds of sugar-free food as well as the drink, careful observation, actually discovered what these sugar-free foods on the packing writes mostly is “does not have the sucrose” the inscription. The sales personnels when sell this kind of product also has declared that “does not contain the sugar, the diabetic patient may feel relieved eats”, some also said that “has the adjustment blood sugar function, ate has been possible to fall the blood sugar”. According to reporter observes, the sugar-free food attraction's customer many, most people indicated that buys eats for the diabetic patient.
Reporter investigates the discovery, at present in the market sugar-free food good and bad people mixed up, some sugar-free foods include the sucrose actually, although some have in the packing obvious position sign “does not have the sucrose”, but on the burden sheet actually demonstrated that contains ingredients and so on malt sugar or glucose, starch. This command many consumers feel wonder: “inside sugar-free food contains the sugar?”
Hebei agricultural college food science and technology institute Professor Cui Tong indicated that many consumers are right “the sugar” the concept existence misunderstanding, thought does not contain the sucrose is sugar-free. Actually, “the sugar” in the medicine is a broad concept, may refer to the sucrose specially, may also refer to each kind to have the sweet taste, to be able to turn the glucose in the human body relay the food ingredient, for instance malt sugar, fructose, starch, dextrin and so on. From a more generalized angle, even if does not have the sweet taste, so long as can transform by the human body digestion absorption as the glucose, may also be called “the carbohydrate material”.
Sugar-free food in the true sense does not refer to including the sucrose and starch sugar sweet taste food, but should have the sugar attribute sugar substitute. Sugar-free food should not including any kind of sugar, not including the sucrose, the glucose, the malt sugar and so on, but should include sugar alcohol substitutes and so on xylitol, sorbitol, malt sugar alcohol, mannitol. At present, our country already authorized to include the edible hygienic authorization the sugar substitute to have the malt sugar alcohol, the sorbitol, the xylitol, the young sugar alcohol and so on.
Our country present sugar-free food standard sees the compulsory national standards which issued in May, 2004 "Pre-Packing Special Meals To use Food Label General rule". And, to the sugar-free food stipulation is, 100 gram either in a l00 milliliter solid or the liquid food, the sugar (refers to all monosaccharides and double sugar) the content is not higher than 0.5 gram. In the present case, this standard not too easy to achieve. Professor Cui Tong said that took the sugar-free Lantern Festival, even if Lantern Festival's stuffing might achieve the sugar-free standard, but other ingredient like glutinous rice and so on could also transform the glucose in vivo.
Because sugar-free food is generally higher than the ordinary food price, in addition many consumers regarding “sugar” the concept is slurred, some bad enterprises play the word game greatly on the packing, “will not have the sucrose” “the sugar cane” writes intentionally is small, confuses the consumer. Actually, has sugar-free food not to increase the sucrose, but still possibly has the malt sugar, the fructose, the starch, the dextrin and so on to be able to become the glucose in the human body relay the food ingredient.
Saw “sugar-free” inscription, some diabetic patient then thought that will eat will not rise the blood sugar, therefore relaxed vigilantly, thought that henceforth might put opens the mouth to eat casually, had some diabetic to regard sugar-free food treats diabetes “the panacea”. Regarding this, Hebei Province three courtyard internal secretion branch Director Wang