In recent years, food safety has become an increasingly important topic for eating. Food additives, as a non-negligible part of them, have also attracted more and more attention. Because of the illegal use of food additives, people have a certain misunderstanding. Today, let's learn a few things you don't know about food grade sodium hexametaphosphate/SHMP.

1. What is food grade sodium hexametaphosphate/SHMP?

Food grade sodium hexametaphosphate is a food additive commonly used in phosphates, and can be used in food as a moisture retention agent, acidity regulator, stabilizer, leavening agent, anticaking agent, and coagulant. It has the functions of preventing deterioration, improving senses, maintaining nutrition, convenient supply, and convenient processing. Let people more conveniently and better enjoy all kinds of food.

According to the provisions of my country's Food Sanitation Law (1995), food additives are artificial or natural substances added to food for the purpose of improving the color, aroma, and taste of food, as well as for the needs of anti-corrosion and processing technology. Although food additives are little angels, they cannot be eaten as food alone.

2. Food grade sodium hexametaphosphate is not a scourge, there is no need to talk about discoloration

When it comes to food additives, if the first reaction is: Toxic. And feeling that you are in the fear of being dominated by food additives, the heart of that food additive deity must be: It can be said that there are additives in almost all packaged foods. If the producers and processors strictly follow the "National Food Safety Standard Food Additives Use Standards" (GB2760-2014) and the relevant announcement of the Health and Family Planning Commission to add food grade sodium hexametaphosphate, then this behavior is legal, and it is also for consumers safe.

3. Basic requirements for using food grade sodium hexametaphosphate

(1) Over-range addition. One is to add substances that are not food additives to food, and the other is that it is legal for certain additives to be added to a certain type of food, but it is illegal to add it to other types of food.

(2) Overdose use. For example, our country's "Hygienic Standards for the Use of Food Additives" (GB 2920-1996) stipulates that food grade sodium hexametaphosphate can be used for canned food, fruit juice (fruit-flavored) beverages, and vegetable protein beverages, and the maximum usage amount is 1.0g/kg. If the dosage exceeds 1.0g/kg, it is overdose.

Food grade sodium hexametaphosphate/SHMP is intended to be added to the food production industry for the purpose of improving food quality and color, aroma and taste, as well as for the needs of anti-corrosion and processing technology. In the modern food industry, food grade sodium hexametaphosphate can be regarded as a 'broken little angel' when used with reasonable and legal additions.