Shanghai Food Customs Broker will teach you how to choose imported food

Shanghai Food Customs Broker will teach you how to choose imported food

1、 Look at the name

Food name is an inherent feature of food itself. Consumers can associate the use of food with the name, such as beverage, bread, seasoning, etc; However, it also misleads consumers to confuse the purchased food or food with another product, such as yoghurt (including milk drinks), meat floss (meat floss), so it is easy to treat milk drinks as milk, solid drinks as infant milk powder for special medical purposes, and substitute fat chocolate as chocolate.

2、 See the ingredient list

The ingredients list tells consumers which raw materials are used in food. Ingredients with a consumption of more than 2% are listed one by one according to the decreasing order of the added amount, and the top list indicates the highest consumption.

For example, food name: "XX coffee", ingredient 1: coffee beans; Ingredients 2: white granulated sugar, skimmed milk powder, fat powder, coffee powder, cocoa powder. It can be seen from this example that * * is real coffee, and the second is mixed product with little coffee content.

The food additives, such as preservatives, flavors and fragrances, that people pay attention to daily are also marked here.

Consumers in special groups should pay special attention to the allergic substances in the ingredient list, which may cause harm to their health if they are not careful. The most common eight food allergens are milk, eggs, peanuts, nuts, soybeans, wheat, fish and shellfish. More than 90% of food allergy cases are caused by these foods.

3、 See net content and specification

Does the big package have more content? What really reflects the quantity of packaged food is the net content and specification in the food label. The volume of liquid food is expressed in liters (L) and milliliters (mL); See the mass of solid food in grams (g) and kilograms (kg); For food containing solid and liquid two-phase substances, such as canned food, in addition to the net content, the content of drain (solid) should also be marked, such as "net content: 450g drain ≥ 200g".

4、 Look at the date label and storage conditions

Dates are divided into production date and shelf life. Within the shelf life, * * select the food close to the production date, which means the food is fresher.

Date marking and storage conditions on the back of food packaging

The storage conditions should also be considered together with the date, because the shelf life is only useful under the specified storage conditions. For example, the pasteurized milk we usually drink can be stored for 5 days at 4 ℃~6 ℃. If it is stored at room temperature in summer for one day, it may deteriorate.

5、 Look at the origin

This is one of the key features to identify whether food is imported. Domestic food is generally marked with "origin: XX city, XX province", while imported food is generally marked with "country of origin: XX country or region name (such as Belgium, Hong Kong, China, etc.)".

6、 Look at the nutrition label

Food nutrition label is a description of food nutrition information provided to consumers, including nutrition composition table, nutrition claim and nutrition composition function claim. It can not only help consumers understand food nutrition information, but also guide consumers to choose food. The commonly seen "low fat", "reduced sugar" and "high calcium" are nutrition claims, while "calcium helps strengthen bones and teeth" are nutrition component function claims.