Cooking, Food & Wine

Jiahe willow in the studios of the specifications for the 64oz sold the popcorn (medial) in ultraviolet Analyzer is milky white. Hu Xiaohong photo

4 months 22nd, international food packaging Association publishing of "capital five home cinema and the five home supermarket popcorn barrels quality situation investigation report" display, including Jiahe, and China Star, and star us, and million up, and East are 5 home theater and Carrefour, and music purchased, and Wal-Mart, and Beijing guest lung, and property US 5 home supermarket zainei, all investigation products in the, are contains fluorescence whitening agent, which most popcorn barrels exists quality problem.

investigation team found that although some popcorn with QS signs and number printed on, but put the popcorn in observed under ultraviolet Analyzer, barrel is a bright dazzling blue, which still contain fluorescent whitening agent. International Secretary General of the food packaging Association Golden Lion Tung said: "If on fluorescence agent contact is excessive, there may be a potential carcinogenic risk. When consumers in theaters buy popcorn, popcorn should be checked, if it is bright white, mostly unqualified product; if the bin is natural white, for qualifying products. "

also, microwave popcorn sold in the supermarket there are certain issues. These products need to be in the microwave, cooking 2-4 minute with high fire. But under high temperature cooking of microwave ovens, outsourcing the paper did not ignite.

this golden lion said Tung, currently most of the microwave popcorn bags may be added-Fu long-coated, its main characteristics are high temperature resistance, not adhesion, resistance to oxidation. But due to the processing temperature close to 200 degrees Celsius, and perfluorinated compounds (tefkon) will starts to break down until the popcorn out, decomposition of compounds has been thoroughly. At this time, paper bag of chemicals (such as anti-oil agent) will be transferred to the food, and to be absorbed, causing blood pollution. The times of life (2011-04-29)