In order to understand the quality status of substitute meal powder products, Beijing Consumer Association recently conducted a comparative test on 8 substitute meal powder products (solid drinks). Through third-party testing, it was found that the marks of four sample products, keep, lvshou, vitada and notland, did not meet the requirements of the national standard; The measured value of sodium in two substitute milkshakes of vitality and notland is higher than the value marked on the label. Nominal Beijing calorie Technology Co., Ltd. entrusted Xile Health Technology Co., Ltd. to produce a batch of keep high fiber protein milkshake samples. The measured values of four vitamins were inconsistent with the label values.
Detection problems of 4 meal substitute powder samples
According to the report, the Beijing Consumer Association recently purchased 8 meal replacement powder products from the e-commerce platform, including smile Noto black truffle chocolate meal replacement milkshake, keep high fiber protein milkshake (Earl milk tea flavor), Quaker smart credit control milkshake solid beverage (concentrated cocoa flavor), green lean red bean job’s tears protein solid beverage, Qiandong protein milkshake (chocolate flavor), vitality protein meal replacement milkshake (chocolate flavor) By-Health Co.Ltd(300146) daily protein fiber nutritional milkshake solid beverage (chocolate flavor) and nortland fortified vitamin mineral substitute milkshake solid beverage (red bean milk flavor).
For these 8 samples, the Beijing Consumer Association sent their product labels, core nutrients, vitamins, minerals and health indicators to a third party for testing. The results showed that the mineral and hygienic indexes of 8 samples were qualified, but a few products had problems in other aspects.
Product identification is to convey the basic information, product performance and other relevant attributes of the product to consumers, as well as how to use the product safely and correctly. However, in this comparative experiment, the identification of four sample products did not meet the requirements of GB 7718-2011 general rules for the labeling of prepackaged food or GB 13432-2013 labeling of prepackaged food for special meals.
Among them, the foreign language of the sample food names of lvshou and vitality do not correspond to Chinese; The net content character of keep sample is less than the label limit of prepackaged food; There are five problems in the nortland sample, such as the foreign language of food name does not correspond to Chinese, the minimum height of net content character does not meet the requirements, the net content is not marked on the same display page as the food name, the calculation error of folate NRV% in the nutrient composition table, and the marked value in the nutrient composition table does not match the calculated value.
Among the core nutrients such as protein, fat, carbohydrate and sodium, the activity reaches the sample (400g, 2020 / 12 / 23) sodium label value of 300mg / 100g and the measured value of 801mg / 100g; The sodium label value of notland sample (400g, 2020 / 09 / 05) is 314mg / 100g, and the measured value is 460mg / 100g.
The vitamin test results show that the vitamin a label value of green thin sample (50g, 20201 / 04 / 10) is 217 μ Gre / 50g, the measured value is 407 μ gRE/50g. In the keep sample (60g, 2020 / 10 / 12), the measured values of four vitamins were inconsistent with the labeled values, including the labeled value of vitamin B6 was 1.08mg/100g, the measured value was 0.367mg/100g, the labeled value of vitamin C was 121.7mg/100g, the measured value was 57.0mg/100g, the labeled value of niacin was 19.28mg/100g, the measured value was 7.084mg/100g, and the labeled value of folic acid was 218 μ Gdfe / 100g, measured value is 140 μ gDFE/100g。
meal substitute powder is not suitable for long-term use
AI media consulting data show that China’s catering market continues to expand, and the market scale will increase to 47.62 billion yuan in 2020. The market pattern of substitute meal industry is dominated by Cereals, substitute meal powder, protein bars and meat products. The data show that more than 70% of the surveyed users prefer cereal, followed by substitute meal powder, accounting for 45.4%. The market segmentation of substitute meal ushers in development opportunities.
From the production information of the eight product samples selected by the Beijing Consumer Association, the international food giant Pepsi, the head brand of China’s health food industry By-Health Co.Ltd(300146) , and the famous fitness app “keep” brand, Beijing calorie Technology Co., Ltd., are involved in the meal substitute industry.
Beijing consumer association suggests that the nutrient index reflects the content of nutritional components of the product. The nutrient limit is not specified in the solid beverage standard, and the nutrient content of 8 solid beverage samples in the comparative test is quite different. Consumers can refer to the product label and nutritional composition table and choose products suitable for themselves according to their needs.
Meal substitute powder products contain certain vitamins and minerals, which meet some nutritional needs of consumers who need to lose weight. At the same time, it is suggested that consumers need a balanced diet and take a combination of various ways, including exercise, to control their weight. Such products are not suitable for long-term use. For special groups such as pregnant women, lactating women, infants, children and adolescents, the elderly and patients, such products are not recommended. If necessary, please consult a professional dietitian or doctor.
(source: Beijing News)
