Rice nourishment is not enough to harm children's health

Recently, the State Food and Drug Administration announced the second phase of 2015 food safety supervision sampling information. In the unqualified list of special dietary foods, 17 unqualified foods were all rice flour for infants and young children, and the main reasons for disqualification were sodium, Calcium, vitamins and other nutrient content is not up to standard. So, what is the impact of non-compliance on the baby's nutrition as an important complementary food for infants and young children?

Baby rice main nutrition brand

Taking Shantou Kangyuan Foods Co., Ltd. as an example, the test results of the sodium content of the Meiliyou golden baby nutrition rice noodles (meat and tomato) was 1.4mg/100kJ, far lower than the national standard of 24.0mg/100kJ; Shantou City The content of vitamin A in the 1st segment of nutritional rice noodles made by Peizhi Foods Co., Ltd. is 6μg RE/100kJ, which is lower than the standard value of 14-43μg RE/100kJ. The pudong food brand yamshan glutinous rice diamond produced by Jiangxi Tianfang Industry Co., Ltd. Formula nutrition rice flour, calcium content 8mg/100kJ, lower than 12mg/100kJ of the national nutritional composition index.

Recently, the reporter visited the market and found that there are many types of infant rice flour brands on the market, and there are many types of rice flour. Their common denominator is that they have marked their “nutrition” features in eye-catching fonts. Taking a certain brand of black rice and red dates rice noodles as an example, in addition to marking the same eye-catching “nutrition” before rice flour products, this rice flour for infants from 6 to 36 months also emphasizes its “scientific formula”. Science matches vitamins and minerals and strengthens iron, zinc and calcium. Another brand of pea baby rice noodle also claimed to be “balanced nutrition and smooth digestion” on the packaging.

Nutritional situation related to child health

What are the consequences for rice if the nutritional content of rice flour does not reach the standard?

Zhang Silai, former director of pediatrics at the Chinese-Western Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, points out that children in infants and young children are growing and their stomach capacity is small. Each meal is needed to meet the growth needs. In addition, the food that infants and young children can eat is limited, especially for children who have just added supplementary foods. Infant rice noodles may be the only food other than milk. If the long-term consumption of rice nourishment nutrition is not up to standard, the child may be chronic malnutrition, will bring irreparable regret to the growth of infants and young children. Taking vitamin A as an example, its lack of influence will not only damage the normal development of the cornea, but also cause infants and young children to develop diseases such as pneumonia and measles.

With the repeated exposure of the negative news of rice flour for infants and young children in recent years, many parents are afraid to add rice noodles to their children and instead add other complementary foods or simply delay the time for children to add supplementary foods. In this regard, Zhang Silai pointed out that when the baby grows to 6 months, the coordination of the digestive system and various organs has matured, and the enzymes that digest starch in the intestine have gradually become active. The addition of transfer foods helps the baby to complete its dependence. The transition from breastmilk nutrition to the use of nutrients other than breast milk. Zhang Silai reminded that the baby's first complementary food, the first choice is iron and rice, neither easy to allergies, but also to add iron. At the same time, with the vitamin C-rich fruits and vegetables, it helps iron absorption.

Rice flour can not replace milk

Rice flour for infants and young children as a complementary food is important, but its importance cannot be replaced by breast milk or formula milk. Some mothers believe that since the baby can eat complementary foods, he can use complementary foods as the staple food of the baby, which usually reduces the amount of milk given to the baby.

Zhang Silai pointed out that rice flour is only a supplementary food, and baby food is also called weaned food. Its meaning does not only refer to the food used by the baby when weaning, but refers to the period from the single milk feeding to the complete “weaning” period. Added "transitional" food. However, some nutrients in milk are not available in food supplements. Within one year of age, the baby's staple food should still be breast milk or formula milk. Supplementary food can only be used as a supplementary food.

According to reports, the main ingredient of rice flour is carbohydrates, followed by a small amount of protein, fat and B vitamins. In the growth stage of the baby, the most needed protein is protein. The protein contained in the rice flour is not only of poor quality but also has a low content, which cannot meet the needs of infant growth and development. If only rice flour foods are used instead of milk, protein deficiency will occur.