Uncovering the figure the truth about the moon cake pseudo health

"Festivals festive", the symbol of the reunion of mooncakes, became a household essential.

At the moment, there are more than 10 days the Mid-Autumn Festival, people are quickly pick the moon cake. Businesses are also wonderfully, and a variety of health moon cakes. But like cakes for you not to fall into the care of the "tricks" of moon cakes.

Another week, another to the Mid-Autumn Festival, we now see in the market, many of the cakes are all kinds of fancy cakes, consumers want to buy?, as we uncover the truth about the figure of moon cakes.

Health effects of moon cake: nothing

Many leading health care on the market of selling hot cakes, spirulina, American ginseng, Cordyceps sinensis have joined various cakes.

Health moon can effectively? experts point out, first of all, these cakes contain much of the content of the health food of kindness. Secondly, spirulina, genseng and other ingredients you sure have some health value, but join the high sugar, high fat, high-calorie "three high" Moon in the nutrition and health, their values are offset.

Abalone Moon: Jerry

Abalone, bird's nest, shark fin ...

These high-grade ingredients always protagonist of high feast, now also appears in the High Moon. People think they upscale and health, in many malls also sell nice fire. But many abalone moon cake packaging does not indicate the content of abalone, even of mooncakes constituents only "abalone flavor." Industry sources, some high-end Moon does not exclude the shoddy work, to leave for really possible, such as abalone juice instead of abalone. Experts say that the abalone, shark fin, and other foods do not have high nutritional value, while the higher protein content, but also to the quality of collagen. If you really want to get nutrition, it is better to choose eggs, fish and other food-price of mass.

Fruit cakes: not including fruit

Many people feel that the fruit cakes more light and healthy, taste good.

But the fact is the case? national standard specifies fruit cake filling inside a block you want to have visible or fruit, dried fruit and honey-not less than 20% of the total stuffing. But if you pick up a piece of fruit cakes and make the most of the time you will find no where visible block fruit, to be replaced by the list of ingredients in white gourd filling and flavor. Industry sources, the fruit cakes stuffing with melon fruit flavor instead of stuffing plus is an open secret in the industry. Want to buy authentic fruits cakes, be sure to see the Moon in the list of ingredients is not a real containing fruit. Expert advise, moon cake fruits are a lot of sugar immersion, such as early as the nutritional value of the fruit.

No cake: I still have the "sugar"

On the market that no cake "is designed for patients with diabetes mellitus banner design".

These cakes are particularly affected by the elderly. To this end, the experts pointed out that no cake just does not contain sugar such "tongue taste of sugar", but still contains a lot of carbohydrates, "gastrointestinal can taste of sugar." These substances in the body will rapidly transformed into sugar, and join the difference not sucrose. In addition, for many people with diabetes, glucose control controlling fat ratio is even more important. No cake still rich in oils and fats, and is not suitable for diabetics.

Warm tips

Traditional mooncakes oil less

In General, traditional cakes such as [sweetened jujube paste], bean paste, five-, and fat content in the Moon is relatively low.

And the moon to cereal crops, nuts for stuffing, more healthy, all kinds of people are suitable. Egg yolk cakes of fat, cholesterol or low nutrient rich, however, is more suited for children to eat.

Each meal to eat half block up

Moon cake calorie, fat and sugar content is not low, eating must be moderate.

Older people had better eat each one block only up to a half a block.

Most fat crisp moon cakes

Puff cake actually unhealthy.

Since layers of crispy requires a large amount of saturated fat. So this cake has a lot of lard. Worst of all, in order to increase the milk flavor of cake, there will be many businesses join plant cream, this increases the trans fatty acid content. And trans fatty acids on the cardiovascular damage worse than cholesterol.

After the first eat salty sweet

If you want to enjoy more of moon cakes, salty, sweet, so you can make two cakes taste tasting.

If you have a sweet, salty, fresh three should eat tasty cakes, eat salty and sweet taste. If you have a sweet, salty, fresh, spicy four should eat tasty cakes, after eating a savory, eat eat spicy sweetness, finally.

(Edit: Justin Lin, internships)