Are the flavors added to tea harmful?

Drinking tea is a cultural tradition of the Chinese people since ancient times. Many people drink many cups of tea a day. What is the essence added in the tea? Is it harmful to the human body? In fact, the essence contained in tea is a kind of food essence. Food flavor is a branch of flavor, used to play the role of concentrated products, that is, a variety of natural flavors extracted from animals and plants or synthetic flavors blended into a blend of spices, is a food additive at room temperature can emit aromatic flavor. The purpose of using food flavor in food is to produce, change or improve the flavor of food. Flavoring is a mixture of various edible flavors and permitted additives, which can be used to make soft drinks, ice cream, fruits, candies, pastries and western food.

Food flavor is a kind of food additives, the "Standard for the use of food additives" (GB2760-2012) stipulates that only after safety evaluation will not cause harm to the health of consumers, and it is necessary to use substances in the food processing process can be used as food additives. Legal food additives, used within the limits stipulated by the state, can be considered to be long-term consumption will not be harmful to the body, and the illegal use of food additives, excessive use of food additives beyond the scope of the behavior is illegal, should be firmly prohibited.

At the same time, food flavor itself is self-limiting, a little bit will produce a great aroma, if put too much, the taste will be very pungent, both waste costs and no benefits. Therefore, as long as the food flavor added in accordance with the standards and requirements of the state will not cause harm to the body, we can rest assured to drink tea and enjoy the silk fragrance brought by tea.