19.07.2024. / 8:07
ZAGREB – A prohibited additive was discovered in a food product from BiH, the European Food Safety System announced on Wednesday.
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It is about sorbic acid, i.e. additive E 200, which was found in croissants with vanilla that should have ended up on the Croatian market. Fortunately, harmful substances were detected by analysis at the Croatian border, so the entire shipment was immediately destroyed, reports Slobodna Dalmacija.
Thus, in one sample, the proportion of 2465 mg/kg, and in the other 2618 mg/kg, of the additive in the croissant was determined. According to the recommendation of the European Commission, the maximum allowed concentration of sorbic acid in fine bakery products is 2000 mg/kg.
As stated in the notification, the croissants are from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and should have been imported into Croatia. They represented a potential health risk, so they were destroyed.
Sorbic acid is actually a preservative with an antimicrobial effect that destroys molds and yeasts and some bacteria. That is why it is widely used in the food industry, especially for preserving dairy and bakery products.
This additive is the least toxic antimicrobial preservative used in the food industry. However, some scientific research has shown that in combination with other substances in the digestive tract, they can create potentially cancerous compounds.
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Source: www.capital.ba
