On the shelves of Ukrainian grocery stores in the course of various inspections, a whole series of harmful goods was revealed. Experts have created a list of such products.
Most actively, manufacturers fake dairy products. It adds chemicals, vegetable oils instead of animals, sugar substitutes.
In the first place among the counterfeit - condensed milk. Over 60% of its names are crammed with harmful "chemistry" and expired sugar.
Titanium dioxide is added to the condensed milk, animal fat is replaced with vegetable fat. And sugar is a disaster. Instead, there are aspartame or saccharin sugar substitutes in the product. Children shouldn’t eat such products at all, says Maxim Gonchar of the All-Ukrainian Consumer Protection Association.
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Mayonnaise in second place in terms of fraud. This sauce is a constant ingredient in many salads. Thrifty entrepreneurs learned to cook it even without eggs.
In a classic mayonnaise recipe, eggs are required. They may be absent only in mayonnaise sauce. An expert at the independent Test Expertise Consumer Expertise Center, Nina Kildiy, advises carefully reading the composition on the packaging. The first places in it should be occupied by vegetable oil, eggs and mustard. Then vinegar and citric acid should go. Last place may be natural spices.
Butter is another product that is actively falsified, says food safety expert Elena Sidorenko. Now it’s worthless to replace milk fats with palm or coconut oil. Moreover, Ukraine is constantly increasing their exports. With constant consumption of such oil, cardiovascular system disorders, diabetes mellitus, and cancer can occur. When buying oil, you can focus on its price. Natural butter without harmful additives and substitutes can not cost now less than 40 UAH per pack.