?It is not safe for children to eat prepared dishes for a long time, and their nutrition and health are not guaranteed.
Recently, there has been increasing controversy over the introduction of "prepared dishes" into campuses, which has aroused widespread concern from all walks of life. Amid widespread attention from netizens, there were many voices of opposition. I believe that netizens are not just resisting "pre-prepared dishes", but more of a concern for school food safety and the healthy growth of children. Next, let’s talk about prepared dishes.
Prepared dishes, also known as prepared prepared foods, generally refer to various agricultural, livestock, poultry, and aquatic products as raw and auxiliary materials, supplemented with seasonings and other auxiliary materials, and processed after pre-selection, modulation and other processes. Semi-finished products or finished products.
In layman’s terms, pre-prepared dishes are also called cooking packages, which are prepared with various auxiliary materials as needed, and food additives may be used. They have the characteristics of long shelf life and convenient consumption. In terms of type, prepared dishes are generally divided into four categories: ready-to-eat food, ready-to-heat food, ready-to-cook food, and ready-to-prepare food.
Generally speaking, prepared dishes need to be stored or transported under cold chain conditions, so that consumers or catering processors can eat them after simple heating or cooking.
From a national level, prepared dishes, as a kind of convenient food, have gradually received national attention and promotion in recent years. This year, the General Office of the State Council forwarded the "Notice of the National Development and Reform Commission on Measures to Restore and Expand Consumption" (State Office Letter [2023] No. 70), requiring the cultivation of a "breeding and breeding base + central kitchen + cold chain logistics + catering store model. Explore the potential of the prepared vegetable market, accelerate the construction of prepared vegetable bases, fully embody the principles of safety, nutrition, and health, improve catering quality and distribution standardization, and promote transparent kitchens so that consumers can eat with confidence.
From In terms of the long-term development of prepared dishes, one end is connected to the fields and the other end is connected to the dining tables of thousands of households. It plays an important role in promoting the integrated development of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries and meeting consumption upgrades.
? The promotion of prepared dishes is in line with the consumption needs and lifestyles of modern people. With the fast-paced development of society, people's dietary requirements have gradually become more diversified and convenient. As a convenient and fast food, prepared dishes can satisfy people. Whether you're cooking at home or dining in a restaurant, prepared meals provide a simple, quick and nutritious solution to the demands of healthy, delicious and efficient meals in a busy life. p>
?The promotion of pre-prepared dishes will help solve food safety problems. In the past period, food safety problems have occurred from time to time, which has brought great concerns to people’s dietary safety. Strengthen the supervision of food production and processing links to ensure the quality and safety of food ingredients. Compared with traditional on-site cooking, prepared dishes can better control food hygiene standards during the production process, reduce the risk of food contamination, and ensure safety. Consumers’ health.
? The promotion of prepared dishes will help reduce food waste. In the traditional eating model, due to imperfections in the procurement, storage and cooking of ingredients, a large amount of food is wasted. . The production process of prepared dishes can better control the usage and storage methods of ingredients, reduce food waste, and achieve the purpose of resource conservation and environmental protection. The promotion of prepared dishes can bring more variety choices and innovations in the market. While meeting consumer needs, it can also promote the development and upgrading of the food industry.
As the saying goes, there are advantages and disadvantages. Generally speaking, prepared dishes meet the consumption needs and lifestyles of modern people and can satisfy them. People are pursuing health, deliciousness and efficiency in their busy lives. The basic audience of prepared dishes is basically targeted at those specific people who have no time to cook food due to busy work.
The emergence of prepared dishes. , to put it bluntly, it is a fast food solution that meets people’s basic taste bud needs in the least amount of time.
Generally speaking, the safety of prepared dishes can be guaranteed, but long-term consumption threatens health, especially for those who are eating. For campus students in the growth and development stage, long-term consumption of prepared dishes may cause problems such as malnutrition and increased risk of chronic diseases, which is not conducive to the growth and development of campus students.
Long-term consumption of prepared dishes will lead to weight loss. Increase. In order to cater to the public's taste and to have a longer shelf life, many pre-prepared dishes have higher fat content and are not low in calories.
If children consume these high-oil, high-salt foods for a long time, it will lead to weight gain, affect human organs, and induce related diseases.
? Long-term consumption of prepared dishes will lead to malnutrition. Generally speaking, due to the limitation of the types of ingredients, the nutrition of prepared dishes is relatively simple. Although carbohydrates, proteins and fats can be well guaranteed, it is difficult to retain more vitamins, minerals and biologically active ingredients. , and some pre-prepared dishes will also add preservatives to the vegetable varieties in order to preserve them longer. Although the preservatives in regularly purchased pre-prepared dishes are within the national safety standards, if children eat them for a long time, it will lead to malnutrition. symptoms, causing hidden dangers to physical development.
Long-term consumption of prepared dishes will increase the risk of chronic diseases. In order to pursue taste, excessive fat intake in some prepared dishes will increase the risk of hyperlipidemia; excessive salt intake in prepared dishes will increase the risk of chronic diseases such as hypertension. This is a problem that cannot be ignored, especially For patients with chronic diseases and kidney problems, pre-made dishes high in oil and salt can be avoided without touching them. If children consume it for a long time, it will increase the risk of chronic diseases.
As the saying goes, the healthy growth of children is the primary responsibility of society. Introducing prepared meals into schools could lead to a host of health problems for children. Just imagine, once the pre-prepared dishes mass-produced on industrial assembly lines enter the school and become the mainstream daily diet of children, it will bring many potential and unknown health risks. Moreover, if the school provides pre-prepared dishes, the children will not be able to eat well or eat poorly for a long time. Not only may it cause stunted growth, but it may also have a profound impact on children's physical and mental health. Therefore, parents' opinions must be widely solicited when preparing prepared dishes into schools. In fact, parents and netizens are not just resisting the introduction of prepared dishes into schools. They also reflect their concern and concern for school food safety and the healthy growth of children.