Why is Thai milk tea orange? Experts explain the secrets of the ingredients of Thai milk, revealing 1 way to drink to avoid affecting human health

Fresh orange-red Thai milk tea with sweet taste is a specialty tea in Thailand and a drink that many people love to drink. However, why is the flavor and color of Thai milk tea different from the milk tea we usually drink? The Food and Drug Administration (hereinafter referred to as the Food and Drug Administration) invites Assistant Professor of the Hua Peiban Institute of Food Safety and Risk Management at Taiwan Ocean University to help you explain the secrets of Thai milk tea! Assistant Professor of

Zangpeifang said that the ingredients of commercially available Thai milk tea are not complicated. The basic raw materials are tea leaves, milk or milk, and sugar. The special orange color is additional pigments added to it, and spices will also be added to adjust the taste.

Is pigmented drink safe? Will drinking milk tea with pigments and spices be bad for your body if you add appropriate amounts? Assistant Professor of

Zang Peiban said that the Food and Drug Administration will conduct a complete risk assessment of food additives and allow use only after confirming that it is safe and sound. Therefore, as long as it is a legal food additive and is used within the limited quantity stipulated by the law, it will not affect human health.

Assistant Professor of Pangpei also specially shared a good way to control dietary risks, which is to avoid eating the same food and beverages because of preferences. Instead, choose different foods in multiple aspects to achieve the effect of reducing risks. He also reminded that when buying food, you should carefully read the signs on food outsourcing to understand what the food you eat so that you can achieve a balanced and healthy diet.

Tea leaves cannot be pigmented! Pay more attention to information when buying products

The Food and Drug Administration stated that tea leaves should not be added with pigments, but when making tea drinks, legal food additive colorants must be used according to the current "food additive usage range and limited quantity and specification standards". It is worth noting that food additives should be added as the principle. When purchasing related products, people can also pay attention to whether the products have unnatural colors.

The Food and Drug Administration recommends that when buying Thai milk tea leaves and imported tea bags, you should choose a trustworthy merchant. In addition, when food is imported to Taiwan, border inspection personnel will also conduct sampling of the products and test items such as agricultural drug retention, food additives (coloring agents), etc., to confirm that the products comply with the relevant provisions of Taiwan’s Food Safety Hygiene Management Law. If they do not comply with the regulations, they shall not be imported and sold.