Nuts have a pungent taste, which is mainly caused by spoilage and mildew. Rotten and moldy nuts will breed a large number of bacteria and microorganisms. Aflatoxin is one of them. Aflatoxin is classified as a 1 carcinogen by the Cancer Research Institute of the World Health Organization, and its toxicity is second only to botulinum toxin, which is 68 times that of arsenic.
Eating food with aflatoxin by mistake may cause symptoms such as fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, loss of appetite, etc., and may cause toxic liver disease symptoms such as liver pain, edema of lower limbs and abnormal liver function.
Tip: Peanuts, melon seeds, cashews and other nuts that are common in life are likely to carry aflatoxin after deterioration. Pay attention to avoiding nuts like food.
2 what is the taste of nuts containing aflatoxin? The main feature is that they contain bitterness.
Generally, nuts that have not been spoiled and rotted have many tastes, such as salty, spiced and creamy. However, as long as they are spoiled or rotted, the taste will change, bitter and sour, while nuts containing aflatoxin will have obvious bitterness after eating. In this case, it is generally recommended to pay more attention.
3 cashew nuts taste bad. How to deal with them? It is recommended to throw them away.
Once the cashew nuts smell bad, it means that the cashew nuts have started or gone rotten. Such cashew nuts are easy to increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, which may lead to abdominal pain, diarrhea, loose stool and other uncomfortable symptoms. In severe cases, it may also lead to food poisoning and harm to human health.
4 How do nuts with aflatoxin identify aflatoxin as a substance causing liver cancer? Among them, AFB 1 is the most carcinogenic. The poisoning manifestations of aflatoxin are: digestive system reactions such as vomiting, abdominal pain, etc., which can also cause pulmonary edema of respiratory system, and secondly, it can lead to death of nervous system such as convulsions, coma and cerebral edema, and poisoning of liver, kidney and heart can also cause death.
To distinguish whether a nut has aflatoxin, we can distinguish it from the color. The pili produced by yeast fermentation is generally white or light gray, while the pili produced by mold is mostly dark gray, black, green and brownish red. Secondly, you can identify the smell. Generally, the smell produced by fermentation often has a certain smell, while the moldy smell has a rotten smell. If the food is bitter, it proves that it has been contaminated by mold. Spit it out immediately and rinse your mouth.