Alum, namely potassium aluminum sulfate, is added to the traditional vermicelli during processing. Excessive intake of potassium aluminum sulfate will affect the function of brain cells, thus affecting and interfering with people's consciousness and memory function, causing Alzheimer's disease, cholestatic liver disease, osteomalacia and ovarian atrophy.

According to GB2760-20 1 1, alum is not allowed in vermicelli. At present, the processing of vermicelli, especially famous brands, has given up using alum, while many workshops still use alum for vermicelli production.

After eating vermicelli, don't eat fried crispy food, such as fried dough sticks. Because fried food also contains a lot of aluminum, together, the intake of aluminum will greatly exceed the daily allowable intake.

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The nutritional components of vermicelli are mainly carbohydrates, dietary fiber, protein, nicotinic acid and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, phosphorus and sodium. Vermicelli has a good flavor, it can absorb the taste of all kinds of delicious soup, and vermicelli itself is soft and smooth, which makes it more refreshing and pleasant, and the cold salad is better.

Sweet potato in sweet potato vermicelli contains a variety of nutrients needed by human body. Every 500 grams of sweet potato can produce about 635 kilocalories, including protein (protein food) 1/kloc-0.5 grams, sugar 14.5 grams, fat1gram, phosphorus 100 mg, calcium 90 mg and iron (iron-containing food). B2 is 6 times and 3 times higher than rice respectively. In particular, sweet potatoes are rich in lysine, while rice and flour just lack lysine. Its calorie content is very low, much lower than ordinary rice, so you don't have to worry about getting fat after eating it, but you can lose weight.

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