Children's food mainly includes milk powder, complementary food and snacks. Among them, children's snacks refer to snacks eaten by children aged 3- 12. Temporary standards for children are embodied in eight aspects: raw materials, senses, nutritional components, physical and chemical indicators, pollutant indicators, mycotoxin indicators, microbial indicators and food additives. It mainly stipulates the contents of sucrose, sodium chloride and fat in snacks, and also stipulates the packaging of snacks. Parents must pay attention to three points when choosing snacks for their children. First, carefully read whether the raw materials, nutrients and food additives of the products meet the national standards; The second point is the shelf life of food; The third point is to see if the food packaging is damaged or expanded; Fourth, don't buy children snacks with high sugar, salt and oil.

Raw materials for snacks. The raw materials of many snacks in the market will do harm to children's health to a certain extent. Parents must pay attention to, such as margarine, egg yolk powder, non-dairy creamer, shortening, artificial color, cocoa butter substitute, vegetable hydrogenated oil, hydrogenated oil and margarine.

Shelf life The shelf life of snacks is very important. Parents must carefully look for the label during the purchase process, and will give up the purchase if the label is ambiguous. After the snacks are opened, they need to be eaten in a short time.

Outer packing. There is a high probability that there will be a toxic substance botulinum toxin in the snack in the puffed bag. This substance is more common in fermented foods and some vacuum-packed foods, such as quail eggs, chicken feet with pickled peppers and ham sausages. Parents must pay attention to shopping.

High sugar salt oil. In addition, the fat content in snacks is higher than 15. Excessive consumption will cause children to accumulate fat and affect the absorption of other nutrients, thus causing malnutrition. Most snacks have high salt content, such as preserved plum, spicy strips, beef jerky and fish fillets. Excessive salt intake will affect the growth and development of children and hinder the absorption of other nutrients. High-sugar snacks also need attention. All kinds of candy, sweet drinks, cola, fried food, etc. Sugar will quickly accumulate in children and turn into fat.