Less harmful sweets. The most dangerous and safe sweets in a New Year's gift. List of dangerous sweets

It seems to be good that no one deceives us: you buy, read and know what you eat. But on the other hand, these abstruse names hide such a substance as trans fats - this is a substitute for more expensive milk fats. It turns out that if you abuse products with trans fats, you can earn atherosclerosis, oncology, heart disease and diabetes.

Other components of harmful sweets are sugar substitutes and food colorings. The most dangerous synthetic dyes E102, E104, E110, E122, E124 and E129. If you see such substances in the composition of sweets, refuse to buy them, because they can cause allergies and even cause suffocation! Sweeteners are used in order to reduce the cost of production of sweets, while sugar substitutes are ten times sweeter than natural sugar. The most harmful to the liver are saccharin (E954), aspartame (E951) and cyclamates (E952).

List of dangerous sweets

1. Candy in bright colors

Violet, bright green, acid yellow, fiery red... Candies of these colors contain a huge amount of dyes and flavors, so bypass them and, of course, do not buy them for children.

2. Pop candy

In fact, the effervescent powder, just like it tickles the cheeks and tongue, can corrode the gastric mucosa.

3. Chocolate bars

You will be surprised, but there is almost no chocolate in them. The composition contains only palm oil, dyes, flavors, various chemical fillers and other harmful things.

4. Chewing gum

In general, this is a harmless thing designed to freshen your breath. For these purposes, it is better to choose sugar-free chewing gum and chew it for a short time, because different sweeteners and dyes do not work very well on the teeth.

5. Chewing gummies

These bright "jelly beans" contain a sufficient amount of chemical dyes and flavors.

6. Waffles with filling

The waffles themselves are harmless, but the cream contains flavors, margarine, acid, soy, and dyes.

Therefore, nutritionists advise buying a waffle iron and making waffles for your family at home.

How to replace harmful sweets?

We talked about harmful sweets, and now let's talk about what they can be replaced with!

1. Nuts, raisins, prunes, dried apricots in chocolate

Dried fruits and nuts contain many vitamins and minerals - just a vitamin bomb!

2. Marshmallow and marshmallow

They contain pectin (fiber) and other useful material. But before buying, study the composition anyway - to make sure that the marshmallow does not contain unnecessary additives and harmful dyes.

3. Ordinary marmalade

The lighter the marmalade, the safer it is. Natural marmalade is fruit juice, gelatin and sugar. By the way, marmalade is easy to make at home.

4. Lollipops

The ideal option is fruit juice with sugar. The composition should not contain flavor enhancers and dyes.

5. Chocolate

Cheer up in the morning and get a dose of endorphins will help a piece of natural dark chocolate (the higher the percentage of cocoa, the better). But it is better to refuse white chocolate - it is made from cocoa butter and sugar.

apple marshmallow recipe

For apple marshmallow, it is better to choose sweet apples with sourness. Sugar and honey are not added according to this recipe - the sweetness is regulated only by the taste of the fruit.

Apples need to be cut into pieces and the core removed. Pour 3 tablespoons of water into the bottom of a thick cast-iron pan and lay out the apples. Cook covered for 15 minutes. Next, carefully knead with a crush and boil over low heat until thick.

Spread parchment on a baking sheet, put applesauce on it in a thin layer, turn on the oven at 100 degrees. Open the door slightly and dry the marshmallow until cooked.

The finished dessert should be soft, not break or tear, not stick to your hands. When the marshmallow is ready, it can be cut into strips or rolled up and stored in a glass jar.

Rospotrebnadzor told what sweets to give a child for New Year. "Correct" sweets should contain a minimum food additives and preservatives. Do not give sweets that are high in homogenized fats and oils, as additives in sweets often lead to childhood allergies.

Doctors also remind that a baby can choke on a small candy. Do not give a child sweets if they contain more than 0.5% alcohol. The safest confectionery products for children are biscuits, marshmallows and marshmallows. At the same time, doctors say, the child's consumption of any sweets must be limited.

What sweets to buy for children, and which ones to avoid, MIR 24 asked a nutritionist - Elena Solomatina.

- Personally, what kind of sweets do you buy for children?

E.S.: I try natural, those that contain. It also depends on the age of the child. If the child is small, then milk chocolate. The less cocoa powder in chocolate, the better. Here cocoa butter should be present, and cocoa powder should be smaller. But this applies only to children, adults can have any chocolate.

Now let's discuss the recommendations of Rospotrebnadzor. The first is to strive to ensure that the content of food additives and preservatives in confectionery products is minimal. What sweets in question? What does the department advise not to buy?

E.S.: These are cheap sweets, caramels, which contain many dyes. It can be "healthy" (many actually find it healthy) marmalade. It would be useful if it was made without additives and flavorings. These are other cheap candies that are also very harmful to children.

1. Butterscotch, fudge, gummies. Any viscous and sticky sweets are a real killer for your teeth. The harm to the figure from them, maybe no more than from ordinary lollipops, but the chances of getting caries are many times greater. Sticking to the teeth and clogging the gaps between them, soft candies create excellent conditions for the development and nutrition of bacteria. And those successfully eat your enamel. The same applies to caramel and chocolate with liquid fillings.

2. Cakes and cookies. Especially if they are sold not in a first-class confectionery, but in a supermarket, in closed packaging. For reasons of economy and hygiene, manufacturers generously flavor pastries with margarine and other unhealthy fats.

3. Chocolate bars. You will be surprised, but chocolate in a bar is really much more harmful than bar chocolate, despite the fact that a standard bar is almost 2 times larger (a bar weighs 100 g, a bar - from 40 to 65). The fact is that chocolate bars as such contain a minimum, and the rest is nougat, caramel and other fillers that are harmful to teeth and contain a large amount of fat.

4. Dried fruits. Mostly harmful because of the trust that for some reason many dieters have in him. It is believed that if the fruit, then it is not harmful. In fact, dried fruits sometimes contain more sugar than chocolate, and we are ready to safely eat them as much as we like.

What to replace:

1. Lollipops without sugar. Don't be alarmed, they are still sweet, only the taste is achieved due to components other than sugar. This makes candy much safer for both your figure and your teeth. It is not difficult to find them: as a rule, manufacturers are suitable for such a product and put the mark “Sugar Free” in the most prominent place on the package.

2. Gum. Naturally, also without sugar. You just need to chew wisely - no more than 1 pack per day and no longer than 5-7 minutes in a row. Otherwise, you risk getting gastritis and stomach ulcers.

3. Dark bar chocolate. Dark chocolate is generally much lower in fat than milk chocolate. In addition, it is full of antioxidants and is considered a good remedy prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

4. Bananas. Banana is one of the sweetest and most satisfying fruits. It will not only quench your thirst for sweets, but also relieve hunger for a long time. But keep in mind, if you suffer from heartburn, you'd better refuse bananas.

5. Fruit bars. Go to any pharmacy and you will see a huge selection of various muesli and fruit bars there. Can be found. For example, a 30-gram bar containing only 100 kilocalories and made with honey and natural fruits.

6. Mini chocolates. Many of the chocolates we are used to have “gone” to a different format and are sold in the form of sweets, 15-20 g each. Psychologically, this is much less dangerous for your figure. It is much easier to train yourself to eat one candy bar than to force yourself to eat only half a candy bar.

Not all people on the planet are on a diet and lose weight. Someone, on the contrary, wants to gain a couple of extra pounds, and someone wants to look the way they do now, without losing weight or gaining weight. Yes, in the end, even coaches sometimes want to drink a cup of tea for a reason, but with something sweet, but not very harmful. So today I decided to tell you about safe sweets, which can be allowed to people who are not on diets, children, as well as anyone who wants something tasty. So, what kind of sweets eat and at the same time know that they are practically harmless?

Now I want to emphasize the word "nearly"(again for his own! At every step, a bummer, the article began normally =))))! Since today we will talk mainly about industrial sweets, and not about homemade cakes, it is worthwhile to understand that the modern food industry today produces less than 5% of ABSOLUTELY safe sweets, the remaining 95% is divided by half or very harmful, or almost safe sweets.

And we will start our list with, perhaps, the safest and even most useful sweets - honey.

HONEY

Honey is not dietary, namely safe sweetness, which was used long before sugar was invented!

A small historical digression.

Even some 100 years ago, people did not know at all what sugar is. So what? Tell me, until the twenty-first century, only fools lived? And Archimedes, and Newton, and Mendeleev, and many other scientific minds somehow managed without sugar, and this did not at all prevent them from making grandiose discoveries and inventions. If it were possible to give their brains for examination (sorry for the blasphemy), then they would show 100% clarity, unlike the “glucose-syrup brains” of the modern generation, where every second person cannot live a day without sugar.

All this I am leading to the fact that before honey was both sugar, and candy, and cookies, and chocolate, and everything that you can think of. People managed a maximum of 1 tbsp. honey a day, which served them as a glucose boost for the brain, and a nice bonus to tea. Therefore, answering the question, what kind of sweets, the answer is obvious - honey. But in order not to run into a fake and a cheap fake (yes, honey is also fake, don't be surprised), I will give you some practical advice:

1. Do not buy honey in supermarkets and outbid!"Where can I buy it?"- you ask. Try to find people who keep the belt themselves and are engaged in the production of honey at home, as they say, "only for themselves, relatives and friends." This is due to the fact that when manufacturing honey on an industrial scale (for delivery to supermarkets, shops and markets), manufacturers resort to various tricks. One of them is product replacement. Very often, starch caramel syrup is sold under the guise of honey. The production of this molasses costs only 18-20 rubles per kilogram, and the cost of natural honey ranges from 500-700 rubles per kilogram! Feel where the dog is buried?
2. Do not buy liquid honey in winter! This is due to the fact that honey tends to freeze. Natural honey cannot remain liquid by winter, remember this! Only acacia honey tends to remain liquid for a long time, all other types of honey (buckwheat, sunflower, linden, etc.) begin to sugar after 3-4 months, forming sucrose and fructose crystals.

If the honey you bought remains for a long time liquid, this may be a sign that it has been subjected to heat. In general, according to GOST, it is possible to heat honey, but be sure to follow these rules:

1) you need to heat ONLY in a water bath;

2) the temperature of the water bath should not be higher than 30 degrees.

Adhering to these conditions, all active enzymes and vitamins will be preserved in honey.

MARMELAD

next regular safe sweetness- It's marmalade. But marmalade is not any, but EXPENSIVE. With marmalade, the following rule applies: the more expensive, the better! This is due to the fact that the most expensive substance in marmalade is a gelling agent (gelatin, pectin, agar agar, carrageenan and others). The more of this substance the manufacturer used in the manufacture of marmalade, the denser and firmer the consistency will be. It is on this basis that you can determine in front of you a good and expensive marmalade or “so-so”.

In the composition of cheap, and therefore not quite high-quality marmalade, in addition to a small amount of gelling agent, there will always be some kind of preservative. In this case, it is sorbic acid. A preservative is added to increase the shelf life of the product, making it more competitive in the market.

ZEFIR

Continuing the list harmless and safe sweets, it is impossible not to mention marshmallows. A good marshmallow differs from all sweets in that it does not contain a single gram of fat, 80% of it consists of carbohydrates alone.

Marshmallow is made from stabilized foam made from applesauce.

It happens approximately like this: sugar or fructose, food coloring (if you need to get colored marshmallows), vanillin or other flavoring additive, stabilizer or a mixture of stabilizers are added to the puree. All this for a very long time is knocked into a thick foam, which is then given desired shape and dried under certain conditions.

It would seem like a PERFECT sweetness, right? Made from natural applesauce, agar agar, well, just think - they added a little sugar, that's okay. But not exactly like that...

There are two news, one bad, one good. The bad news is that all the applesauce that marshmallows are made from is sulphated, that is, treated with a sulfite preservative. And, unfortunately, there is no heat treatment in the production of marshmallows, so this preservative remains in marshmallows! And the good news, although it would be better to say “soothing,” is that sulfite has a very slightly toxic effect, and if you choose from all store sweets, marshmallows can be considered one of the safest and most harmless.

So how do you choose a safe marshmallow?

1. It’s better to choose white marshmallows, since dyes are added to colored marshmallows, and whether they are natural or not, manufacturers do not always write about this on the packaging, so it’s better to play it safe and immediately buy marshmallows as natural as possible.
2. Don't buy chocolate marshmallows. All chocolate icing is based on palm oil. You can read about the dangers of palm oil.
3. Marshmallows should not contain preservatives with the prefix "sorbate": potassium/calcium/sodium sorbate and sorbic acid.

 CAUTION

Very often, marshmallow is equated with marshmallows, but this is a big misconception. Marshmallows always contain vegetable fat (palm, coconut oil or industrial margarine), but marshmallows do not have it (with the exception of marshmallows covered with chocolate icing, vegetable fat is contained in this icing).

And another sweet that is confused with marshmallows is marshmallow. In this sweetness there is not, was not and cannot be applesauce. This product is completely synthetic and is made from either molasses or corn/sugar syrup.

So if your kid in the supermarket comes up to you and confronts you, what sweets can he have among all present on the shelves of the confectionery department , then you can safely buy him a white marshmallow, which does not contain preservatives.

DRYING (BUBLES)

Drying is considered enough safe sweetness if they do not contain hydrogenated fat, namely:

- margarine;

- palm oil;

- coconut oil;

— hydrogenated vegetable oil/fat;

- fat for special purposes;

- hardened oils.

When choosing drying, be sure to look at the composition! This should be the first thing you do when you pick up a pack of dryers. You can buy only those dryers, which include the usual vegetable oil. Be very careful: not VEGETABLE FAT, namely VEGETABLE OIL!

But, if you cannot find such drying, then at least buy those in which there is less than 2 g of fat per 100 g of product.

COOKIES "BABY CRUSHIPS"

This cookie is far from dietary, since its calorie content is more than 400 kcal per 100 g, but it is absolutely non-toxic. It contains only flour, sugar and eggs, nothing else, so if you choose between it and palm fat-based chocolates, then it is better to choose these crunchies. At the very least, it will be the least "evil" of the majority on the market.

CHOCOLATE

One of the safest and tastiest sweets is chocolate, but not all chocolate, but only the one that does not contain sugar or contains a safe sweetener.

Examples of quality dark chocolate:

— handmade chocolate "Chocolate Farm" (producer Ukraine)

– SHOUD’E handmade chocolate “Picant” (Ukraine)

– SHOUD’E 99% CACAO (Ukraine)

– LINDT ECXELLENCE 99% cacao (France)

— natural dark chocolate without sugar based on stevia "KORISNA CONDITERSKA" (producer Ukraine)

— chocolate "Spartak" bitter (Republic of Belarus)

– «MELANIE» elite 90% cocoa (Republic of Belarus)

– bitter chocolate “APRIORI” 99% without sugar (Russia)

– bitter chocolate “ZOLOTAYA MARK” 70% cocoa (Russia)

– Pobeda dark chocolate 72% cocoa without sugar (Russia)

ICE CREAM

Quest bars and protein bars

Sufficiently safe sweets are considered protein bars, which are so loved by all the jocks, but even here it is not so simple. When choosing protein bars, you again need to carefully study their composition (ugh, twenty-five again). Yes, yes, yes, I will never get tired of repeating this, even if you throw stones at me at the meeting =)

Pay attention to the fact that the protein in your protein bar is 3-4 times more than the amount of carbohydrates. That is, if proteins per serving are 20 g, then carbohydrates should be no more than 5 g (this is ideal). If you see that there are more carbohydrates in a serving than proteins, then it is best to look for another bar. This one will be edible, of course, but since you already prefer PROTEIN sweets, then it’s stupid to pay money for carbohydrates, with such success it’s better to go and eat some Crispy Baby cookies - the result will be the same.

And of course, make sure that the composition does not contain any harmful food additives in the form of synthetic dyes, sweeteners, preservatives and palm fat. Although you will find palm oil in almost 99% of all protein bars, since all industrial chocolate icing is made on the basis of palm oil, since natural cocoa powder costs ten times more, and this is unprofitable for the manufacturer.

Well, that's where I'll end the list. safe sweets, I tried to remember all the more or less harmless industrial sweets that you can sometimes indulge yourself with. And remember that these sweets are far from being DIETARY, if you are at the stage of losing weight and have decided: “since the coach has allowed it, then you can”, then the consequences in the form of extra pounds will inevitably overtake you anyway. But if you want, on the contrary, to pick up a little, or by nature you don’t care at all how much and what you eat, since you will still remain the way (they) are, then these sweets will serve you as an excellent alternative to unhealthy chocolate bars and margarine cookies.

I hope this article was useful for you, and I will be very grateful if you share it with your friends) Let more people know how you can sweeten your life without harming your health.

Sincerely yours, Yaneliya Skripnik!

Sweets aren't just for kids. Adults are not averse to eating sweets themselves. And there is nothing wrong with that - if, of course, we eat it in reasonable quantities. Of great importance is the kind of sweets we consume. Because, despite the fact that they all have harmful sugar, some of the sweets are much worse than others. You should know about them and eat as little as possible in order to maintain not only the figure, but also health! So, today our website website presents to your attention the TOP 6 most harmful sweets!

Why is candy bad for us? It's simple: excess sugar in the diet increases the risk of developing many diseases - from obesity and related sores to mental problems, caries, diabetes, disease. of cardio-vascular system and even tumors. And if it takes many years to cure many of these diseases, caries or excess weight appear very quickly. Eliminating or at least limiting the most harmful sweets from the diet is The best way take care of your health and body.

TOP 6 most harmful sweets

Drawstrings and Velcro. Butterscotch, candy bars and other "toffees", all sticky caramels, sweets are especially dangerous. Not only because they are very sweet: fruit toffees are no less harmful. In all these sweets, there are often many artificial additives, although there is nothing extraordinary in this, because most sweets have a similar composition. But they are not only deposited in the body in the form of unnecessary deposits, but also create excellent conditions for the development of bacteria in the oral cavity.

Sugar is the perfect breeding ground for them. All toffees, fudges and other toffees stick to the teeth and remain on them long after we have eaten them. Therefore, microorganisms have enough time to process sugar into enamel-destroying acid. If you have eaten such sweets, you should brush your teeth after them.

Corn sticks, cereal and waffles. It may seem that corn flakes or waffles, including for ice cream, are a completely innocent sweetness. Unfortunately, it is not. Pieces of waffles and popular corn sticks very easily fall into the gaps between the teeth and get stuck there for a long time - usually for several hours. And this means that the bacteria, through whose fault caries develops, have a lot of time. But tooth decay is not the only danger: 100 grams of regular ice cream waffles is more than 400 kilocalories! And if one wafer is not a problem, since it only weighs about 5g, then wafers in the form of filled bars or corn sticks are even more nutritious, and despite the fact that we eat a lot more of them!

Lollipops, icicles, hard candies. They contain a lot of sugar and artificial colors, but this is not what distinguishes candies from other sweets, but their harmful hardness. First, they dissolve slowly, giving the bacteria time to convert the sugar into acids.
But that's not all: lollipops are a big risk of mechanical damage to teeth or gums. When chewing on a lollipop, for example, it is very easy to break a tooth.

Jelly candy. We mistakenly think that sweet-tasting treats are the worst. Meanwhile, sour jellies also contain a lot of sugar, although we do not feel it, because it is masked by other aromatic additives, which, by the way, are also often not indifferent to our health.
For example, citric acid - it is often added to sour jelly, but it dissolves the enamel, the teeth become weaker and more vulnerable. It should also be remembered that sweets that we chew for a long time usually get stuck in our teeth for a long time.

Chewing gum. Some say that it is harmful, others say that it helps. Dentists recommend chewing gum, but only without sugar, while other types, including soluble ones, are on the list of undesirable products. It's easy to guess why. We chew gum for a long time, and again provide the bacteria with a large temporary supply of food. Soluble gums, which theoretically do not chew as long as others, stick to the teeth, so it is better to refuse them.

The situation is quite different in the case of sugar-free chewing gums. First of all, they regulate the pH level in the mouth. They also have another great advantage: thanks to them, saliva secretion increases, which, in turn, washes and dissolves food residues in the oral cavity. Therefore, if we do not have the opportunity to use a toothbrush after eating other sweets, then we should at least chew gum.

Crisps. No wonder chips have become a symbol of unhealthy food. Although they are unsweetened, they also have a place on our list - because they also contain sugar and are very high in calories, and because many people perceive them as a less harmful alternative to sweets. Nothing is further from the truth! 100 grams is approximately 500 kilocalories. And such a small portion is usually not enough, because this product is very tempting. Most Chipsomaniacs gobble up their favorite delicacy until they've emptied the entire package. And besides a huge dose of calories and sugar, chips supply the body with a lot of other harmful substances - salt and artificial flavor enhancers. Just like sweet toffees, chips remain in the mouth for a long time and thus increase the risk of developing caries.