With the deepening awareness of silicone products by the public, silicone products are also loved by most consumers. When choosing many household items, priority will be given to silicone materials, such as baby pacifiers, bibs and so on. Under normal circumstances, these silicone products should be food-grade silicone products, so as to ensure that in the process of consumer use, it will not cause adverse effects on the human body. So, if you want to customize silicone products, how to judge whether the material of silicone products has reached food grade?
Food grade silicone products are non-toxic and odorless, high transparency, stable chemical properties, and soft, good elasticity, cold resistance, high temperature resistance, strong water absorption, non-toxic side effects on the human body, the burning ash is white. Ordinary silicone products use ordinary silicone, there is a great smell, will appear with the growth of time yellow or dark particles and other phenomena, burning ash is black.
According to the requirements of the US FDA, silicone rubber products that come into contact with food must meet the following three conditions:
1. It will not release ingredients that pose a danger to human health. This requires that the product itself does not contain toxic substances, and that the product has sufficiently stable chemical properties to not be corroded by natural oxidation.
2, can not lead to unacceptable changes in the composition of food. The product cannot react chemically with the things it comes into contact with, and the composition of the product itself cannot change as a result of contact with food.
3, can not reduce the sensory characteristics of food (food taste, smell, color, etc.).