Is the consumption of stinky powder harmful to humans

Edible stinky powder is a chemical bulking agent that is mostly used by businesses in daily life to make peach crisp, doughnut, puff pastry, puff pastry and other foods that require fluffy volume. Regular manufacturers apply the amount of edible stinky powder application is within the safe range, the human body is generally not harmful and can be negligible. However, it is not recommended to eat often or in large quantities, therefore, when buying peach crisp, doughnut and other foods in daily life, you should also choose a regular store to ensure food safety. Edible stinky powder is composed of ammonium bicarbonate, which will rapidly decompose into water, ammonia and carbon dioxide under heating or acidic conditions, and is not easy to store, and is rarely used in the home. In the production of food, due to the small amount of edible stinky powder, in the heating, frying process, the resulting ammonia will quickly evaporate, the intake of edible stinky powder content in the finished product is less, usually do not taste ammonia odor, so a small amount of edible stinky powder applied to food, and will not be harmful to the body, and will not affect the taste. However, edible stinky powder itself has a certain degree of toxicity, and its volatilization produces ammonia gas harmful to humans. Therefore, long-term or large quantities of food containing stinky powder may cause the accumulation of ammonia in the human body, resulting in ammonia poisoning. And ammonia is harmful to the human body and can affect the respiratory system, leading to symptoms such as coughing and bronchitis.