National Consumer Affairs Center announces test results as “actual electric rice cooker that can reduce carbohydrates”
On the 15th, the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan announced the results of a test on the sugar reduction rate of sugar-cut rice cookers. It was revealed that four of these models did not meet the sugar reduction rate advertised in advertisements.
The Center has received 250 consultations regarding sugar-cut rice cookers in regarding six years since 2017. It is said that there are cases of consultation such as “I cooked it for a long time, but it was porridge.”
In the test, although the amount of sugar per unit weight of rice cooked in the sugar cut mode was lower than that of the rice cooked in the normal mode, it did not reach the maximum percentage displayed.
Appears to be more hydrated and less sugar
A sugar-cut rice cooker is a rice cooker that has two types of inner pots stacked on top of each other, and the broth containing sugar is discharged from the upper pot with a hole into the lower pot to reduce the sugar content compared to normal rice. Something that can be cooked. There are various rice cooking structures, but all the models tested this time added more water than normal rice cooking (regarding 1.4 to 3.1 times normal).
The rice cookers to be tested are AINX “sugar cut rice cooker AX-RC3” (No.1), Iris Ohyama “IH jar rice cooker (healthy support rice cooker) 5.5 go RC-IJH50″ (No.2), Winners “Healthy Rice Cooker RHR-1” (No.3), Soui Japan “Carbohydrate Cut Rice Cooker SY-138” (No.4), forty-four “LOCABO JM-C20E” (No.5), Versos “ Sugar cut rice cooker VS-HI01BE” (No.6) total of 6 models. Of these, Versus does not have a website and there is no specific description of the sugar reduction rate in the instruction manual, so we will mainly introduce the other five models.
6 models to be tested. AINX, Iris Ohyama, Winners from the upper left.From bottom left: Soui Japan, forty-four, Versus
Regarding the sugar reduction rate, each company claims on their website as follows. AINX “cuts carbohydrates (starch) by up to 33%”, Iris Ohyama “cuts carbohydrates by regarding 20%”, Winners “cuts carbohydrates by up to regarding 1/3”, Soui Japan “cuts carbohydrates by up to 54%” , forty-four “up to 45% carbohydrate cut”. Among them, four models other than Iris Ohyama are considered to not meet the sugar reduction rate advertised, and it is pointed out that there is a risk of being a problem under the Unjustifiable Misleading Representation Act.
Other than No. 2 Iris Ohyama, they do not meet the declared sugar reduction rate
In addition, in all models, the rice cooked with “sugar-reduced rice” felt softer than “normally cooked rice”, and the “sugar-reduced rice” had regarding 10 to 20% more water per 100g. In addition, rice cooked from the same amount of rice was regarding 10 to 30% heavier in “sugar-cut rice” than in “normally cooked rice”, but the total amount of sugar (starch) contained No big difference was found.
According to the survey results of the Hong Kong Consumer Commission in 2021, “There is no significant difference in the total amount of sugar contained in the total amount of rice cooked from the same amount of rice, and the rice that showed the highest (sugar) reduction rate. The amount of water is regarding 32% higher than that of normal cooked rice, and as a result, the amount of sugar per 100g seems to have decreased.”
The rice is cooked with more water than normal cooking.
If the amount of rice is the same, the total amount of sugar is almost the same
In addition, the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan misunderstood consumers regarding the fact that the website for all five models contained statements that might be perceived as effective in maintaining and promoting health, such as “diet” and “sugar restriction”. It is pointed out that there is a risk that it may become a problem under the Act once morest Premiums and Misleading Representations.
According to the center, the total amount of sugar contained in rice cooked from the same amount of rice does not differ greatly from that of normal rice cooking, so when consumers use a sugar-cut rice cooker, they do not eat I advise you to be careful with the amount of rice you eat. In addition, for products that list the maximum reduction rate, such as “maximum XX% sugar reduction”, we are instructing them to check with the business operators regarding the conditions under which rice can be cooked in that way.
