Nowadays, most families use rice cookers when cooking, especially office workers do not have much time to cook using rice cookers is more convenient, however, some time ago there is a saying online, steaming rice can not use rice cookers, even the World Health Organization called to stop using rice cookers may induce liver cancer, whether there is a scientific basis for this claim?

1, the World Health Organization calls for: stop using rice cookers, may induce liver cancer? What is the truth?

In fact, such a statement on the Internet is not empty, mainly because the rice cooker has two parts: the shell and the inner liner, which has a layer of coating in direct contact with the food.

This layer of the inner coating is a substance called Teflon, also known as polytetrafluoroethylene.

Teflon is a polymer made of tetrafluoroethylene as a monomer polymerization, with strong stability, alkaline resistance, acid resistance, cold resistance, heat resistance and other characteristics, almost impervious to any substance, Fujian disinformation check, the net rumors are not true!

2, once the rice cooker coating off, you can continue to use?
The total migration of the inner coating of the rice cooker can not exceed 10mg/square decimeter. If it exceeds this standard, it will pose a threat to health.

If the coating is damaged, the aluminum material at the bottom of the pot will be exposed, and if you cook with this kind of rice cooker, the acidic and alkaline food will be chemically reacted to produce some other substances.

3、How to use the rice cooker correctly
In fact, the coating of the rice cooker is relatively fragile, so we should avoid improper operation in order to avoid trouble.
Brush the inner liner with a wire ball
alternate hot and cold rinsing
The inner liner is used for too long