Tableware is an essential product in modern people’s daily life. At present, there are many materials used to make tableware, such as plastic, ceramic, glass, stainless steel, bamboo, melamine, etc. The production materials of baby tableware are usually plastic, stainless steel, bamboo, etc. Wood, melamine, what do you need to pay attention to when buying baby tableware?
1. Plastic material
Plastic tableware is made of polymer compounds. During the processing, some solvents, plasticizers and colorants are added, which are toxic to a certain extent, and are easy to adhere to grease, which is difficult to clean. It is not an ideal tableware. If you choose plastic tableware for your baby, it is better to choose products that are colorless and transparent, without decorative patterns or patterns on the inner wall of the tableware, and never buy and use odorous, brightly colored, and messy plastic tableware. Because the lead content in the color is relatively high, it is easy to cause lead poisoning.
2. Stainless steel material
Stainless steel tableware often has three codes: “13-0”, “18-0” and “18-8”. The number in front of the code represents the chromium content, and the latter represents the nickel content. Chromium is the material that keeps the product from rusting, nickel is the corrosion-resistant material, and the higher the nickel content, the better the quality. However, nickel and chromium are heavy metals. If the products are unqualified and used improperly, they will endanger health. When choosing, we must pay attention to whether the ratio of the two is coordinated.
3. Bamboo and wood material
The tableware of this material itself is not toxic, but once the bamboo and wood are painted with lead-containing paint, they will be dissolved by acid substances, and the peeling paint blocks will directly enter the digestive tract. Babies absorb lead 6 times faster than adults. If the lead content in the body is too high, it will affect the baby’s intellectual development. Therefore, when choosing tableware products of this kind of material, you must not choose products with painted surfaces.
