BPOM: Sweetened Condensed Milk (SKM) Should Be Used For Topping Not Brewed

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JAKARTA - The Food & Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) reminds the public that sweetened condensed milk (SKM) is not a substitute for milk, but only as a topping or complement to food. brewed or drunk directly like milk in general, because the function of SKM is not to replace breast milk, is not suitable for babies up to 12 months, and cannot be used as the only source of nutrition. -Children under 1 year old. There has been a warning, people who are indeed at risk of the sugar content should need to correct themselves," said Rita, quoted by Antara, Monday, September 13. According to Rita, SKM should be used for topping, not for brewing. "Because this way of consumption (brewed) is a wrong habit and must be changed," he said. "We have stated in the POM regulation number 31 of 2018 regarding processed food labels, so it is also emphasized that the correct use is used as a topping, for example for martabak, a mixture of coffee, chocolate, and others," he said.

Daily Chairman of the Abhipraya Insan Cendikia Foundation of Indonesia (YAICI), Arif Hidayat appreciated this. According to Arif, the ban on sweetened condensed or brewed SKM is progress, because so far YAICI has been advocating and asking BPOM for a rule that sweetened condensed is not for brewing, but only as a food topping. So far, we think that thick sweetness can be brewed," Arif said. producers to revise the use of sweet condensed," he said.