A small rubber-like thing, but in the mouth, it gives off a rich fruity aroma... Today, astronaut's space food is exhibited for the first time in the private sector, giving citizens the opportunity to experience space food.
In the five-story GuangDian collection store of Xizhimen Jiamao Shopping Center, five series of aerospace foods are fresh and interesting. A kind of freeze-dried fruit is fresh fruit juice fast frozen, and then wrapped in foil, including pineapple, peach, etc., these rectangular "small rubber" to the mouth will emit a rich fruit flavor; Aerospace ice cream series , like compressed cheese. There are vacuum-packed spiced marinade beef, spiced roast beef jerky, and moon cakes.
"The most important feature of space food is safety." Site experts told reporters that food raw materials must undergo various tests before processing, and be produced by special personnel to ensure food safety and health. At the same time, space foods have concentrated on a variety of balanced nutrient components. In addition to meeting the astronauts’ high-intensity intensive training in a very short period of time, they also need to meet the requirements of the astronaut’s physiological changes under weightless conditions. The body needs trace elements. In addition, the packaging of space foods also has special requirements, and must withstand the tests of shock, vibration, acceleration, etc., and it must not harm astronauts.
At present, China's space food production is almost completely concentrated in Beijing Aerospace City, and is undertaken by the Beijing Aerospace Medical Engineering Institute.