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Very cheap nuts, raw materials may be smuggled, produced in small workshops, or counterfeit big brands, of course, there are also conscientious merchants.
Nuts are at risk of mold exceeding the standard and deteriorating. Look more when choosing – look at the brand and sales channels, look at the packaging, look at the production date, look at the variety and sugar.
Pull to the end there are various nut fat content rankings.
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Friends, do you usually buy nuts a little dizzy?
There are really too many merchants selling nuts, the price is also different, some of the price difference can be eight or nine times, but just look at the picture and it is difficult to be like the standard products of skin care products, you can distinguish which one is reliable and which is cost-effective.
At this time, some friends may pick a cheap one to buy, thinking that it looks similar anyway, it is better to buy a cheap one.
Today we're going to talk about where very cheap nuts might come from, what are the food safety risks of nuts, and how to pick them.
Where might very cheap nuts come from?
| Counterfeit products
In August 2020, a Mr. Yao from Zhejiang Province bought two boxes of nuts from domestic Internet celebrity brands at a price of 126 yuan (about 50% off the genuine product), and after eating it, he felt that the taste was not right and called the police.
The police sent the sample to the manufacturer for identification and found that Mr. Yao bought a fake. After in-depth investigation, it was found that more than 100,000 boxes and more than 3 million bags of related counterfeit products had flowed to the market.
The production environment of these counterfeit products is dirty, chaotic and poor, and all kinds of garbage, slippers and clothes are all over the floor, and the sanitary conditions are particularly bad.
Therefore, the quality of the products produced is also very problematic, such as "mold" alone, which is more than 10 times more than the standard of regular nuts.
| smuggling nuts
China's nut market is growing rapidly, and many raw materials rely on imports, such as pistachios, cashew nuts and badan wood.
In order to evade tariffs, some unscrupulous traders choose to smuggle nuts, and in recent years, customs has cracked a number of major cases of nut smuggling.
In 2019, Guangdong Jiangmen Customs cracked a nut smuggling case, involving an amount of 3.733 billion yuan and 80,300 tons of smuggled nuts.
In 2020, Nanjing Customs cracked a case of smuggling American nuts in a false trade nature, with a case value of about 1.219 billion yuan, and seized more than 5,000 tons of smuggled dried nuts on the spot.
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Many of these uninspected nuts are cheaply purchased from around the world and of uneven quality, and it is common for moldy nuts to continue to be sold after simple treatment.
Because the cost of raw materials and processing costs of the entire goods are greatly reduced, they can also be sold at a lower price, which is still very competitive on the e-commerce platform.
| produced in small workshops
Some markets, small shops, street shops sell no brand of nuts, from small workshops without relevant qualifications, or packaging casually, or packaging without manufacturers, addresses, telephones and other information, some shelf life is still different or even no shelf life, the price is cheap but food safety is difficult to guarantee.
| conscientious merchants
Then again, even if it is a better nut, the cost itself is not too expensive, many times the price is expensive in the added value, so you may indeed buy cheap and high-quality products, but do not know which one is...
I personally recommend buying a slightly more expensive one, mainly because the food safety risk of nuts is still too high for us to afford.
Food safety risks for nuts
| Mold exceeds the standard
Because the processed raw materials are contaminated with mold, or improper storage and transportation, nuts are prone to "mold exceeding the standard". The Food and Drug Administration has also exposed the presence of mold exceeding the standard of a well-known nut brand.
Mold contamination can spoil food, according to the "National Standard for Food Safety (Nuts and Seeds)" (GB 19300-2014), the mold in cooked nuts and seeds processed by the roasting process can not exceed 25 CFU/g.
Mold not only causes spoilage of nuts, but some molds such as aflatoxin produce toxins that are strong carcinogens.
In the nut smuggling case cracked by Jiangmen Customs above, nearly 50 tons of nuts exceeded the standard of aflatoxin, which will bring serious food safety risks once they enter the market.
| Risk of spoilage
Nut fat content is high, the unsaturated fatty acids in it are easy to oxidize rancidity, in the processing, storage process is also susceptible to the processing process, as well as oxygen, light, high temperature and other external factors affected, accelerate deterioration.
If there is a harrah, bitter taste, and musty taste in the nuts you eat, you must not eat it again and throw it away quickly.
How to buy reliable nuts
| look at brands and sales channels
Although large brands are not necessarily no problem, after all, there is a relatively mature production chain and relatively strict quality control, the probability of problems is generally relatively low, and in case there is anything, you can also find a place for after-sales treatment.
Formal channels can at least ensure that the products in hand are real, and many consumers may not have thought that nuts can also be fake.
| look at the packaging
Give priority to smaller packaging, eat now and buy, and should be sealed and stored in a cool and dry place.
In addition, vacuum-packed, packaged products filled with nitrogen or oxygen absorbers are generally less likely to deteriorate.
| look at the date of production
It must be that the date is relatively new, and the one that has just been produced is better. If the shelf life is one year, the packaging is relatively simple and the shelf life is only one or two months left.
| look at the variety and sugar
From the perspective of nutrients alone, it is recommended that badan wood, walnuts, pistachios, chia seeds, black sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds are recommended, and many nutrients are more prominent.
But it is best to buy shells with closed mouths, less open or peeled (they are more likely to spoil).
Now some peeled daily nuts, add a lot of very sweet dried fruits such as dried cranberries, dried blueberries and raisins, be vigilant with the amount of oil, sugar, try to choose less sugar.
Final reminder
Nuts are lower than meat saturated with fat and have no cholesterol, making them a healthier choice for cardiovascular health. The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents recommend eating an average of 50 to 70 g of nuts per week, with an average of about 10 g per day.
However, at the end of the year, this big fish and meat eat more, and really have to pay attention not to eat too many nuts, because most of the nuts, 50% are fat.
If you eat without moderation, 3 pounds of fat is considered to be less.
What kind of nuts do you like to eat? What is the processing method? How much is a pound?