Time flies so fast, and in the blink of an eye it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as "Moon Eve", "Mid-Autumn Festival", "Moon Chasing Festival", one of the important festivals in Chinese tradition, on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, on this day, families will gather together to enjoy the moon and share the reunion.
The Mid-Autumn Festival has many traditional customs, in addition to moon viewing, you will also taste mooncakes, guess lantern riddles, enjoy flower lanterns and so on.
There is also a very interesting legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival, that is, Chang'e running to the moon. According to legend, Chang'e was a beautiful fairy who married Houyi and stole the pill of immortality. After Hou Yi found out, she chased after Chang'e, who was afraid of being caught, and finally she swallowed the pill and flew to the moon. Therefore, every year on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people will look up at the moon and miss their loved ones in the distance.
In short, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival for family reunion and reunion. On this day, eating mooncakes is a very suitable thing for most friends, mooncakes in the north are usually sweeter, and the filling is mainly sweet with bean paste, lotus paste, five kernels and so on. Southern mooncake fillings are commonly pork, salted egg yolk, fresh meat, etc. Although each place has different preferences and tastes for mooncakes, mooncakes in the following situations may need to be purchased with caution or avoided, even the factory owner himself does not eat them, but unfortunately many people do not know, let's follow me to find out.
The first: mooncakes with too many additives
When buying mooncakes, you need to pay attention to the ingredient list to see if too many food additives have been added. Adding too many or unnecessary food additives can have a negative impact on human health. There are also some businesses in order to increase the taste and taste, may add too much candy, nuts, cream, fillings, etc. to mooncakes, this mooncake may be too sweet or not very healthy, especially greedy children, there are more love to eat mooncakes such sweets, excessive intake of additives will even cause growth and development, bones, and even neurological problems, so parents and friends in the purchase of mooncakes, must first look at the ingredient list, in addition, but also look at the child, do not eat more.
The second type: mooncakes without outer packaging or bulk
When buying mooncakes, it is best to avoid buying mooncakes in bulk without packaging. Bulk mooncakes do not have the protection of packaging and are susceptible to contamination and oxidation from the outside world, which affects their freshness and quality. Well-packaged mooncakes can effectively protect mooncakes from external pollution and reduce food safety risks. The packaging will also often contain important information such as production date, shelf life, ingredients, and nutritional information to help consumers understand the background and quality of mooncakes. If there is any quality problem with the bulk mooncakes bought home, because there is no packaging and no inspection certificate, even if you go to the merchant, you can't tell, and we can't know when the shelf life of the purchased mooncakes is.
In addition, beautifully packaged mooncakes can also be used as a good gift to give each other a good visual and taste experience.
The third type: mooncakes with an excessively long shelf life
When buying mooncakes, in addition to paying attention to the issue of additives, you should also pay attention to the shelf life of mooncakes. An excessively long shelf life can mean that mooncakes contain more preservatives or other chemicals that can be potentially dangerous to human health.
Therefore, when we buy mooncakes, it is recommended to choose one with a relatively short shelf life, which can ensure that the mooncakes are fresh and reduce the use of food additives.
The fourth type: mooncakes with fruit filling are best not to buy
Fruit stuffed mooncake is a more special taste, due to the taste and preservation conditions and other restrictions, some fruit stuffed mooncakes may not be suitable for long-term storage or long-distance transportation, followed by the filling of fruit stuffed mooncakes, we all know that fruits contain very rich vitamins and a lot of nutrients, but vitamins are left after making fillings, and making fruit fillings, most of them will add some gelatin substances, harmful to the body after eating, The last point is the raw materials used in the mooncakes with fruit filling, fresh good fruits can definitely be sold at a good price, and most of the fruits that can make fillings are not very good, and the mooncakes containing gelatin made of this bad fruit should not be bought, many store owners who sell mooncakes do not eat themselves!
The fifth type: mooncakes that are sold too cheaply
Mooncakes that are too low priced may have quality and safety issues. Generally speaking, high-quality mooncakes will use fresh raw materials, make fine craftsmanship, and have a certain popularity and reputation in the market. So the price will not be too low.
Although some handmade or small-scale mooncakes may have unique flavors and characteristics, the quality and hygiene control may not be as strict as that of large brands or regular manufacturers, so they need to be purchased more carefully. We can choose some reputable brands or professional mooncake shops when buying mooncakes. These merchants usually strictly control the quality during the production process to ensure the safety and hygiene of the products. Of course, price is not necessarily the only measure, as sometimes special promotions or discounts may make the price relatively low, but the quality is still reliable. Therefore, when buying mooncakes, it is best to consider factors such as price, brand reputation and word of mouth.
The sixth type: mooncakes with damaged outer packaging, mold, or deterioration
Mold and deteriorated mooncakes may contain mold and bacteria, open the package can smell sour or peculiar smell, the nutrients in the mooncake will be lost, and there will be food safety hazards, especially aflatoxin, rice fermentation bacteria, these carcinogenic substances, once consumed, will cause irreversible damage to the body. Therefore, once you find that the packaging is damaged or there are mold spots or abnormalities, do not eat.
These are some of the problems about the quality of mooncakes, when we go to the supermarket to buy mooncakes, we also need to consider taste, packaging, shelf life and other issues. Mooncakes have a variety of different flavors, including traditional lotus paste, bean paste, egg yolk, etc., there are also some new flavors such as chocolate, taro puree, nut flavor, etc., you choose according to personal taste and preferences, such as families with elderly people, try to choose less sweet fillings, and elderly people with higher blood sugar try to choose sugar-free fillings.
As for the packaging, in general, we buy mooncakes in addition to eating them is used to give to people, try to choose some beautifully packaged when giving gifts, but also avoid some flashy, such as very large boxes, only three or five mooncakes, such money are spent on packaging, very uneconomical. Finally, look at the shelf life, the shelf life of general mooncakes is in three months, half a year, or even one year, try to choose a shorter shelf life, so that the mooncake has fewer preservatives and is healthier to eat.
Mooncakes symbolize reunion and consummation, people will share and give mooncakes among family or friends, but also send good wishes, on the night of the full moon, enjoy the moon and eat mooncakes together, chat with family about home, and exchange greetings with distant relatives and friends has long become a conventional program. In traditional agricultural societies, the Mid-Autumn Festival coincides with the autumn harvest, and people can enjoy a good harvest of food. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also seen as a time of harvest and thanksgiving. In any case, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a very sweet and warm festival, and once again, I wish you and the people you want to meet in advance to have a reunion festival in the Mid-Autumn Festival!
Then today's selection method about the Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake is shared with you here, I hope my article can bring you some help, thank you for reading, we will see you in the next issue, like my article don't forget to like, collect, add a follow~