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People take food as the sky, and people in the past were in pursuit of being full, but now that the times have changed, after people can eat enough, eating healthy has become a luxury.
Nowadays, most of the profitable things in our lives have been encroached upon by unscrupulous merchants, and we thought that eating at home was the cheapest and healthiest, but we didn't think that the sesame oil we used for cooking was also manipulated.
Believe in the scam of sesame oil, the vast majority of people have been fooled, come and see if you are still using these sesame oils, for the health of your family, quickly throw away this sesame oil.
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Sesame oil at the bazaar
Nowadays, many people like to develop in big cities, and there are fewer and fewer young people in small cities, and the markets are not as lively as before, but this tradition still exists.
Some may be once a week, some may be ten days, and there will be a month, six months, or even a large annual gathering.
There is everything to eat, wear, and use in the market, but have you noticed that every time you walk into the market, you will be attracted by the smell of sesame seeds.
When you look closer, you can see a stall selling sesame paste and sesame oil, and people prefer the sesame oil in the supermarket to the market, not just because it is cheap, but because many people think it is healthier.
Why? Because it is freshly squeezed, every customer who comes to buy will see the boss pour a bag of sesame seeds into the oil press, and the sesame oil will flow out of it.
Therefore, many people think that this sesame oil is the most original, and it is the healthiest without food additives, and they will buy a bottle every time they rush to the market, and even some people will directly take a large barrel and sell it directly.
I believe that many people have been eating such sesame oil at home until now, but in fact, many of this sesame oil is a scam, and everyone needs to be vigilant.
Sesame oil scam
The sesame oil in the market is generally about 10 yuan, which is very cheap, but if you calculate its cost, the cost of raw materials is about 4 yuan, plus the booth fee, packaging fee, labor and other expenses, it is about 8 yuan.
In this way, they only make a profit of two or three yuan from selling a bottle, and the profit is so meager, if they actually sold more before, it would be okay, but now there are fewer and fewer people who have time to catch the market, and it is very impossible to make a living by selling sesame oil.
Then someone must have said that they watched the sesame seeds poured into the machine and squeezed into oil, this can't be fake, right? Could he be magical?
Then let me ask you a question, is the freshly baked sesame oil you get warm? At this time, everyone has come to their senses.
As we often say, "seeing is not always believing", and the biggest problem with this "scam" is in this machine.
The real oil press is the oil obtained by squeezing the sesame seeds, and the sesame seeds without the grease flow out of the other mouth, and of course these sesame seeds can be reprocessed into something else.
So let's think about it again, are those sesame seeds only in but not out? In addition, when the machine is working, it will produce high temperatures, so that the sesame oil that flows out is a little warm, and what we get is already out of temperature.
In fact, the machine we saw was just an empty shell, with only the sesame oil that had been prepared, and all the sesame seeds poured into it were pretended.
Since it is not processed from sesame seeds, what are the ingredients of sesame oil on the market? In fact, these sesame oils are also used by soybean oil, rapeseed, etc., which we usually use.
The fragrance of sesame oil in it is also caused by the addition of sesame flavor, like we are not professional food practitioners, we can't distinguish the real from the fake, and the cost of these is about 5 yuan.
Is fake sesame oil bad for people?
In fact, some netizens said that although the sesame oil on the market is not really natural, it is not harmful to the body when looking at the ingredients, and it is also very cheap, and the taste is much more fragrant than other sesame oil on the market, so it is actually no problem to continue to eat.
But this is also limited to those conscientious merchants, like those unscrupulous merchants who don't know to add something else to it, just to reduce the cost a little.
For example, the Market Supervision Bureau of Xingtai City, Hebei Province, previously investigated a merchant named "Hebei Kitchen Friends Edible Oil Co., Ltd." for manufacturing fake and shoddy sesame oil.
In fact, most of the sesame oil on the market is not pure, it is blended with edible oil, but this company has added some ethyl vanillin, ethyl maltol and other flavors and fragrances on the basis of edible oil to pass off as sesame oil.
The aflatoxin of sesame oil they produce is very serious, and many people may not know much about such substances, simply put, aflatoxin is a very strong carcinogen.
Even if some people have strong resistance, long-term consumption of such products with excessive substances will cause great harm to the body, and will also induce some chronic or acute liver damage.
It is such sesame oil, because of its attractive price, many people love it very much, and its annual sales have exceeded one million.
It is also because of this incident that the police have launched a crackdown on illegal personnel and businesses in the production and operation of fake and shoddy sesame oil, but they did not expect to directly destroy the extraordinarily large production and business sites in 12 provinces (cities).
The seizure of counterfeit and shoddy sesame oil is as high as more than 400 tons, in addition, their production lines are as high as 24, such a number is really shocking.
And if some people are more disgusting to do things on those edible oils in order to be able to reduce costs, I believe that many people still have some shadows on the previous "gutter oil".
Maybe those who are in the regular business can be caught counterfeiting products, but what about those on the side of the street who have to go there to reason with someone if something really happens?
So for the health of your family, it's better to buy some regular products.
How to choose sesame oil
First, you need to be clear about whether you want pure sesame oil or blended, of course, pure sesame oil is naturally more expensive than the price of blending.
If it is sold by a regular manufacturer, you can take a look at the label at the back, if there is a string of numbers like (GB/T 8233-2018) on it, this is pure sesame oil, and there is no other edible oil and flavor in it.
If you are selling outside, there is no national implementation standard, then you can only use the soil method, first you have to observe the color of the sesame oil.
Pure sesame oil is generally pale red and orange-red, why is there two colors? That's because it has two ways to make it, the machine squeezes and grinds sesame oil, and the former will be lighter in color.
The color can be blended, and it takes several steps to verify whether it is pure, and then you can smell it, the pure sesame oil is very fragrant, and very rich, and the flavor blended is a little pungent smell.
Finally, compare the price, the price of pure sesame oil is generally 25 yuan a catty, if you encounter 10 yuan of sesame oil on the road, and also say that it is pure, don't look back.
Some people say that pure sesame oil is too expensive, so how can you choose a healthy blended sesame oil?
First of all, like blended sesame oil, it is best not to buy it on the side of the road in places that do not even have a business license, these places are really difficult to ensure safety issues.
In the supermarket, you can see that there is such a character (GB/2760-2014) as blended sesame oil with national implementation standards.
The additives in it are ethyl vanillin and ethyl maltol, which are allowed to be added to food, but they also need to be in moderation.
epilogue
Nowadays, there are problems with many things on the market, which makes everyone panic, and they feel that they will be tricked if they are not careful.
The state is also vigorously cracking down on this kind of illegal behavior, but there will always be some people around you who will do whatever it takes to make money, so everyone must raise their awareness of self-prevention.
When we buy something important, we must choose trustworthy occasions and products that meet national production standards, and don't risk ourselves and the health of our families because of greed.
Resources
Overseas Network [April 30, 2021] "Sesame oil is also adulterated? Food and drug experts remind: be cautious about buying bulk sesame oil》
Xinhuanet [April 21, 2021] "The State Administration for Market Regulation Released Three Typical Cases of Food Safety Violations Including "Production and Sales of Fake and Shoddy Sesame Oil"
China Consumer Network [April 28, 2021] "Pure sesame oil is actually blended? Aflatoxins exceeded! Be cautious about buying "freshly squeezed" and "ten-pressed" bulk sesame oil》