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Sesame oil is a must-have product for many people at home now, and it is also a must-have for many people to eat hot pot and skewers.
However, it is such a single sesame oil, and there is a very terrible scam hidden behind it, what is the probability of following the trend to buy it, and nine out of ten people will be hit.
So have you been tricked?
Sesame oil at the bazaar
I don't know if you have visited the bazaar or the vegetable market, at this time we often hear a voice, what kind of freshly squeezed sesame oil, cheap or not.
The scent can be said to spread throughout the market, it is really very tempting, the first thing to buy sesame oil is to smell the fragrance, there is a smell, and with the fragrance will come to a stall.
Then you will see a stall in front of a crowd of people, just waiting for the freshly squeezed sesame oil to come out, even if you don't want to buy it at the time, seeing that everyone has bought it, you will think that this thing is not too much, and follow the trend to buy it.
Some people will buy it even if they don't finish it at home, because the stalls of freshly squeezed sesame oil are hard to find, and I don't know when I will meet them again next time.
Some buyers will feel that I watched him squeeze it, absolutely zero additives, pure raw materials, green and pollution-free taste will never be wrong, and eat at ease, so they will involuntarily place an order.
In addition, there are some buyers who go for the price of freshly squeezed sesame oil, in supermarkets or small stores, the price of a bottle of sesame oil is not cheap, and the production process is still invisible and intangible.
Who would have thought that the sesame oil on this stall can not only see the production process, but also the price is cheaper than the finished product.
In the face of this kind of consumer psychology, those who uphold the idea of having a cheap and not taking advantage of it for nothing, began to rush to buy one after another, whether it is useful or not, but have you ever thought about why sesame oil is so expensive, and why it has become so cheap after being squeezed?
Is it simply because there are no middlemen? Or is there a mystery hidden in it?
The story behind it
There is a reason why sesame oil is expensive, the price of raw materials is there, plus some labor, rent, loss and other miscellaneous costs, the cost of a pound of sesame oil is at least ten to twenty.
Therefore, the sesame oil we see in supermarkets and shopping malls is a little expensive, and it may even be expensive and does not reach the expected taste.
However, the freshly squeezed sesame oil in the market is different, not only can you see it on the spot, but you can also smell it directly, and there is no doubt about the purity of the sesame oil, so it is more convincing.
The small traders also seized on such loopholes, so they made a lot of money.
But is this really the case? In fact, it is not the case, as we all know that the freshly squeezed things are hot, even if they are not hot, the temperature should be thirty or forty degrees, but the sesame oil fried in the stall has no temperature, it is cold.
In addition, the procedure of squeezing sesame oil is very cumbersome, and the equipment that needs to be equipped is also extremely cumbersome, which is not something that can be done by a small machine at all.
So do you have to wonder what the machine on the stall is for? In addition, freshly squeezed sesame oil will definitely have residue, which will be filtered into another barrel, which is generally not visible in front of such a stall.
There are all kinds of indications that most of the freshly squeezed sesame oil we buy in the market is fake, but we can't overturn a boatload of people here, and there are still some conscientious merchants who sell real sesame oil.
And what about the opportunistic traders?
First of all, they will prepare sesame oil in advance, and this sesame oil is not pure sesame oil at all, but some other soybean oil or rapeseed oil and so on.
The vendors then pour the sesame seeds into the press in front of everyone, but by this time, all the sesame seeds are already waiting in a storage bag at the other exit.
The sesame oil that appeared next in front of everyone was the sesame oil that the vendors had prepared, and I wonder if the customers who often buy this sesame oil have noticed a phenomenon.
That is, the sesame seeds poured in by the vendors are not proportional to the sesame oil squeezed out, and it stands to reason that a lot of sesame seeds are poured in, but the oil will be very small.
However, the sesame seeds poured in by the vendors, and the sesame oil that came out seemed to be endless, and it was not in the slightest contrast with the sesame seeds that were put in.
This is the so-called scam of freshly squeezed sesame oil, and the trick of "stealing the day" is not uncommon, but this kind of one is okay, at least replace it with other oils.
If you encounter the kind of blending, it is called disgusting, and various additives and various flavors are used to achieve the same purpose as real sesame oil in fragrance and color.
The long-term use of such sesame oil will have a serious impact on people's health, and there is no fixed place for such mobile stalls, so when the body really has problems, I don't know where to look.
In order to maximize profits, traders can be said to do everything, so we must keep our eyes open and not be confused by appearances, so how can we distinguish the authenticity of sesame oil?
Discern the good from the bad
First of all, most of the shops with business licenses and business licenses will be real, because they ran away from the monks, and they couldn't run away from the temple, and if they really did that, they were afraid that someone would go to trouble, so they wouldn't take risks.
Then we have to judge from the price aspect, the cost of sesame oil is there, and there is still a profit from selling sesame oil for ten yuan a catty, so you can imagine how much it costs.
There is also the color, the real sesame oil will have a special red color, clear, but the blended sesame oil may not be there, and because it is blended, the color will be different, you must polish your eyes when buying.
Secondly, in terms of smell, the smell of real sesame oil is very long-lasting, and there is a natural fragrance, but the fragrance blended with essence is a little fragrant and pungent, and the fragrance does not last long.
Finally, there is the taste, the real sesame oil is more and more fragrant in terms of taste, and there will be no other taste, but the fake sesame oil will be worse in terms of taste.
Not only can you eat other flavors, but you will be a little greasy if you eat too much, and even the taste of sesame oil will be bad, and even the taste of flavor will be eaten, so you should stop using it at this time.
epilogue
There is nothing wrong with the saying that we are greedy for a small price and suffer a big loss, we can't end up suffering a big sin in our bodies for the sake of cheapness, not to mention spending more money, and our health has been affected to varying degrees.
Although the phrase cheap is not all applied, I have to admit that the vast majority of products are like this, when others are almost the same price, suddenly a low price appears, we have to understand the reason.
Information sources:
1. The original article was published in the report on "The "Freshly Squeezed Sesame Oil" Scam in the Rural Bazaar, 10 People and 9 Recruits, Are You Still Following the Trend to Buy" released by Longnan Wudu on 2024-04-16;
2. The original article was published on the overseas website on 2021-04-30 about "Sesame oil is also adulterated? Food and drug experts remind: be cautious about buying bulk sesame oil";
3. The original article was published in Heze Daily on 2016-05-27 on ""Squeezed and Sold Sesame Oil, Beware of Hiding Cats in Your Heart";
4. The original article was published in China Consumer Daily on 2021-04-28 on "Pure Sesame Oil Is Blended? Aflatoxins exceeded! Be cautious about buying "freshly squeezed" and "earth-squeezed" bulk sesame oil";