On September 10, under the rising popularity of social media related topics about "Zhihu Mooncake After Eating Diarrhea", some netizens pointed out that the Zhihu Mooncake was produced by COFCO Fengtong (Beijing) Food Co., Ltd., a holding company of COFCO Group.
Since then, COFCO Fengtong confirmed the news to the media, saying that it is indeed a producer of mooncakes. And for the production of sugar alcohol mooncakes for various enterprises more than 50,000 boxes, of which 18,000 boxes are provided to Zhihu. For the relevant ordering customers, the purchased products will be exchanged or returned under mutual consultation.
It is understood that the mooncake is prepared for some active users and big V, and some users have diarrhea and other symptoms after eating the mooncake. Since then, related topics have quickly appeared on social media hot searches. On September 8, Zhihu officially issued an apology saying that due to the consideration of low sugar, maltitol was used instead of sucrose, but maltitol may cause some people to lactose intolerance.
According to public information, COFCO Fengtong is a foreign-invested enterprise jointly invested by COFCO Group and Toyota Tsusho Co., Ltd. of Japan in December 2005. The main business scope includes the production of pastries, biscuits, other foods, quick-frozen food and so on. Its person in charge responded to the media that sugar substitutes have been used in the food industry for a long time, hoping that this matter can attract the attention of the industry and promote the establishment of standards related to the addition limit of maltitol. (text| AI Finance & Economics Intern Xu Kang)