Some mooncakes are on the market first.
After the implementation of the new standard, the additives have been reduced, the shelf life has been shortened, and many large supermarkets are expected to sell in large areas until mid-August
Colorful Guizhou network news There is still a month or so away from the Mid-Autumn Festival, some city cake shops have sold a variety of flavors of mooncakes early, but Yonghui, Carrefour and other large supermarkets have not yet moved, and in the year before last year, about a month before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the city's major supermarkets have a strong atmosphere. To this end, the reporter visited some pastry shops in the city, as well as small shops and large supermarkets.
Mid-Autumn MoonCake, small shop first
"At the end of July, a batch was made, the sale was average, most people bought to taste the fresh", the staff of a well-known cake shop in Guikai Road told reporters that there are still very few mooncakes sold in the market, and now the store has done a batch of sales, seize this opportunity! Moreover, some gift boxes have also been appropriately made. The reporter saw that the mooncakes in the store are currently sold, each 12 yuan, and the mooncake flavor has ham five kernels, white cakes, lotus paste, cranberries and so on. The price of the gift box ranges from 100 yuan, the gift box contains 268 yuan, 388 yuan, etc., the most expensive 888 yuan, according to the staff of the store, the thousand yuan gift box was not sold as early as last year.
During the visit, the reporter found that most of the cake shops and small supermarkets in the city seized the opportunity of the "Mid-Autumn Festival economy", while the major supermarkets that seized the opportunity in previous years did not move. The reporter visited Yonghui, Carrefour, Beijing Hualian and other large supermarkets, currently do not sell mooncakes, according to a large supermarket staff in Guikai Road, a large number of mooncakes are expected to be listed until mid-August. For large supermarkets have not started to sell mooncakes, some mooncake buyers said that the mooncake market in the morning is just to create a gimmick, sales will not have much growth, the golden timing of mooncake sales is mostly about half a month before the Mid-Autumn Festival and a week after the festival, coupled with the impact of factors such as the national rectification of the four winds, large supermarkets will inevitably not cost too much to compete for the "bellwether". On the contrary, pastry shops and small supermarkets catered to the willing citizens, sold at high prices for profit, and shared an early "Mid-Autumn Festival economy" cake.
The mooncake market is waiting for the Mid-Autumn Festival to approach
Although some pastry shops, small supermarkets, roadside shops, etc. have seen business opportunities, but the reporter found that the mooncakes currently sold are mostly produced around the end of July, and some mooncakes with a short shelf life are facing expiration until the Mid-Autumn Festival, the reporter bought a monthly cake in a cake shop, the production date is July 29, 2014, and the packaging also says "The best to eat before this date: 2014/09/30", to which the reporter asked the store if it could not be sold in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the owner of the store told reporters that they would generally do it in moderation If it exceeds the consumption period, it will be removed from the shelves. And some of the small pastry shops located in the alley are not so exquisite, in a small cake shop in Taiyi Lane, the reporter saw that the merchants in the glass cabinet put out the bulk mooncake on the cover of a layer of plastic film, there are flies still crawling on the glass cabinet, and the shelf life is almost listening to the boss, there is no packaging instructions.
Although mooncakes are already sold on the market, are there many consumers who pay for it? The reporter randomly interviewed several consumers, and Mr. Guo, a citizen, said that there is still a month away from the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is no need to buy mooncakes early, or eat the atmosphere when waiting for the festival, and Ms. Chen feels that she can buy something for the old and young at home to taste the fresh, do not have to buy more.
Fewer additives and shorter shelf life
Many citizens still have some concerns about the quality of the mooncakes, taking advantage of the festival to sell too many mooncakes, quality and safety are not guaranteed, some have inexplicable additives, or go to the regular supermarket to buy will be more assured. In this regard, the reporter consulted Yang Shiyao, secretary general of the Guizhou Food Industry Association, yang secretary general told reporters that some mooncakes contain some additives are normal, such as turmeric, radish red and other color agents, coupled with the implementation of the previous new standards for food additives, many mooncake additives have been greatly reduced, and the shelf life has been shortened accordingly. Subsequently, the reporter inquired and learned that due to the implementation of the new version of the "Food Additive Use Standards" in 2012, the shelf life of the moon cake was set to no more than 60 days, the shelf life of the moon cake was shortened by one month compared with the past, 27 kinds of food additives were "blocked", and only more than ten kinds of additives (restricted) could be used.
According to industry insiders, the benzoic acid preservatives that were previously commonly used to extend the shelf life of mooncakes have been replaced by sorbic acid preservatives, and the new national standard also has strict control over the amount of sorbic acid preservatives.