After Wuchang rice was exposed to "essence", the reporter visited some wholesale markets and supermarkets in this city in recent two days and found that even if "essence rice" was not exposed, the rice market in Beijing gave people a sense of chaos, and various concepts were flying all over the sky. Ordinary grain is endowed with various functions, but it is unsupervised. Rice, the most common and familiar consumer product in every household, faces many strange phenomena, which makes people feel strange and even afraid.
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There are all kinds of names.
In the eastern suburb market of Dawang Road, Lin Yanmei took an environmental protection bag and first asked the stall owner Wuchang if there was any problem with the "Daohuaxiang" rice. After getting a negative answer from the stall owner, she was a little relieved. However, faced with colorful rice bags and various names such as "fragrant rice", "Gong Mi", "ecological rice" and "selenium-enriched rice", she was puzzled.
Aunt Lin rushed to Beijing from her hometown because her daughter-in-law was pregnant. Her hometown in the northwest used to be mainly pasta, but she was not good at rice. "The original rice is divided into northeast rice and south rice. Northeast rice is delicious and expensive, while south rice is unpalatable. My daughter-in-law is from Zhejiang and doesn't like noodles. Before she came out, she specifically told me not to buy Wuchang fragrant rice. I didn't expect that there are so many kinds of rice in the Beijing market, and they are all northeast rice, and there is no southern rice at all, so I'd better call my daughter-in-law first, because pregnant women are always uncomfortable, so as not to buy the wrong rice and no one will eat it. " Aunt Lin didn't expect that the first time she came out to buy rice in Beijing, she encountered problems and wrote papers on her behalf.
In fact, there are many people who feel the same way, and Qin Ling is one of them. She told reporters: "I am most afraid of buying rice in a wholesale market like the eastern suburbs. It's actually easier to buy rice in the supermarket. Just find the promoted one. Generally speaking, promotional goods should be cost-effective. When it comes to wholesale markets, there are too many choices. You can see Wuchang, Panjin, Fangzheng, Meihekou, Xinmin and Jiansanjiang. Prices range from two yuan to six yuan. To be honest, I can't see the difference between these rice bags. " Finally, Qin Ling chose two pieces of 6 1 kg "Lvcaodi" brand long-grain fragrant rice under the recommendation of the stall owner.
So is there a recognized and authoritative classification name and standard for rice? Terry Tang, Secretary-General of Rice Branch of China Grain Industry Association, told the reporter that according to the national standard of rice implemented last year, rice can be divided into three types: indica rice (xiān), japonica rice (jοng) and glutinous rice. Among them, indica rice is what people usually call southern rice, and japonica rice is the most common northeast rice in Beijing. In fact, there is not much difference in nutrition between these different kinds of rice, which is advertised by Taobao. However, in terms of taste, japonica rice is much better. In the past, Beijingers used to eat southern rice, while northeastern rice was used to cook porridge. Now the situation is just the opposite. Northeast rice has become the staple food of Beijing people. Terry Tang said, "Mixiang, Gong Mi, Se-enriched rice and pearl rice are all named by producers according to the shape, characteristics, processing technology and marketing needs of rice. They are commodity names, not the names stipulated by the state. " Although this explanation is easy to understand, the difference between the slightly crude national standard name and the common names of the people still makes consumers feel at a loss.
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Old rice polished with new rice.
Speaking of Xi 'an's "risotto" incident, Lao Zhao, who has been selling grain and oil in the eastern suburb market for many years, looks helpless. "Those black sheep have influenced our law-abiding vendors. Now many guests come to ask Wuchang rice if it has fragrance, and then buy other rice and ask me half jokingly if it is not flavored. " Sometimes we don't know whether to seriously deny it or just make a joke. Fortunately, many of my customers here get goods from me all the year round. Some restaurant canteens are bought in three or five bags or seven or eight bags. They know I can't run, I can't sell poor rice, or I haven't really eaten. "When the reporter asked if there really was shoddy, Lao Zhao nodded." Those vendors in the morning market do this, but we are mainly wholesale and rely on repeat customers. I really dare not mess around. "
Under the introduction of Lao Zhao, the reporter contacted his hometown of Jamlom. Jamlom sells grain and oil in the morning market in Haidian. He told reporters that the competition in his morning market is fierce, and a piece of rice of 8 1 kg is still too expensive for many people. In addition, some people from the nearby construction site came to buy rice for migrant workers. They recognized the price but not the quality. In order to reduce costs and seize the market, Jamlom began to mix old rice and Xinmi the year before last, and the price dropped to less than 1.5 yuan. Who knew it wasn't discovered? "Those who buy the cheapest rice generally don't care about the taste, and my rice hasn't gone bad, so I'm not afraid of being found. "
Jamlom told reporters that he still has a conscience, and it is mainly that the new rice is mixed with a small amount of old rice. Some vendors in wholesale markets simply polish old rice and sell it as new rice. Those people make money faster. Pointing to a bag of rice marked "Northeast Rice" on the booth, he told reporters that many people recognized the luster of this rice, and the polished old rice catered to the buyers' psychology. "Ordinary buyers like you can't see it at all, but this refurbished old rice must be eaten as soon as possible. If you leave it at home for too long, it will be easy to pull. "
As for where the last sellers in the wholesale market polished old rice, Jamlom said he didn't know. However, he listened to those who talked about the processing process: first, humidify the old rice to remove the dust on the surface, if there is a musty smell, remove it initially, and then use the exhaust fan to basically remove the musty smell; Then, through polishing and color selection. When polishing, some factories use water, and some factories use vegetable oil to make the appearance of rice grains brighter, while the color sorter can remove obvious yellow particles from rice and improve the appearance of rice.
How to discover the renovation of old rice? Song Mudan, secretary-general of China Grain Industry Association, gave consumers a suggestion: First, try to buy rice from regular supermarkets and food stores, and less from vendors; Secondly, no matter where you buy rice, try to choose rice from well-known enterprises and brands; In addition, consumers should not blindly pursue delicacy when eating rice. Eating some brown rice properly is good for their health, but rice that is too bright should be extra vigilant.
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None of them can be confirmed.
In a morning market on Xingfu Avenue in Chongwen District, Aunt Xing trudged out with a trolley containing 15 kg of selenium-enriched rice in Yanshou County, Heilongjiang Province. She is usually thrifty and does not hesitate to buy it at a price higher than the market price of 2.6 yuan per catty. She said, "It's already on the radio. After the human body absorbs selenium, it can improve the body's immunity, resist aging, prevent cardiovascular diseases, protect the visual organs, and has a good anti-cancer effect. My wife has high blood pressure. I hear this kind of rice is very good. I have to try. " The old man said a lot of advantages in one breath, but when a reporter asked, how do you know that this rice contains selenium? Aunt Xing, who just looked excited, was speechless for a while, so that the reporter could not bear to continue asking questions.
It is understood that selenium-enriched rice refers to a kind of rice with selenium content of 0. 1-0.3mg/kg. Eating 300-500 grams of this rice can make people eat the selenium nutrition they need every day and meet the human body's demand for selenium. Lao Zhao, a stall owner selling grain and oil in the eastern suburb market, told reporters that at present, many selenium-enriched rice is only reflected in the packaging, and whether it contains selenium is "God knows". According to him, even if consumers are lucky enough to buy rice containing selenium, 90% of it is made by fertilizing outside the roots. In fact, the rice planted in selenium-enriched soil is the real selenium-enriched rice, which is hard to buy in the market.
Like Se-enriched rice, how to verify the so-called special varieties of rice, such as bamboo fragrant rice, non-washed rice, polished rice and enriched rice, has become another unsolved problem. What puzzles consumers even more is that selenium-enriched rice, also known as selenium-enriched rice, varies in price, ranging from a few yuan to dozens of yuan per catty. Some selenium-enriched rice have no explanation except the name. Other brands of selenium-enriched rice have marked the selenium content in the rice on the exquisite packaging box, but they lack the certification of authoritative departments. So, since Li Kui jy can't prove himself, Gui Li is even more unscrupulous.
The rice market has been in such a mess for a long time, and it will go wrong sooner or later. Wuchang rice flavor incident is just the tip of the iceberg.
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"Thai fragrant rice" is 90% fake.
Wuchang rice fraud was exposed and the public was worried. The reporter immediately visited some supermarkets and found that Thai fragrant rice was also exposed to fraud. A Thai fragrant rice essence was found in some rice processing plants exposed by CCTV this time. Earlier, Hu Lili, director of the Commercial Office of the Consulate General of Thailand in Guangzhou, told the media that "more than 90% of Thai fragrant rice repackaged in China is fake Thai fragrant rice".
According to industry insiders, Thai fragrant rice is an internationally registered trademark, and it is only "authentic" if it is planted in Thailand. But at present, many products on the market are fake with Jiangxi "923" rice with similar appearance. According to industry sources, there are three main ways to "inject water" into Thai fragrant rice on the market at present: one is to cheat in the process of sub-packaging; One is to directly use domestic long-grain rice as Thai fragrant rice; The worst way is to fake it directly, spray the edible essence on the white rice, so that the white rice gives off a rich fragrance and pretends to be fragrant rice.
According to reports, the appearance of Jiangxi "923" rice is very similar to that of Thai fragrant rice, and the price of good quality is only 1.9 yuan/kg, but the brand of "Thai fragrant rice" can generally sell for 3.5-3.8 yuan/kg. Authentic Thai fragrant rice costs 3.85 yuan/kg, which is more than 5 yuan/kg in China market. If it is lower than this price, it must be shoddy. Our reporter Bin Yang.
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