Where is the orange conscience behind the panic?
The core element of modern agriculture is how to present the most authentic agricultural products to consumers, but there are always some "wandering" practitioners (here refers to some fruit merchants and farmers) who blindly follow the trend to meet the needs of some consumers to "sell products", which has caused the food crisis in the citrus industry. Here, Brother Orange wants to tell every consumer that "orange" is the true color of Shatangju! The red one may be a dangerous "orange dye"! We need more industry conscience to maintain the healthy development of Shatangju industry, and at the same time, Brother Orange also looks at the "hidden rules" behind "dyeing oranges";
Unspoken rule 1: Fruit merchant's packaging process "micro-shaping" colored oranges
Because Shatangju is a fruit listed in winter, the main sales node is around the Spring Festival, and red is the festival in traditional Chinese Spring Festival. In order to attract and cater to consumers' appetite, some unhealthy fresh fruit merchants make their products "sell well and sell expensively". In the process of disinfection and waxing after orange purchase, they use harmful dyes such as "Sudan Red" and "Orange Red 2" to dye oranges. If the above dyes are immersed in paper pulp, it will bring health hazards to consumers.
Unspoken rule 2: Fruit farmers are forced by market pressure to color oranges and ripen them.
Shatangju is sensitive to climate during fruit ripening. Excessive rainfall will lead to "greening" and "late ripening" of citrus. In order to meet the pressure of hot-selling nodes in the market or ordering oranges and fruits in advance, some fruit farmers use ripening agent "fruit red" to make oranges look redder when they are close to maturity. This medicine will have a certain impact on the taste and taste of oranges, and at the same time, if the picking interval is insufficient, it will produce certain pesticide residues.
Establish a correct concept of consumption. Shatangju is not as good as "red"
Qu Dajun, a writer of A Qing Dynasty, wrote in his book "Cantonese New Language": "Citrus ... produces four fairs, which are called fish-frozen oranges, ... oranges, tangerines and fragrant rafters, with four fairs as everyone." The natural color of Sihui Shatangju is orange, slightly red. It tastes sweet. In the process of purchasing sugar oranges, consumers should pay attention to red sugar oranges as much as possible. If they lose red, they may be dyed orange. Pay attention to buying. At the same time, due to the corrosion of dyes, the taste and taste of dyed oranges are obviously different from those of normal Shatang oranges. Therefore, in the process of selecting sugar oranges, consumers should reverse the "red" consumption habits.
Here, Brother Orange reminds consumers that the authentic Sihui Shatang orange is orange and reddish. Please be careful not to eat "dyed orange" which is harmful to health when buying.
Finally, the important thing is said three times:
Sihui Shatang orange is "orange"!
Sihui Shatang orange is "orange"!
Sihui Shatang orange is "orange"!