The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has proposed to tap the potential of the market for prepared vegetables.

On July 31, the General Office of the State Council forwarded a notice from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on measures to restore and expand consumption. In terms of expanding consumption of food service, the notice points out that it advocates healthy food consumption and opposes food waste, and supports localities in organizing food festivals, creating special food neighborhoods, and carrying out food and beverage activities to promote consumption. Optimize the regulations related to the extension of business hours of catering establishments according to local conditions.

Cultivating the "breeding base + central kitchen + cold chain logistics + catering stores" model, tapping the potential of the market for prepared dishes, accelerating the construction of prepared dish bases, fully reflecting the principles of safety, nutrition and health, and improving the quality of catering and distribution standardization. Promote transparent kitchens so that consumers can eat with confidence.

A number of companies said the consumer promotion policy related to prepared dishes is a positive signal to promote the development of this market, and will continue to expand the layout of the prepared dish business in the future.

There are currently five major players in the prepared food industry, including raw material supply companies, prepared food manufacturers, frozen food companies, restaurant chains and retailers, covering the upper, middle and lower reaches of the industry chain.

Prepared vegetables as a newly emerged industry, the company's overall industrial chain layout will certainly take some time, but now the government's policy obviously released a positive signal.

Types of prepared dishes

1, ready to match the prepared dishes: all the ingredients are raw, just do a simple cut, marinade treatment, with a seasoning or seasoning packet, buy home need to be cooked to eat, above the pre-prepared pickled mustard fish, pre-prepared stir-fry meat is this.

2, ready-to-cook prefabricated dishes: the dishes are basically cooked, but because it is refrigerated or frozen cold chain transportation, so you need to heat through in order to eat, the above braised pork and cassoulet belongs to this kind of, a lot of dishes out of the fast takeaway, the main will be used in this kind of prefabricated dishes.

3, ready to heat the prepared dishes: is after cooking treatment has been cooked or semi-cooked state, after a simple reheat can be eaten products. Heat-resistant composite film bag in boiling water for a few minutes, or plate with microwave heat for a few minutes.

4, ready-to-eat prefabricated dishes: that is, has been completed sterilization cooked, can be directly imported, can be eaten directly after opening the product. Canned and soft canned food, such as bagged roast chicken, bagged beef in sauce, etc. can be included in the ready-to-eat category of prepared dishes.