Tips for identifying real and fake beef

1. Look, observe and identify with your eyes: the texture of real beef is more delicate, the meat is glossier, the surface is red, and the color is uniform. The fibers of beef are milky white.

2. Smell with your nose and identify the smell: Smell it with your nose to see if it has a special smell. Real beef should have a normal meat aroma, without any peculiar smell or strong or pungent smell.

3. Touch and press with your hands: Feel the elasticity and feel of the beef with your hands. Real beef has better elasticity after being pressed and is not easy to collapse or dent. The meat also feels smooth and tender.

4. Taste with your mouth: Many times, we are not 100% sure whether the beef is authentic, so we can choose to taste it. There is a lot of difference in taste between real beef and fake beef. Real beef should be sliced ??into pieces after being cooked, and the thickness should be relatively uniform. There should be no "disconnection" between the meat textures, and the color should be relatively uniform. It is delicious to eat. The texture is also more delicate and chewy. Extended information

Identify genuine and fake beef jerky:

Industry insiders pointed out that for pork and beef sold on the market, consumers can judge from many aspects such as color, smell, viscosity, and elasticity. Carry out preliminary identification.

1. Color: Beef fat is white or milky yellow, which is obviously less than pork fat.

2. Taste: Real beef has a faint mutton smell unique to beef and a strong meaty aroma, otherwise it may be processed from pork or other meat.

3. Texture: The fiber length of beef is long, and the meat structure is thick and compact; while the fiber length of pork is short, and the meat structure is thin and loose.

4. Taste: The meat feels old when eating beef, and the meat feels tender when eating pork.

Reference materials: China Youth Network--Four tips to teach you how to identify real and fake beef

Reference materials: People's Daily--Eating this kind of beef jerky may cause cancer. How to identify real and fake beef. Beef jerky