According to market statistics, compared with this time last year, the sales of tofu doubled. The shortage of pork makes vegetable proteins such as tofu slowly enter consumers' sight. Compared with other meat substitutes, tofu is cheap and good. The price of meat is more than eight dollars, while the price of tofu is less than three dollars, which is a more affordable choice for health-conscious and price-sensitive consumers.
Not only has tofu become a popular choice, but the sales of tofu substitutes have also increased significantly. For example, the sales of tofu products made from pumpkin seeds increased by 50%. If this trend continues, this year's shipments will exceed10 million US dollars.
Tofu is a common, affordable, nutritious and delicious food in China. You can also make soybean milk at home, which is convenient and fresh. However, in the United States, people can only buy soybean milk and tofu in restaurants and supermarkets. Drinking soybean milk in America is a very tasteful thing. According to the survey, Mapo tofu ranks in the top five among American favorite foods in China, which shows that tofu is still very popular among Americans. Since the reform and opening up, Sino-US exchanges have become more frequent, and China's language and other cultures have been loved by more and more Americans, especially food. Our once famous laodopted mother and spicy strips now have tofu.