China has been eating lard for thousands of years. As early as ancient times, lard was one of the essential ingredients of people's delicious food. According to records, during the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions and brought back sesame seeds from the Western Regions. Since then, vegetable oil has slowly appeared. Before that, most people ate lard.

Based on this unilateral report, some people think that lard is harmful to health. But the report shows that vegetable oil is more suitable for eating than animal oil, and it doesn't say that animal oil is harmful to people at all, or even mention lard. Moreover, lard also contains unsaturated fatty acids, but the content is a little less than vegetable oil.

As early as 1986, some people in the United States did diet experiments and found that cholesterol would increase after eating lard. If you switch to vegetable oil, the result is the same. This further proves this view.

Use of lard

Lard commonly used in China has two main uses. One is cooking. Add lard when cooking, and the food will be more fragrant. For example, in Fuzhou and other places in the south of China, lard is poured into dishes or noodles for direct consumption. The second is to make cakes, such as barbecued pork. According to statistics, China, which produces the most pork, also ranks first in the world in lard production.

Factories located in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu and other places use scientific machines and methods to extract lard. These export units are tons of lard production plants, which not only supply families in China, but also export to many countries outside China. In addition, people still generally use hot pot to cook fat pork to extract lard in China.

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