Water-infused rice is a bit unpalatable and confusing, but it is not good for human health.
As a representative of the National People's Congress, China's agricultural production
Pictured: high-quality rice and water-injected rice (bottom right)
Have you ever heard that rice can also be watered? In order to win the bid at a low price in the canteen procurement of large food enterprises, the rice processor who injected water soaked the rice with river water.
Water-infused rice is a bit unpalatable and confusing, but it is not good for human health.
As a deputy to the National People's Congress and vice president of the China Association of Leading Enterprises in Agricultural Industrialization, he brought dozens of toxic and harmful foods and additives bought from the market to Beijing for publicity last year, causing widespread concern.
During the two sessions this year, he once again broke the unspoken rule of "injecting water into rice".
At the panel discussion, Zhu brought the "water-injected rice" per catty 1.9 yuan he bought in the market at the end of February and the rice with normal price, as well as some photos of "messy" rice processing workshops.
From the scene, there is not much difference between the two kinds of rice, and "water-injected rice" appears whiter.
At present, the purchase price of rice is around 1.5 yuan per catty, and the cost of processed clean rice is above 2 yuan per catty, while the cheapest clean rice on the market only costs 2 yuan a catty, and there is almost no profit in the processing.
Under normal circumstances, 1 ton of rice passes through the circulation link, and the profit is between 20 yuan and 60 yuan.
"The general water injection ratio is 10 ton of rice 1 ton of water, the water content of normal rice is 14.5%~ 15.5%, and the water content of' water-injected rice' is 5% higher.
Tap water is expensive, and some unscrupulous merchants directly soak it in river water.
Zhu dui said, "soaked rice is easy to go bad, but cooked with good rice, the taste is no different, but in the long run, the impact on the body is certain." .
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"Water injection rice may not be visible to the naked eye, but it will be exposed as soon as it is tested.
We know that rice is harvested before the end of the year and needs to be dried. The normal water content is about 15%, and the water content of the rice I brought is 20%, which is obviously mixed with water.
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According to Zhu's analysis, water-injected rice is generally supplied to large canteens for bidding and procurement. Because many bidders are based on the price, the price is low, and the winning bidder is unprofitable, so they have a crooked brain. Secondly, the canteen consumes a lot and turns around quickly. Rice can be eaten when it is bought, and it won't last long, so it's not easy to reveal the stuffing.
How to deal with the hidden rules of water-injected rice? Zhu Xiang proposed two methods:
One is to raise the threshold, such as a large number of small workshops that do not have production conditions to be banned. They have no production qualification and can't inject water.
The second is to set up rice cooperatives to manage professionals in the industry, strengthen management through industry self-discipline, and also sell rice in the name of rice professional cooperatives.