Why are few people eating tea oil, the king of oil , now? What are the disadvantages of tea oil?

Have you ever eaten tea oil that defeated olive oil to become the "king of oils"?

I believe that many southern friends have grown up eating camellia oil since childhood, because China is currently the country with the most widely distributed camellia family, with the world's largest camellia oil production base, and it is also the hometown of camellia oil.

Camellia oil is also called camellia oil, camellia oil, etc., he is a kind of edible oil pressed from the seeds of Camellia oleifera trees, many people not only grew up eating it decades ago, but also grew up with it, especially in Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Hong Kong and other southern cities, have planted a large number of Camellia oleifera trees.

Therefore, camellia oil was also the national edible oil of that era, and because it could be eaten and used, it was widely used, so it was also called the "king of oil".

But today, with the improvement of people's living standards, there are fewer and fewer people who eat tea oil.

Camellia oleifera is endemic to southern China and one of the four major woody edible oil tree species in the world. Camellia oleifera likes warmth and is not cold-tolerant. Therefore, the humid climate, abundant sunshine and deep soil layer in the south are very suitable for the growth of Camellia oleifera.

The pure natural camellia oil extracted from the camellia fruit generally presents a translucent golden yellow color, and the oil also has a unique plant fragrance, and the unsaturated fatty acid content of camellia oil is as high as 90%, which is far from the general edible oil, and the vitamin E content of the western oil king olive oil is twice as high, and contains specific physiologically active substances such as camelliasides, which has extremely high nutritional value.

In the 80s of the last century, with China's policy of gradually opening up to the outside world, pure natural camellia oil was also introduced to foreign countries and became popular for a while, and many foreign consumers praised camellia oil as "oriental olive oil".

Unlike imported olive oil, camellia oil has a longer history, camellia oil was commonly eaten as early as the Han Wu Emperor in China more than 2,000 years ago, and many medical works in history have recorded the uniqueness of camellia oil.

The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Tea seeds, bitter cold and pure, mainly treat shortness of breath and cough, and remove scale;

The "Compendium Notes" records: "Camellia oil can moisten the intestines, clear the stomach, detoxify, and sterilize,".

The "Family Residence Diet Recipe" records: "Tea oil can moisten dryness, clear heat, breathe wind and benefit the head, tea oil cooking dishes, suitable for daily use, steamed cooked food, Ze light, all oils are the most light and clear, so all diseases are not taboo;

The Complete Book of Agricultural Administration records: "Camellia oil can treat hemorrhoids and reduce dampness and heat;

In addition, the camellia tree is also a treasure given by nature to the Chinese land, in addition to China's large-scale planting, there is only a few Southeast Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea have sporadic distribution.

Some people may think that it takes 3-4 years for the olive fruit to ripen for a long time, but they don't know that the camellia tree generally takes 3-5 years to bloom and 6-8 years to bear fruit, and after hanging the fruit, it has to go through the five seasons of autumn, winter, spring, summer and autumn, and absorb the essence of the sun and the moon for more than 490 days before it can mature.

Therefore, camellia oil has been enjoyed by the royal family in Chinese history, and its nutritional value, health and beauty effects and rarity far exceed other vegetable oils, so camellia oil also has the title of "liquid **" and "king of oil".

But it is such a tea oil that has been prevalent in China for thousands of years, spread all over the world in the 80s, and occupies half of the edible oil market, and now the iron has fallen off the altar, why is this?

Tea oil, which has a long history and world-class influence, why is it that few people eat it now? In fact, it is mainly because of the following reasons.

First, the first is expensive

In the past, when the countryside was not urbanized, there were not many people who went out to work, and everyone basically lived a self-sufficient life, and they would plant a little bit of any crop, so the camellia oil they ate at home was also grown and squeezed by themselves.

Now, with the entry of camellia oil into the market, coupled with the blessing of "liquid" and "oriental olive oil", ** is also soaring, only rising but not falling.

In the past, it may be sold for a maximum of twenty or thirty yuan a catty, but now some small workshop producers can sell a little inferior tea oil for 50-100 yuan. If it is tea oil produced by some more formal large factories, it can even be sold for two or three hundred yuan a catty.

This ** makes many ordinary families directly discouraged and can't afford to eat, coupled with the fierce competition in the market, other edible oils take a low price advantage and quickly defeat camellia oil, the camellia oil market is deeply affected by opponents, and the market is gradually shrinking, so camellia oil has slowly left the dining table of many families, and finally became a niche edible oil.

Second, the taste of consumers

It is understood that one of the reasons why many domestic consumers do not choose tea oil is that they do not like tea oil very muchGreen and slightly bittertaste, and the more cost-effective peanut oil is fragrant, which is more acceptable.

Although camellia oil has become a niche in the domestic edible oil market, its taste is deeply loved by consumers in Western countries, so camellia oil still has a good sales and reputation abroad.

Third, the current camellia is no longer the camellia of the past

Just now we talked about the slow growth of camellia trees, and if ordinary farmers want to make money by planting this, the input cost is too high, so there are many improved tree species with early fruiting and high oil yield on the market. But this modified tea oil also loses its original taste.

In addition, as the price of camellia oil in the market continues to rise, its ** is several times higher than peanut oil, soybean oil and other edible oils, many unscrupulous merchants began to use low-quality tea oil or even cheap oil to pass off as high-quality tea oil and defraud consumers to make profits.

Because of the lack of management, the tea oil market has accumulated a reputation for thousands of years over time, and it has been almost ruined in just over a decade.

This makes many people who love tea oil gradually shy away from tea oil, for fear that they will be the next big wrongs to be slaughtered.

In general, although tea oil is good, it has gradually deviated from the people's will. Competitive products emerge in endlessly, consumers' taste preferences are gradually changing, and the self-contained tea oil coupled with the high ** can only be reduced to a niche edible oil in the end, after all, there are not many people who can eat 100 yuan a pound of edible oil every day.

At the end of the day, tea oil is also our "treasure of the Orient", something that has been passed down from thousands of years ago, and we have reason to believe that it still has a large number of potential consumers. At the same time, we also hope that the camellia oil industry will go through a series of reforms and innovations in the future and regain the style of the "oil king" in the past.

Friends, do you still buy tea oil to eat?