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Many netizens are puzzled: Why is the beef sold online, whether raw or cooked, much cheaper than physical stores, and some are even incredibly cheap. Do you dare to eat such cheap beef? How to buy assured beef online?
In response to these problems, the old pickled vegetable people summarized seven reasons and revealed the truth behind them.
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First: scale effect, strong ** chain.
For a certain east, a cat and other platforms, some high-quality merchants, due to the scale effect, huge market volume, to achieve direct supply of origin, coupled with efficient ** chain, eliminating a lot of intermediate links, these, of course, are incomparable to physical stores, ** is naturally low. But not much lower.
Therefore, such beef can still be bought with confidence, but you must buy the original cut, that is, the beef has been decomposed and frozen to remove acid, and the meat has not undergone any processing, and the ingredient list also indicates that there are no other ingredients except beef. As for the reason, you can see it when you look down.
Second: conditioning beef.
Due to the accelerated pace of life nowadays, people are not willing to spend more time cooking, so the convenient and quick preparation of meat is very popular.
The so-called conditioned beef is to add various seasonings to the beef, marinate it in advance, and you can go to the pot directly after buying it. Don't think that the merchant provides you with such a semi-finished product, and ** is so cheap, the cat behind it is greasy, it is added a lot of water retention agents, edible gelatin, starch, tender meat powder, and even salt, a pound of fresh meat, you can make a few catties of conditioned meat, ** naturally low to you can hardly believe that you eat such meat, but also fragrant and delicious, tender and juicy, and even full of praise, it is really ridiculous and sad.
Third: spliced meat.
The meat on the cow, according to different parts, the price difference is very large, such as beef tendon, steak, it is much more expensive than other parts, some savvy manufacturers, you can add a variety of worthless scraps, add edible gum, starch, water retention agent, after processing and shaping, do the same, ** naturally cheap to you scream.
For example, there are so many filet mignon sold on the Internet, do you think it's true? Don't be too naïve, filet mignon refers to the meat in the abdominal cavity of the cow's loin, with the lumbar vertebrae, one on the left and right, a cow is only three to four catties, because this part is rarely moved, so the meat is tender and delicious, ** high, and the profit margin is large, so most of the filet mignon and tendon sold online are spliced and spliced.
Fourth: Synthetic meat.
Do you think that the beef rolls and beef balls you eat in major hot pot restaurants and skewer restaurants are made of real beef? Don't be naïve, most of what you eat is duck, chicken, pork, rabbit, etc., with beef flavor, starch, edible gelatin, soy protein, mixed and pressed, processed and synthetic, and there is a beautiful name, called recombinant meat.
Fifth: Fat-infused meat.
The so-called snowflake beef on the Internet, it seems that the pattern is clear, the color is attractive, and it is very cheap, in fact, most of them are just ordinary beef, or scraps, or even synthetic meat, after fat injection, it looks like snowflake beef.
Sixth: Passing off as beef.
Why is the cooked beef, beef jerky you buy online, so cheap, in fact, most of them are just passing off as beef. A pound of ordinary beef jerky, the cost price, is more than 100 yuan, yak beef jerky is 167, you say, 50 or 60 yuan a pound of beef jerky, can you buy real yak jerky? Most of them are pork, duck, or synthetic meat, which is processed with beef flavor.
Seventh: smuggling meat.
Although China is constantly stepping up its efforts to crack down on smuggling, many people are still desperate to take risks because of profits.
China's beef importers, mainly from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Australia and other countries, while some countries in North and South America are restricted from importing due to the allowed use of antibiotics, hormones, and clenbuterol. However, with the addition of high technology, the yield of beef is higher, the growth period is shorter, the cost is low, so the selling price is also low, and there is no tariff on smuggled meat.
This kind of beef is mostly seen in micro-businesses and live broadcast rooms, so it is best to stay away, because it has not undergone strict inspection and quarantine.
In short, don't blindly covet cheap, all say that you don't buy what you sell, no matter how cheap things are, merchants also want profits, it is impossible to provide free service, the cat behind is greasy, interesting, don't just look at the **, ignore the quality, and eventually the gains outweigh the losses.