Keeping in good health moon cakes not health concept hype don't take it seriously

11:30:21 September 14, 2015

Source: Beijing morning post

Is different with previous years, this year's moon cake appeared on the market such as spirulina moon cake, American ginseng, flaunting the banner of "nutrition" mooncakes. The price of these "moon cakes" nutrition is generally higher than that of traditional moon cakes. Usually with shark's fin, bird's nest moon cake gift box, more than the price in 300 yuan of above. To this, the expert warns customer, "moon cakes" nutritive health may not really have nourishing effect, citizens buy don't blindly follow suit.

Government moon cake packaging rules, during a crackdown on extravagant, "day price" mooncakes become a rat crossing the street, gradually replaced by the parity moon cakes, while sales will get by, but the businessman profit affected, anxious to find new sources of growth. But with the development of social economy, people's health consciousness gradually strengthened, more and more people are popular with green health food, also willing to pay higher prices for health, and health tonic "moon cakes" nutrition is born with.

Most of these so-called "moon cakes" nutrition, nominal add "spirulina", "ginseng", "bird's nest", "abalone" and "shark", although are traditional rare tonic nourishment, did not indicate the specific content. In a small moon cakes, itself the fillings such as flour, cooking oil, eggs, sugar, will occupy a large proportion, imagine how much these nutrients can have. Even spirulina, American ginseng, bird's nest has a nourishing effect to human body, but if the component content is too low, for consumers, moon cake, is can't eat a few pieces, also is better than nothing, it is difficult to have the effect of the health care keeping in good health.

Is the merchant's concept of "health moon cakes" hype, experts have said very understand, moon cake whatever type of health care, can not change the high sugar, high fat, high heat of the "three highs" nature. Visible, "health" mooncakes and health simply can't match relations, can for health tonic name, instead of misleading part is not suitable for eating mooncakes consumers, not only a waste of money, also affect the healthy body, too not cost-effective.

The moon cake is a traditional food of ordinary, no matter in what kind of ma3 jia3, also can't change the truth. Managers as for industry, as well as to uncover the true character of the "health" mooncakes in a timely manner, in accordance with the law, rectification, contain malicious hype fool, exaggerated publicity and consumer behavior.

Jiang Debin