Baked starch sausage

　　It is a "online celebrity snack" that many people love to eat.

　　But recently,

　　The starch sausage was "collapsed"

　　Baked starch sausage at roadside stalls all over the country

　　The price is generally 2-3 yuan/root.

　　In the wholesale market

　　The price of starch sausage is about 0.5-0.6 yuan per root.

　　The cost price of factory production is lower.

　　At this price.

　　Is there meat in the starch sausage?

　　What kind of meat, if any?

　　If there is no meat

　　Where does the meat flavor of starch sausage come from?

　　Five common starch sausage products bought by reporters in the market

　　The meat in the starch sausage is mostly bone mud.

　　Commonly used in pet food production.

　　A comprehensive observation of the five brands of starch sausage with high sales volume on the market at present shows that there is little difference in the ingredient list, and they are basically composed of meat, water, starch, white sugar, monosodium glutamate, spices and other seasonings, as well as additives such as sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium pyrophosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and temptation red, totaling 15 or 6 components.

　　List of ingredients for starch sausage products

　　According to the General Rules for Labeling in prepackaged foods, all ingredients should be arranged one by one in descending order of adding amount when manufacturing or processing food, but the "starch sausage" ranked first in the ingredient list is meat.

　　The staff of a starch sausage manufacturer in Henan revealed that they all use chicken and chicken bone paste, and duck meat is cheaper, and most of them are starch.

　　At present, most of the people who sell chicken bone paste are merchants who operate pet food, and the merchants said: "Bone paste is not recommended for people to eat, and barbecue is not good."

　　The picture shows the "chicken bone paste" product searched and displayed on the e-commerce website.

　　He Jiguo, an associate professor in the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University, once said that the use of chicken neck mud and chicken rack mud instead of the original meat is essentially adulterated and shoddy, and the nutrients in it can’t be absorbed by the human body.

　　The staff of the starch sausage manufacturer also revealed that the ex-factory price of starch sausage is 80 yuan/box, and each box contains 120 pieces, totaling 24 kg. If you get more goods, you will get a gift, which is basically 50 cents to 60 cents.

　　Starch sausage has less meat but full of "meaty taste"

　　There is essence blessing.

　　It is difficult for consumers to tell what kind of meat is in the starch sausage when they eat it.

　　On the one hand, because the amount of starch sausage meat is small; On the other hand, an important ingredient in the seasoning of starch sausage is essence. Judging from the samples of the five brands of starch sausage purchased, all the ingredients have flavors. The staff of the above-mentioned Henan starch sausage enterprise also directly said, "Don’t worry about less meat and no meat flavor, there are flavors.

　　Henan Shuangrun Food Co., Ltd. Flavor Barbecue Pork Sausage Enterprise Standard Screenshot

　　There is no special national standard for starch sausage

　　Although it looks like ham sausage, starch sausage is not produced according to the national standard of ham sausage, and there is a certain gap between the physical and chemical indexes of the product and ham sausage, so it can not be regarded as ham sausage product.

　　According to the national standard, the sausage is in accordance with the General Rules for the Quality of Ham Sausage (GB/T 20712-2022). In terms of physical and chemical requirements, the starch contents of ordinary, excellent and super ham sausages are ≤10.0g/100g, ≤8.0g/100g≤6.0g/100g respectively.

　　Taking the enterprise standard "Sausage" (Q/PFY 0006S-2023) of Panshan Fuyu Food Co., Ltd. as an example, the starch contents of three products, namely sausage, skin sausage and vermicelli sausage, are ≤10%≤10% and ≤25% respectively.

　　However, other starch sausage manufacturers did not even limit the starch content of starch sausages.

　　So, is there enough meat and corresponding protein in the starch sausage?

　　As it turns out, there is no clear standard requirement in this respect …

　　The protein content of the sample starch sausage purchased by the reporter is 5.295.5g/1009, which is lower than the most common standard of ham sausage. However, most enterprise standards for starch sausage do not make clear requirements for protein and other indicators.

　　In addition, there is no special national standard for starch sausage, and the reference standard seems to be vague.

　　A person from a standardized technical consulting company said that to formulate enterprise standards, it is necessary to refer to the raw material list and technological process of products and then synthesize multiple national standards or industry standards. If the national standard of cooked meat products is used as the basis for enterprise standards, as long as the meat in their products meets the national standard of cooked meat products. Of course, because there is more starch in starch sausage, you can also choose to use the national standard of starch products as the basis of enterprise standard.

　　According to the relevant regulations, the description of enterprise standards should specify the contents that are stricter than the national or local food safety standards. However, in the enterprise standards of Panjin Yufei Food Co., Ltd., Henan Shuangrun Food Co., Ltd. and Panshan Fuyu Food Co., Ltd., only "the lead limit index is stricter than the national standard" is mentioned.

　　The standard of starch sausage has not become higher for more than ten years.

　　Water and fat in enterprise standards

　　The content is getting higher and higher

　　Although it has existed in the market for more than ten years, the standard of starch sausage has not improved obviously with the development of economy and society, but there are some signs of relaxation.

　　Screenshot of vermicelli sausage (Q/PFY 0004S-2013)

　　Screenshot of vermicelli sausage (Q/PFY 0004S-2013)

　　Comparing the two standards, we can see that there is more water and more fat under the new enterprise standard of starch sausage of Panshan Fuyu Food Co., Ltd.

　　In this regard, an expert who did not want to be named suggested that when consumers choose meat products, it is recommended to check the nutrition label and try to choose products with less fat and lower sodium content.

　　Netizens are hotly discussing:

　　The pure starch in the picture has meat?

　　A few years ago,

　　Ham sausage pursues more meat

　　Adding starch will be rejected.

　　Today, some consumers are

　　Turn your head and pursue starch sausage

　　Some people think they eat starch sausage.

　　It’s not for meat.

　　"Starch sausage, since the name is starch.

　　There is no demanding meat quantity. "

　　"The price of starch sausage is only scary when there is meat."

　　"But I don’t like eating any meat."

　　Comprehensive Guangzhou Daily, Yangguang.com, Hubei Jingshi, comments from netizens, etc.

Source: Xinmin Evening News