Fruit moon cake is filled with wax gourd. Why is there no fruit in the moon cake

as the Mid Autumn Festival is getting closer and closer, all kinds of moon cakes are on the market, and fruit moon cakes are on the Internet first. The reason is that it's said online that all fruit moon cakes are made by winter melon. It turns out that there is no fruit in the fruit moon cake. Follow Xiaobian to have a look Is there any fruit in the fruit moon cake? Why does the wax gourd become the 'universal substitute' for the fruit moon cake? In this regard, the reporter visited the Chengdu market and found the moon cake manufacturer to disclose the production of the fruit moon cake: the content of the pulp in the moon cake filling is more than 25% to be called the fruit moon cake, and if it is lower than this standard, it is the fruit moon cake, and the fruit moon cakes on the market are indeed 'winter Rong'+ In addition, some lotus seed moon cakes may also be 'bean paste'.

Chengdu store:

Fruit moon cakes are filled with wax gourd

At present, the mooncakes of various supermarkets in Chengdu have already been on the market. In the mooncake shelf area of a comprehensive supermarket, there are nearly 40 kinds of bulk mooncakes, including cloud legs, five nuts, lotus egg yolk, flowers and fruit flavored mooncakes. The fruit flavored mooncakes are sold well, small and easy to eat. Some units will purchase them in batches. 'said the supermarket salesman.

Most of the mooncakes sold in supermarkets are marked with detailed filling ingredients on the packages. The main ingredients of fruit mooncakes are almost white gourd paste. Some packages even clearly say 'lychee flavored white gourd paste mooncakes'. And the salesmen didn't seem to notice that, 'we sell better brands, but we didn't find that the ingredients were the same. '

The reporter visited and saw that the mooncakes with fruit characters sold on the market are almost made of wax gourd as the main filling. Only one cake shop sells the "purple sweet potato and strawberry flow heart mooncake" ingredient list, indicating that it is purple sweet potato, kidney bean and fresh strawberry.

'I've eaten a lot of watery and fruity mooncakes. They really taste the same. 'Ms. Liu, a citizen, said that her choice of mooncakes was mainly based on the price and taste. She never thought that there was no fruit in the fruity mooncakes. 'generally, the most important thing to look at is the production date. Which one will look at the ingredients carefully. '

Revealed by the manufacturer:

Winter melon is selected because of its' more fiber '

Not only fruit moon cakes, but also cloud leg moon cakes, five kernel moon cakes and flower moon cakes. Many flavors of moon cake ingredients also contain wax gourd ingredients. In this regard, the reporter interviewed several manufacturers trying to uncover the production behind the scenes.

'the reason why we choose Dongrong as the base material is that the fiber content of the wax gourd is high, and the taste of the moon cake is good. Zhang Heping, director of Chengdu Zhong Guan food quality control technology department, said that the fruit pulp content of moon cake stuffing is more than 25% to be called fruit moon cake. Below this standard is fruit flavor moon cake, and the fruit flavor moon cake on the market is indeed made of "winter Rong + edible essence".

'considering the short shelf life of fruits and the requirements of industrial production, fruit mooncakes are not necessarily made of fresh fruits. "Zhang Heping said, for example, when making peach moon cakes, it may be that the peach is out of season in this period of time, and it will directly use dried fruit to make moon cake filling. Of course, the dry fruit content must also reach 25%. '

'using fresh fruits as raw materials will definitely cost a lot more. Compared with fruit moon cake, it is more popular and the price is more moderate. In an online shop that specializes in mooncake filling, the 5-kilogram-long "orange filling" with pulp is 25 yuan more expensive than the "orange filling" made of pure wax gourd.