The sausage of two yuan a stick on the roadside is the favorite of many people. It's tender and fragrant outside and inside, and it's a favorite snack of many people. But do you know what these sausages are made of?
However, the reporter found in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, that most of the cheap sausage is imitation meat, with the lowest price of more than 30 cents! Experts said that the imitation meat sausage containing a large number of additives is a kind of carcinogen assessed by who, which is not recommended for long-term consumption. How to judge the quality of sausage?
The lowest price of sausage is only more than 30%
The reporter found in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province that the sausage sold in roadside shops has different names such as "crispy sausage", "black pepper sausage", "pure sausage", and the price also varies from 1 yuan to 4 yuan, which is very popular with the public.
Don't worry about how many pieces of this sausage are sold. The shopkeeper promises that it's definitely pork sausage. So, is what the boss said reliable? How much is the wholesale price of these sausages? The reporter then came to a farmer's market in Yangzhou and found a similar sausages. The cheapest 18 yuan bag contains 52 sausages, an average of more than 30 yuan.
In wholesale, the price of sausage varies from 3.4 to 1.8 yuan per piece. The boss admitted that the price is different, and the meat content and taste are also very different.
Most of the cheap sausages are imitation meat
Is there any meat in these sausages? The reporter bought five kinds of sausages, the price range is from one yuan to four yuan. The bought samples are sealed with fresh-keeping bags for freezing and then sent to the school laboratory for testing by experts.
At the experimental site, cooking experts opened five samples of sausage one by one, and identified the texture of the sausage. According to the professionals, the quality of sausage can be judged from the elasticity of sausage, the tenacity of casing, the glossiness and the number of bubbles on the cross section. The better the elasticity, the more the meat quality, the stronger the casing, the worse the quality, and the more bubbles, the higher the starch content.
Through the comparative test of five samples, the truth of "one price, one delivery" is also verified. For example, in the one yuan sausage, there are very little meat ingredients and a large amount of starch.
It is understood that according to the national standards, only the protein content of intestines has been regulated, but not the meat content. In the experiment, all the samples below 3 yuan belong to the imitation meat with soybean protein as the main material. According to the ingredients list on the outer package of the sausage, the sausage also contains sodium pyrophosphate, potassium sorbate and other food additives, which are used for coloring, antisepsis, aroma enhancement and taste enhancement.
Nutritionists said that the imitation meat sausage, which contains a lot of additives, belongs to a category of carcinogens assessed by who and is not recommended for long-term consumption. The metabolism of additives in human body will increase the burden of liver and kidney, induce some diseases of liver and kidney, even cause teratogenesis and cancer. Experts remind that the nutritional content of cheap sausage is very small, and for their own health, the eaters should take it easy.