China News Service, Shanghai, August 9 (Reporter Kang Yuzhan Xu Yin) In recent years, the problem of excessive packaging of moon cakes has been criticized.

2022 will be an important node for the mooncake industry.

Because starting from August 15, 2022, the new national standard stipulates that the number of packaging layers for food such as rice dumplings and moon cakes should not exceed three layers at most, while the previous relevant regulations were no more than four layers.

　　With less than a month left until the Mid-Autumn Festival on September 10, various mooncake products have already taken the lead in occupying the core shelves of major supermarkets in Shanghai.

On the afternoon of August 9, a reporter from Chinanews.com found during a visit that the current moon cake packaging on the market basically conforms to the specifications, and many supermarkets have also launched some bulk or light-packed moon cake products.

Many supermarkets in Shanghai have also launched some bulk or light-packed mooncake products.

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　　"All of our mooncakes this year will require suppliers to provide a strict void ratio certificate provided by the three parties. Then we also launched some cost-effective simple mooncakes, such as special mooncakes with 8 different flavors and a price of 29.9 yuan. Combination products,” said Huang Lingyan, head of purchasing of Metro China’s Dry Goods Second Department.

　　Excessive packaging of commodities will cause waste of resources on the one hand, and a large amount of waste will be produced on the other hand, causing pollution to the environment.

At the same time, Huang Lingyan revealed that this year, Metro's choice of ingredients for co-branded mooncakes has also begun to focus on bringing the mooncakes back to food attributes. traditional ingredients.”

　　In previous years, mooncakes with novel flavors and full of gimmicks have made a big splash in the market. Coupled with the exquisite packaging, their prices are not cheap.

This year's mooncakes are dominated by traditional mainstream flavors, and the packaging has also undergone a major "slim down". The price is relatively affordable and popular among the public.

　　Shanghai citizen Qiu Songliang said, "The packaging of this year's mooncakes looks very simple and clean. I feel that the materials are genuine, and the money I spent is not wrong. All of them are at normal prices, and I can fully accept them."

　　On May 26, 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation announced the No. 1 revision of the national standard "Restriction of Excessive Packaging Requirements for Food and Cosmetics", and put forward specific "slim down" requirements for the packaging of rice dumplings and moon cakes.

The specific contents of the amendment list include four items: first, reduce the number of packaging layers, from a maximum of four layers to a maximum of three layers; the second is to compress the packaging gap. The necessary space factor is the core index of the packaging gap. It reflects the compactness of the package. The smaller the value, the smaller the package gap.

This time, the necessary space factor of moon cakes has been reduced from 12 to 7, which is equivalent to a 42% reduction in packaging volume; the third is to reduce packaging costs. For moon cakes with a sales price of more than 100 yuan (RMB, the same below), the packaging cost will be accounted for in sales. The price ratio was reduced from 20% to 15%; for mooncakes with a sales price of less than 100 yuan, the packaging cost ratio remained unchanged at 20%.

Among them, the packaging cost generally refers to the packaging purchase price signed by the food company and the packaging company, and the sales price generally refers to the contracted sales price signed by the food company and the sales company; at the same time, it is required that the packaging materials shall not use precious metals and mahogany materials; Mooncakes should not be mixed with other products.

　　According to the "Development Trend of China's Mooncake Industry in 2022" report released by the China Bakery and Confectionery Industry Association, under a series of new mooncake regulations, the "sky-high" mooncakes with a price of more than 500 yuan in 2022 will be greatly reduced, and the mooncake gift box packaging will be further "Slimming", the price is mainly concentrated between 80 yuan to 260 yuan.

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