[Explanation] As the most popular "Internet celebrity snack" in China in recent years, snail powder stimulates the taste buds of diners at home and abroad because of its unique flavors such as fresh, fragrant, sour, spicy, and refreshing.

In 2021, the annual delivery volume of Liuzhou snail noodles exceeded 100 million pieces for the first time, and the products are exported to overseas markets such as North America, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

With the rapid rise of major snail powder production enterprises, some new occupations have emerged as the times require, among which the snail powder "spicy tester" is eye-catching.

　　[Explanation] Recently, in the laboratory of Guangxi Fensheng Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd., a snail powder enterprise in Liuzhou City, Guangxi, two professional taste testers are working.

In a small space full of instruments and equipment, the two poured the prepared chili oil into the cooked snail powder, stirred and poured out a small bowl.

Finally, record the detailed data in a table.

　　[Explanation] The soup base and chili oil are the "soul" of a bowl of authentic snail noodles.

A chili oil packet of snail powder is made from a variety of chili powders and various spices in a certain proportion. The most important bases are "devil spicy", "super spicy powder" and "red powder".

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Zhimin, a spicy snail noodle tester

　　Our chili oil has several components, we have "red powder" to give it a brighter color (snail powder), and then there is "devil spicy", (also) including our "super spicy powder", (mixed After) add spices to boil, and then boil for one to two hours, it becomes the chili oil we see now.

　　[Explanation] Due to the influence of climate, planting conditions and other factors, the spiciness and taste of each batch of peppers are not stable, and the most important job of professional spice testers is to discover subtle differences in spiciness through their own taste buds and help The R&D team adjusted the spiciness of snail noodles.

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Zhimin, a spicy snail noodle tester

　　A bowl of chili oil determines its spiciness. It must be the two chili powders (“Devil Spicy” and “Super Spicy Powder”). Then we can only rely on the appropriate ratio to achieve a taste acceptable to people.

Then we need to do a deployment and tasting.

　　[Explanation] As a professional spicy tester, a sensitive tongue is the "standard" of this team.

The five members of the team have rich experience in snail noodles tasting. They have eaten almost all the snail noodles sold on the market, and have tried more than 10 kinds of chili products from Guangxi, Guizhou, India and other domestic and foreign countries. On this basis Experiment with countless combinations and tastes.

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Zhimin, a spicy snail noodle tester

　　The criteria selected by the spicy taster is that he must first have a certain catering foundation, love our snail noodles, and then have at least three years of experience in the industry.

There are 5 people in our team now, and then each of us has eaten at least 500 Liuzhou snail noodles stores (the powder), to evaluate the flavor, characteristics, and characteristics of each store, and then to integrate our technological process, to put Our chili oil does better.

Basically, we can do it now. We can know the approximate origin of the snail powder and the spiciness of which chili oil we eat.

　　[Explanation] The birth of the profession of "spicy tester" is closely related to the "popularity" of snail noodles in the domestic and overseas markets.

In 2021, the sales revenue of the whole industry chain of Liuzhou snail powder in Guangxi will reach 50.16 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 40%.

Through the inspection of professional spicy tasters, these snail powder products will be more in line with the popular taste needs.

　　[Concurrent] Fang Nong, a spicy teacher of snail noodles

　　The development of snail powder has reached a scale of 50 billion (industry) today.

Not only in domestic sales, but also exported to foreign countries.

Now there are many machines that measure the spiciness (degree), which can accurately measure the spiciness of this (snail noodles), but why do we still use people to measure it?

Because after all, snail powder is something to eat and something to eat, and a machine can never replace human feeling.

　　Meng Mingming Liu Juncong reports from Liuzhou, Guangxi

Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]