China News Service, Beijing, January 30 (Reporter Xia Bin) Harbin, China’s Internet celebrity city this winter, has not only ignited the enthusiasm for ice and snow tourism in the north and south of the Yangtze River, but also made cranberries in Heilongjiang Province “out of the circle”, netizens commented Said: "It turns out that cranberries can be grown at our doorstep!" From this, a large number of China's "hidden specialties" began to come into everyone's sight.
On the 30th, the "Hidden Specialty Products" report released by the e-commerce platform Taobao stated that based on the sales scale, consumption scale, new store openings and other data of agricultural products on the platform in 2023, a total of 102 and cranberry products nationwide were compiled and included. There are also "invisible souvenirs" that have yet to gain popularity. In addition to Lu'an foie gras and Tongren matcha, which have been discovered by netizens some time ago, Qiqihar's Wagyu beef and Yunnan Tengchong's dried cockroaches are also constantly refreshing netizens' knowledge.
Truffles, foie gras, and caviar are known as the three most delicacies in the world. For a long time, they have been usually associated with "importation" and "high price". They are ordered by the gram in high-end restaurants and have become prohibitive for many people. Dishes. Today, high-end ingredients are still the favorite of gourmets, but the localization of these ingredients has given diners a richer choice.
Domestically cultivated high-end ingredients such as foie gras, wagyu, and caviar have "settled down" in Anhui, Shandong, Zhejiang and other places. Thanks to large-scale cultivation, their prices have also been "brought down." The above-mentioned report shows that the price of domestically produced caviar, foie gras, matcha and other ingredients is only about half of that of imported ingredients. Domestic high-end ingredients that are more cost-effective are served on the tables of thousands of people.
Li Pan, associate professor at the School of Food, South China Agricultural University, said that China is rich in agricultural resources, but many are still untapped. Realizing industrialization through modern food processing technology and creating popular products that are popular with consumers is of great significance for local governments to utilize local characteristic and advantageous resources to achieve high-quality development of local agricultural industries. (over)