Ground beef, bread, the meat between the bones of the lamb ribs, and the corners of the seaweed... Because the price is cheap and the taste is consistent with the formal food, "leftover" food is more and more favored by consumers, so, buy Is "leftovers" really worth it?

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　　"Left" food became popular

　　"A large bag of bread and cakes costs only 5 yuan. It can be used as breakfast and snacks for three days, and the pieces of shortbread are also only 5 yuan, but if it is genuine, it will cost 30 yuan for such a large bag." Aunt Su She is a regular customer of a cake shop, and what attracts her is the "leftovers" of various breads and snacks that the shop sells every 7 o'clock in the evening.

Recently, it has become more and more difficult for her to buy these "handling goods", because more and more people like her like to buy "leftovers".

　　Food "leftovers" generally refer to scraps that are cut and trimmed when making food.

Some of them are irregular in shape, and some are not used in formal products due to appearance damage during production, but their processing technology and quality are consistent with formal products.

However, the output of such "leftovers" is generally not large. In order to avoid waste and increase income, some manufacturers will sell leftovers at low prices.

But most of them will choose to sell to employees near the factory or directly at a low price.

　　Today, the business of food "leftovers" has been done online.

"Family, this pile is the beef jerky we produced today..." In the live broadcast room of a beef jerky manufacturer, before the anchor's introduction was finished, the beef jerky on the link was sold out.

The company's anchor said that these dried beef jerky are hard to come by. They are dried meat scraps from the whole beef jerky. Because they are not authentic, they are not sold in retail channels.

And some netizens want to buy, they can only stay in the live broadcast room.

　　Not only that, many food companies have already started the business of "leftovers", especially pastry manufacturers.

A reporter from the Beiqing Daily found that some live broadcast rooms that sell food even moved the live broadcast into the "production site", cutting cakes to "produce" leftovers in front of netizens to sell.

　　This kind of business is also popular among netizens.

Some netizens believe that the price is lower than half the price of formal products, but the taste and quality are comparable, but the appearance is not good. No matter what you think about buying such snacks, you will earn money and avoid waste.

　　Statistics show that in the first quarter of 2022, the sales of food scrap-related products on an e-commerce platform was 20.3 million yuan, a substantial increase of about 17 times year-on-year.

Pork jerky, tiger skin rolls, ham sausages, bread rims and bulk sandwich biscuits have become the most popular representatives of leftover snacks.

And there are also manufacturers because of the sale of "leftovers", sales and profits have increased.

　　Leftover food prices are upside down

　　Some products are accused of "incorrect version"

　　A reporter from Beiqing Daily noticed that the prices of some food scraps sold online are not cheaper than those of the same type of formal products they claim, and some are even more expensive.

　　On the leftovers page advertised as a brand of pure meat ham, 500 grams of leftover ham is priced at 29.8 yuan, but the brand's online store price of 380 grams of starch-free ham sausage is 19.8 yuan, which is equivalent to 500 grams. to 27 yuan.

Some online stores sell tiger skin cake scraps for 16.8 yuan/200 grams, but some netizens commented that tiger skin cakes in cake shops are only sold for 15 yuan.

And this kind of "leftovers" and genuine price inversions also frequently appear in other categories.

　　Some consumers reported that the "leftovers" they bought were "biscuits in a plastic bag with no information and no idea when they were produced."

　　There are also some leftover foods that have received negative reviews. Many netizens have posted that "the goods are not the right version", and some people also questioned that they are "three no products", posing as leftovers from well-known brands.

　　Do a proper price comparison when purchasing

　　Be sure to look at the source of the food

　　Regarding the problems caused by the hot sale of leftover food, the Jiangsu Provincial Consumer Protection Committee stated recently that, from the perspective of commercialization, if the production and sales merchants have complete procedures and regular operations, the food "leftovers" they sell is not good. , but can achieve a "win-win" for both buyers and sellers.

　　In fact, in order to control costs, food production and processing companies will try to reduce the production of "leftovers".

The market is flooded with a large number of food "leftovers", including large-packaged food or snacks sold under the banner of "leftovers", and even "problem food" mixed with expired food, or "three no products" without food qualification certificates, food products. Security risks cannot be underestimated.

　　The Consumer Protection Committee of Jiangsu Province recommends that consumers pay more attention to the shelf life when shopping online for food scraps, look at the source of food and other related introductions, and look for regular operators with complete licenses, clear brands, and guaranteed after-sales.

Consumers can also make appropriate price comparisons, and change from the pursuit of "cheap" low prices to the idea of ​​high-quality and high-quality consumption.

　　In addition, for operators, it is necessary to strengthen the awareness of integrity and law-abiding, and avoid the mentality of "taking loopholes" in production or sales. etc. behavior.

For this model, merchants should also take the initiative to "cool down", optimize the process, and minimize the generation of leftovers. Only when all mechanisms such as perfect process, traceable quality, and sound after-sales system are implemented, can they truly fulfill the first responsibility of consumer rights protection. human obligation.

　　Text / reporter Zhang Xin

　　Coordinator/Chi Haibo