What's wrong with Jinjiu moon cake? Will eating it affect your health?

At present, food safety and hygiene in China are very worrying, and there is nothing I can do.

Under the trend of clamoring for # Wuren Moon Cake # to get out of the moon cake industry, Jin Jiu Wuren Moon Cake also faced a stumbling accident-the semi-finished stuffing was found to exceed the standard. This is undoubtedly a blow to Jin Jiuren, who has always insisted on eating moon cakes. In this era of increasing attention to food safety, Jin Jiu people also pay special attention to consumers' reactions and problems. In order to uncover this injustice, Jin Jiu people invited Guangdong media to hold a press conference in Guangzhou on September 6, 2065438/KLOC-0.

At the press conference, we met the manufacturer of Jinjiu moon cakes for the first time, and also had the opportunity to interview this simple team who insisted on making traditional moon cakes but rarely contacted the media. Because of this short encounter and dialogue, we were deeply impressed by this brand and its Wuren moon cake.

Unqualified fillings do not mean unqualified moon cakes.

Jin Jiu: We never sell raw stuffing.

At the press conference, the media's tit-for-tat is still the problem of excessive colonies. Most people think that there are too many colonies, so there must be something wrong with moon cakes in Jin Jiu. However, many people often ignore that the object of finding out that the colony exceeds the standard is semi-finished stuffing, and it is raw. There is still a long way to go before the moon cake is formed.

Jin Jiu people used black and white data to prove that the raw stuffing of semi-finished products sent for inspection on September 2nd was defective, and the raw stuffing of semi-finished products sent for inspection on September 5th was qualified. The finished moon cakes in Jin Jiu are all qualified. Jin Jiu people have repeatedly stressed that the reason for this situation is different inspection standards. Despite this fact, many people still wonder why the finished product is qualified but the stuffing is not. This can be traced back to the process of making Jinjiu moon cakes.

Yu Jian, assistant general manager of Jin Jiu Bakery, introduced the making process of stuffing. Jin Jiu Wuren was baked with raw oil+raw ham+nut stuffing, so the stuffing detected was not cooked, but raw semi-finished products, which exceeded the standard. Just like the difference between a piece of raw pork and cooked pork, raw pork contains bacteria and is not suitable for eating, but cooked pork can be safely eaten. But people in Jin Jiu would rather take risks than steam the stuffing first. Because steamed moon cakes are baked, the finished products are not so delicious.

Jin Jiu people also stressed that the semi-finished fillings of moon cakes are raw and should be kept at a temperature of 0~6 degrees. The sampling date happens to be when the weather temperature in the province is high. From Wuchuan to Shunde for inspection, no one knows whether the quality of semi-finished fillings is as always. Therefore, they came to the conclusion that the stuffing colony exceeded the standard, and they were also very helpless. However, they immediately took active measures to deal with it, sent the semi-finished stuffing for inspection again, and answered the doubts of consumers and the media with facts. Including the Wuchuan Municipal Government of Zhanjiang, immediately organized relevant personnel to go to Jin Jiu Bakery to investigate the cause of the accident. The final conclusion is that they never sell semi-finished raw fillings. The mooncakes made by Jin Jiu bakery are qualified and can be safely eaten 100%.

How to control the quality of moon cakes?

-Traditional technology and modern production equipment

At the press conference, the truth was gradually stripped of its cocoon in the layers of media questioning and professional answers from Jin Jiu people, and the truth was restored to its original shape. The stuffing contains bacteria in the raw state, and it can become a safe moon cake after baking at high temperature. This makes us interested in their production process and quality process control.

Although Jin Jiu is a family business and a small workshop, after years of development, it has become a factory with more than 30,000 square meters. Unlike other food or catering companies, Jin Jiu does a lot of miscellaneous things. They only focus on one thing, that is, making moon cakes. In the long year, mooncakes are only produced in the mooncake season, and the factories are idle at other times. Although there are only a few months to produce moon cakes a year, the masters with traditional moon cake making technology are getting older and older, and they are constantly introducing advanced moon cake production machinery to make moon cakes. The production process is traditional, but it is modern. It is reported that they now have a complete automatic production system. Such as automatic filling machine, automatic molding machine, automatic tray arranging machine, automatic baking tunnel furnace, cradle furnace, rotary furnace, automatic metal monitoring machine, automatic rotary packaging machine, two-stage reverse osmosis water purifier, automatic inkjet printer, high-efficiency sterilizer, etc., forming a modern production line. Production automation and quality control have a perfect system. They have established a food safety and quality system, and the company will also test the moon cake products according to the standards of the food safety and quality system.

Why do moon cakes with so many fillings only have a soft spot for five-kernel fillings?

-cake idiot family history, an unforgettable historical inheritance.

When chatting with us, Mr. Yu Jian, assistant general manager of Jin Jiu, talked about their boss, saying that he is a simple private entrepreneur who only knows how to make good products and never knows how to do public relations. Mr. Zheng, the founder of the company, is over 80 years old, and the cakes he founded have been passed down to the third generation. But tracing back to the source, to be exact, Jinjiu moon cake originated in the Qing Dynasty. The founder of the bakery is Zheng Jinjiu's father. At that time, he was a famous local chef. First he sold a bowl of porridge for a few cents, and then he made bean paste cakes and five-kernel cakes and sold them to people around him. Everyone says it's delicious. Finally, it was made into a small restaurant. When the business spread to the second generation, it was Mr. Jiu. He followed his father since childhood, and he loved cakes and research. On the basis of Wuren cake created by his father, he combined with Wuchuan's unique ingredients to make Wuren moon cake. The earliest five-kernel cakes were relatively simple, with peanuts and nuts as fillings. Mr. Zheng used nuts such as olive kernels, melon seeds, walnuts, sesame seeds and almonds to mix with ham meat made from local pork to make the present moon cakes.

Although Mr. Zheng is over 80 years old, he still maintains his persistence and love for Wuren moon cakes. He devoted his life to making Wuren moon cakes, and made it to the extreme. In his opinion, other moon cakes are not as delicious as Wuren's. The five-kernel moon cakes he made are very particular about the selection of each kind of nuts. If the benevolent chooses the best quality from all over the world. Mr. Zheng Lao has reached the point where you can know the quality, weight and origin of nuts by grasping them. The stuffing inside is extremely delicate. Ham is made by themselves. Select pig hind leg meat, slice it to dry, and then shred it into stuffing. Besides ham, a little fat pork was added. When the moon cake is baked, the oil can enhance the flavor of the filling, and the permeated oil can fully ensure the softness of the filling, and the taste is not so dry.

Moreover, Mr. Zheng Lao has a crazy love for making moon cakes. He invested heavily in building a moon cake museum, collecting all the information and tools about moon cakes and showing the history and culture of Wuchuan moon cakes. Hearing this, we all feel very admired and would like to meet this master who has devoted most of his life to Wuren moon cakes. His experience reminds me of the world-famous sushi god in Japan. He is committed to doing a small thing and doing it to the extreme. This is the great realm.

Five benevolence is not delicious?

-It's just that you haven't eaten the authentic Wuren moon cake.

Regarding the hot topic of whether Wuren mooncakes should be rolled out of the mooncake industry, Mr. Yu Jian, assistant general manager of Jin Jiu Bakery, said that Wuren's children's shoes are not delicious, but you have never eaten authentic Wuren mooncakes. Wuren is one of the most traditional moon cakes. Traditional things are getting more and more delicious and need to be passed down by our generation. It's not what the internet says.

Yu Jian said that he didn't like eating Wuren moon cakes very much at first, because many Wuren moon cakes on the market are dry and hard. But since I came into contact with Jinjiu moon cake, I have completely changed my view on Wuren moon cake. Because in western Guangdong, the taste of Wuren moon cake is soft and crisp. The biggest feature of Jin Jiu Wuren is that ham and Wuren are mixed together, which not only has the crispy taste of Wuren, but also has the unique meat flavor of ham. This combination is very clever, and it is completely different from the Wuren moon cake I ate before.

Most moon cakes in Jin Jiu are big ones. A moon cake weighs 2 kg and 4 kg, and the largest is 8 kg. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the whole family cut a piece of moon cake and ate it together. The atmosphere of reunion is very strong. Besides, the mooncakes in Jin Jiu are thin and soft, which is a family tradition in Jin Jiu. Generally, moon cakes on the market are difficult to achieve this level, because moon cakes with thin skin and many fillings are easy to collapse if they are not skilled at home. But not the Jin Jiu family. However, Wuren mooncake, which is so healthy and delicious and complicated to make, was welcomed and sold at a price far lower than other mooncakes with stuffing. Yu Xiansheng felt helpless.

Is there a standard for delicious authentic Wuren moon cakes?

-the north and the south are different, and the flavor of Guangdong is different.

Since the birth of Wuren moon cake, there has been no accurate standard and definition. The current situation is that there is a great difference between the north and the south, and there are differences in every region of Guangdong. For example, cashew nuts and peanuts are added to Wuren moon cakes in the north, while olive kernels and melon seeds are the main ones in the south. As far as Guangdong is concerned, the Wuren moon cake in Guangzhou is pure Wuren with some fat pork. In this area of western Guangdong, the main feature is five kernels with ham. The taste will be very different if the production process is different.

Is Jinjiu moon cake affected by this colony exceeding the standard?

-traditional food, which sells well all over the country.

It has been some time since the semi-finished filling of Jinjiu moon cake was found to exceed the standard. During this period, people in Jin Jiu have been rushing about this matter, trying to find out their own shortcomings and answer the doubts of consumers and the media while submitting products for inspection, hoping to do better and produce more delicious and reassuring moon cakes.

Due to the rigorous selection of materials, exquisite craftsmanship and delicious finished products, the market for Jinjiu moon cakes is also growing. The company receives many orders every year, except Guangdong and other places, which are also sold to Shanghai and Beijing. Now, some large supermarkets in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, such as Baijia, Lotus and CR Vanguard, all have the shadow of Jinjiu moon cakes. Sam Store in Shenzhen has also taken the initiative to seek their cooperation for three years. It is reported that Sam Store sends professional organizations to inspect Wuchuan's production base every year. The contents of the inspection are very strict. Workers can't have buttons on their clothes because they think buttons will accidentally fall into moon cakes. Jin Jiu Baking Company, which can accept such strict inspection, basically has products in short supply. But they never lower the quality of their products because of sales. This is probably the most important reason why they have been welcomed by the market.