Eat pickled vegetables best with fresh fruits and vegetables

This year's CCTV March 15 Gala revealed that the sanitation of "sauerkraut" purchased and produced by five vegetable processing enterprises in Junshan District and Huarong County, Yueyang County, Hunan Province is worrying

Homemade pickles should be eaten after 20 days

Vegetable pickling is the most common and oldest vegetable processing method in China

Although there are almost no safety issues with homemade pickles, it is also important to soak the pickles in boiling water as much as possible before eating, and the soaking time should not exceed 8 hours

Homemade pickles should be eaten after 20 days of pickling, because the nitrite content is lower at this time

Pickles are best stewed

According to the sampling inspection data on pickled vegetables in Henan Province, only one batch of pre-packaged products with pre-packaged sauces and pickles sampled in 2020-2021 was found to exceed the standard, and other items such as heavy metal pollutants, coliforms, etc.

As a market supervision department, supervision and testing should be strengthened for pre-packaged products containing multiple different implementation standards, so as to ensure the food safety of the people in an all-round way

When purchasing pre-packaged pickled vegetables, consumers should pay attention to identifying the quality of the product from the packaging and appearance.

In addition, high-quality pickles have a delicious taste, crisp texture and fresh aroma, while inferior products have a bitter and astringent taste

The pickled vegetables can only be eaten after they are fully cooked.

If the long-term gluttony is of poor quality, poor food hygiene, mildew, and pickled sauerkraut for a short time, it may cause diseases such as urinary tract stones

Pickles are good as an appetizer, not as a main course or as a substitute for fresh vegetables

(Pan Jingwen)

"China Food News" (06 edition on March 31, 2022)

(Editor-in-charge: Qu Yuening)