In the recently held garlic international network economy summit in Jinxiang, garlic themed literary activities were rich and varied.
Market observation
Garlic adds a different flavor to people's lives
Taste garlic incense
Garlic is an indispensable condiment in the basket of ordinary people. Many dishes can not be separated from garlic. Some dishes even take garlic as their main character. Some people can not eat without garlic, and always like to chew on a few pieces, I think the food is more flavor. A garlic enriched the color of the table, but also add a different flavor to people's life.
Bearish price fluctuation
Since the summer, the price of garlic has attracted people's attention once again. Fresh garlic is on the market this year, and prices are falling fast. According to the Beijing xinfade market statistics show that at the beginning of June in the wholesale price of garlic 3.4 yuan per kilogram to 5.6 yuan, down 57%. However, the recent concentration of garlic storage time, garlic prices have increased in some areas. This is mainly because the warehouse operators began to receive large amounts of goods, and to some extent, boosted the price of garlic.
In recent years, the price of garlic has been ups and downs, many media reports, for the change in the price of garlic, consumer response? "In fact, we are not too concerned about the price of garlic, garlic is indispensable food at home, but after all, the amount is less, even 10 yuan a catty, buy a few head of garlic also can not spend more money." Beijing Chaoyang District citizens Wang said, "more often from the media reports that" garlic you ruthless "," garlic you cheap "and so on these network words". Reporters encountered many people and Wang documents hold similar views, "can not eat much garlic, not much money."".
However, a considerable number of people pay more attention to the price of garlic. "We all like garlic, and we chew a little bit every meal.". If the price is high, eat less or not; when the price is low, eat more." Wang Jizhuang village of Hebei County Villagers said.
Different consumer groups are sensitive to garlic prices. In general, garlic is a small agricultural product, consumption is not large, and pork and vegetables and other large agricultural products compared to garlic prices change reaction is not very strong.
For the recent decline in garlic prices, the reporter came to the main producing areas of garlic, Shandong, Jinxiang understand the situation. "In the vegetables category, garlic belongs to the seasoning category, the market volume is small, the demand is also relatively fixed." Jinxiang County deputy magistrate Meng Xiangjian believes that Jinxiang garlic planting area remained between 500 thousand acres to 700 thousand acres, compared with garlic production is still more rational. However, the surrounding counties and provinces of Jinxiang garlic planting area has the trend of expansion in recent years, large-scale afforestation destroyed the balance of supply and demand".
The main factor that influences garlic price change is supply and demand, which reflects the acreage, yield, and actual demand of the society. The factors that affect garlic price fluctuation in the short run are often psychological factors, which reflect the psychological anticipation game between garlic farmers and garlic merchants.
Consumers certainly want garlic prices to be low, and most garlic farmers do not want garlic to soar because they understand that inflation must plummet. For most of the garlic farmers, most afraid of garlic prices ups and downs. Whether it is "garlic you ruthless", or "garlic you cheap", the market price fluctuations will make garlic farmers heart such as roller coaster uncomfortable. However, this situation has improved a lot, in garlic production areas, more and more garlic farmers began to buy garlic insurance, in order to balance the risk of price fluctuations.
Scientific food benefits
Garlic is the edible agricultural product on the table. It is well known that garlic is often used for human health. Garlic is antiseptic, and has an appetite and digestive function. The whole garlic contains alliin and garlic enzyme. When the garlic is crushed, the two components interact with each other to produce allicin, which is the main component of garlic.
In order to allow garlic to produce allicin, when eating garlic, if there is no stomach discomfort, as far as possible eating raw garlic, so as to avoid allicin in the thermal environment lost pharmacological activity. If conditions permit, should be garlic mashed or cut into thin slices, and exposed to the air for 15 minutes to 20 minutes after eating, the purpose is to let the garlic fully oxidized in garlic enzyme reaction and oxygen environment, produce allicin.
People in Sichuan and Chongqing love hot pot. Some people prefer food that is not cooked, but there is no obvious discomfort in the stomach, which is largely due to garlic. Where people eat at the front of Hot pot will have a bowl of sauce, dipped in mashed garlic is indispensable. The food that comes out of the chafing dish is dipped into the dipping bowl, which is equivalent to being sterilized with allicin. The northerners eat garlic, especially when eating dumplings, most love with soy sauce, vinegar, mashed garlic and sesame oil reconcile when seasoning, this way of eating is more scientific.
Many people have the experience of buying a pile of garlic at home, eating later, and finding that the rest is sprouting. Can sprout garlic be eaten? As long as garlic does not change color, mildew, rot, even if the bud can also eat, eat nothing harmful. However, the garlic sprouts are less nutritious because they give nutrition to new life. Fan Zhihong, associate professor of food science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, peel the germination of garlic, garlic will see grow in the middle of the green shoots. Green shoots grow from garlic after is garlic bolt. Garlic seed continue to grow in the soil, it is called garlic grown leaves. Not accustomed to eating garlic who can eat vitamin content than garlic bolt, garlic bolt garlic, also has certain sterilization ability.
In many parts of the north there is a tradition of pickled garlic, Laba garlic, sweet and sour garlic, etc., are people's favorite food. Pickled garlic retains all mineral ingredients in garlic, and largely eliminated the spicy garlic, but its bactericidal effect than low garlic. Zhao Guanghua, a professor at the school of food science and Nutritional Engineering at China Agricultural University, found that the sweet and sour garlic extract contains antioxidant activity and has a definite inhibitory effect on cancer cells. The family made sweet and sour garlic vinegar to the cook, if you add a little sugar, it will taste more delicious. After making Laba garlic will turn green, not only harmless to the human body, also has anti-oxidation effect. Sweet and sour garlic and Laba garlic have the function of relieving greasy and promoting digestion.
The deep processing market can be expected
An ordinary white garlic, the market price is only a few cents. After a special fermentation process, it can be changed into a black garlic with health care function. The price is different immediately. In the market, black garlic is very popular with consumers.
According to the Shandong Huaguang grand food company marketing director Wang Xiao introduced, black garlic is from raw garlic through special technology processing, while retaining the original composition of raw garlic, and the protein of raw garlic itself into 18 kinds of essential amino acids, can be quickly absorbed, and sweet and sour taste, no after eating garlic, is a pure natural health food, has been sold to Japan, South Korea and other countries and regions.
Just such a process from white to black, the added value has increased several times, garlic transformed into a "golden knot."".
The reporter saw in the Taobao online, a lot of black garlic products, a head of garlic and garlic, black black garlic sauce and garlic candy etc.. Among them, the black garlic candy is not candy with high sugar content, but is made into round candy shape, it looks like candy, specially designed for children. In addition, there are some black garlic ingredients, such as black garlic soft drinks, black garlic instant noodles, black garlic tea and so on.
Reporters in the supermarket to buy a jar of black garlic try, this kind of garlic every flap is dark black, the beginning of a dozen more than ordinary garlic, very soft. Unlike ordinary garlic, black garlic, garlic is not strong; stripping a clove of garlic on the mouth, soft taste such as dates, have preserved the taste. The most special is, eating no garlic that embarrassing and long-lasting taste.
Black garlic is a successful case of deep processing of garlic. For a long time, garlic is mainly processed in raw materials and primary products in China. Garlic products are processed in depth, with low processing degree and low added value. Insiders suggested, should further develop to the functional material of garlic products, namely allicin, garlic oil, garlic and garlic polysaccharide, antioxidant activity as the main functional components, two processing products, including health food, beverage, wine, seasoning food, pharmaceutical products etc..
To improve the ability of deep processing of garlic, on one hand can enrich the garlic products, to provide consumers with more choice, on the other hand can increase the added value of garlic, extend the industrial chain, the contradiction will help ease the imbalance between production and marketing of garlic. It is understood that every ton of garlic powder can consume 40 tons of garlic, allicin per ton can consume 20 tons of garlic. The development of garlic processing industry can promote the production base of simple garlic raw materials to the processing center and transform from garlic agriculture to garlic industry. At the same time, play the role of garlic processing enterprise reservoir, so that garlic has a stable sales channels, so that garlic farmers have a stable income." Insiders said. (reporter Li Liang)
