Why is roast duck so cheap?
Original title: A roast duck only sells for 18 yuan? Reporter investigation finds amazing inside story
The roast duck is ruddy in color and crispy in taste. Nowadays, there are many roast duck shops in the streets and alleys. However, in the face of cheap roast duck and frozen duck of unknown origin, do you still dare to rest assured that you will be satisfied?
In the reporter's undercover visit, I saw that a roast duck stall in a vegetable market was hung with freshly baked duck, each shiny, and the price of 18 yuan a piece was also very affordable.
According to the results after weighing, the reporter calculated that a catty of roast duck costs about 12 yuan. Excluding the processing cost, the cost of the duck is less than 10 yuan. How can it be so cheap? What kind of duck do merchants use? Is there such a low-priced roast duck for sale in the Hefei market?
After visiting, the reporter found that the price of roast ducks on the market in Hefei is generally around 20 yuan a piece. The price of finished roast ducks is so cheap. What is the price of fresh duck meat? Is it as cheap as roast duck?
Live ducks cost more than 20 yuan per kilogram. How much does it cost for a kilogram of roast ducks sold on the market? Then the reporter bought two roast ducks from the market and weighed them.
The two roast ducks are half a pack and one pack respectively. The price of half a pack is 10 yuan, the price of one pack is 22 yuan, and the weight of half a pack of roast ducks is 0.36kg. The weight of one pack is 0.67kg.
After calculation, the price of the two roast ducks we bought was about 14 to 16 yuan per kilogram, which was less than two-thirds of the price of the fresh duck meat we learned in the market at 20 to 25 yuan per catty.2.
The price difference between roast duck and fresh duck is so great that merchants will make this loss-making business? What's the mystery behind the low-priced roast duck?
In the interview, for the origin of low-priced roast duck, some merchants finally said: it is a low-priced frozen duck. A frozen duck weighing about 1 kilogram and a half costs less than 10 yuan, and the price of each catty roast duck is about 3 yuan.
In the frozen wholesale market of Hefei Zhougudui and China Vegetable Market, the reporter saw that there are boxes of frozen ducks for sale, each box of 10, the price is about 90 yuan, and each frozen duck is less than 10 yuan. The price is indeed very cheap.
The so-called frozen duck that cost less than 10 yuan has surprised reporters.
But during the interview, some merchants broke out even more staggering low prices to reporters. For canteen duck buying, it costs 60 yuan a box, and 20 yuan a box.
The reporter roughly calculated that a frozen duck of less than 10 yuan is about 1.5 kilograms, and each catty is only more than 3 yuan. At such a cheap price, will there be any problems with the quality?
The price of roast duck is low, and the price of frozen duck is even lower, which makes people feel terrible.
In the face of the reporter's questioning, the merchants have guaranteed that the duck meat is absolutely safe and can be eaten with confidence. So, where do these cheap frozen duck meat come from? Is there no problem with the merchant's guarantee? Let's take a look at the follow-up investigation of the origin of frozen duck in the reporter's previous interview.
Then the reporter visited the hairless duck and found a surprising inside story.
According to the farmers, it only takes about 30 days to raise ducks, and they can be sold without fully growing their feathers. Moreover, they never eat their own ducks. In the process of raising ducks, in order to keep up with the growth rate of the ducks, the ducks will be given medicine.
Faced with inexpensive roast ducks whose quality is difficult to guarantee, as well as frozen ducks of unknown origin, it is inevitable that consumers will have doubts and find it difficult to eat the so-called delicious food with confidence. Food safety issues cannot be ignored, so consumers must be more vigilant when buying roast ducks, and go to regular places to buy as much as possible. Don't be greedy for cheap.
