March 17th News: This year's March 15th Gala has brought a storm to the food industry, with the internet-famous snack, starch sausage, being called out.
Today, hashtags like #Woman's Starch Sausage Venture Ends Almost as Soon as It Begins# and #Netizens Capture Empty Starch Sausage Stall for 2 Hours# have hit the top of Weibo's trending topics, sparking heated discussions among netizens.
Some netizens recently shared photos of their newly purchased starch sausages and sausage-making machines, expressing their intention to make money by selling starch sausages. However, their entrepreneurial dreams ended before they even began. Many others admitted they already knew that starch sausages lacked quality but were simply tempted by the taste. "Let's just pretend we didn't see this," they remarked.
Are you still going for those starch sausages? A survey of over 68,000 people shows that nearly 60% of netizens say they won't touch them again, around 20% say they'll continue, and another 20% say they might indulge occasionally.
Despite being called "starch sausages," the ingredient list reveals meat as the top ingredient, typically chicken meat and bone paste not recommended for human consumption.
Fans of starch sausages are feeling betrayed, with one lamenting, "I thought they were just nutritionally lacking, not trying to take me out!"
According to investigative journalists, among the top-selling brands of starch sausages, meat ranks as the primary ingredient, followed by water, starch, sugar, MSG, spices, and additives like sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium pyrophosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, carboxymethyl cellulose, and tantalizing red coloring.
"You might think you've dodged the starch sausage-bubble tea-snail noodle-chicken hot pot craze, but let's be real, as long as your spending power stays in that bracket, you're never really free," one netizen remarked.
