Teach you tips for life: 4 steps for buying brown sugar

Brown sugar is a traditional medicinal and edible food with a history of more than 2,000 years. In recent years, as people explore the value of this classic food, brown sugar has become a must-have in modern women's lives. At the same time, in the past ten years or so, hundreds of brown sugar brands have popped up in the domestic market. There are also disputes between ancient methods and traditional methods, and brown sugar turmoil. Indiscriminate flowers are becoming more and more eye-catching, and consumers are often at a loss. Therefore, this article will introduce you to several key points when buying brown sugar.

1. Look for brown sugar, don’t buy brown sugar
A few days ago, the brown sugar scandal attracted the attention of many media and consumers. Although brown sugar is also a legal commodity with national standards and production licenses, it is still quite different from traditional brown sugar in terms of nutrition, taste, and medicinal value. Therefore, if you are interested in the nutritional and medicinal value of brown sugar, you must look for brown sugar and don’t buy brown sugar by mistake. The simplest and most effective way is to look at the ingredient list on the package. If it is brown sugar, there is no way to get away with it.

2. Choose the right brand and don’t be fooled.
According to incomplete statistics, there are nearly 200 brown sugar brands nationwide. 95% of these brands are only sold in small regional markets or online, and there are very few truly influential national brands. Many brands do not even have factories that meet health standards, but they still use the banner of traditional cooking methods to over-promote and exaggerate the facts. In a market environment where good and bad products are mixed, product quality is bound to be uneven. At the end of 2015, a certain brand exposed that estrogen was added to brown sugar. This is a typical example. Therefore, it is recommended that everyone still buy products from big brands. At the end of 2015, the China Report Hall comprehensively recommended the top 10 brown sugar brands based on factors such as brand awareness, market share, product quality, etc., in order of ranking: Shuangrong, Ganzhiyuan, Hushengtang, Taikoo, Jingtang, and Jinyishen , Yutang, Yilongyuan, Gufang, and Jiaxin are available for reference.

3. See if there is functional development that has the same origin as medicine and food
In ancient medical books such as "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Qianjin Yaofang", brown sugar and other medicinal and food ingredients such as ginger, donkey hide gelatin, jujube, and hawthorn are introduced. When these ingredients are used in combination, they can have certain functional effects. In recent years, more and more attention has been paid to the inheritance of the theory of homology of medicine and food. In 2015, the Ministry of Health published the latest version of the catalog of food with homology of medicine and food, including ginger, donkey-hide gelatin, jujube, etc. Therefore, the in-depth development of brown sugar as medicine and food has become a trend in the industry. Of course, this is also determined by the pace of life of modern people. Decades ago, when we occasionally had colds, our mothers would make ginger soup with brown sugar and ginger for us to drink. Nowadays, in the fast-paced life of the younger generation, they often don’t even cook. How can they have time to make ginger soup by themselves? Woolen cloth? In 2002, products such as ginger juice brown sugar and motherwort brown sugar developed by Ganzhiyuan became an instant hit at the National Food and Wine Fair, which is a good example. Today, these products have been well recognized by the market. National standards for functional sugar products such as ginger brown sugar have also been drafted by Ganzhiyuan Sugar Industry and have begun implementation.

4. Check whether the packaging specifications meet your life rhythm
The development of brown sugar's medicinal and edible functions eliminates the need for people to make ginger soup at home like the previous generation. However, with the further acceleration of the pace of life and the demand for fashionable life, the post-90s generation has put forward new requirements for the experience of using the product. New requirements for portability and fashion. They find it difficult to accept the fact that they have to bring a large bag of brown sugar to the office or classroom and drink it one spoonful at a time. They require independent small packages that can be put in their bags, carried with them, and ready for a drink at any time. Therefore, brands including Ganzhiyuan, Taigu and other brands have launched fashionable and portable ginger soup and brown sugar products. Consumers can choose according to their own needs when purchasing.