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In the post-epidemic era, the "home economy" is hot, and the prefabricated vegetable industry has sprung up. This year, prefabricated vegetables were written into the No. 1 document of the Central Committee for the first time, adding another fire to the increasingly hot new track of the industry. On the morning of July 5th, the three-day professional prefabricated vegetable exhibition-the 3rd 2023 Chinese Food Exhibition kicked off at the National Convention and Exhibition Center. More than 2000 exhibitors from all over the country brought more than 80000 kinds of prefabricated vegetable products., Filling the 120000 square meter exhibition space. With the delicious dishes cooked on the spot, the "four leaf clover" venue has become a big restaurant with fireworks.

Targeting the Prefabricated Vegetable Industry for Development in Agricultural Cities

The prefabricated vegetable industry is connected to the fields at one end and the consumer dining table at the other. It is considered a new model of integrated development of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries, as well as a new format of improving the quality and efficiency of the "vegetable basket" project. It has positive significance in promoting employment, increasing farmers' income, and revitalizing rural industries.

At the exhibition, major agricultural provinces such as Shandong, Henan, and Anhui, as well as some traditional agricultural cities, sent elite troops from the pre made vegetable industry to actively shout out.

At Hall 6.1 of "Four Leaf Grass", the "Yancheng Prefabricated Vegetables and" 1+9 "Brand Agricultural Products Exhibition" was held in a lively manner, showcasing 10 major brand agricultural products, including "Tasty Salt", Sheyang Rice, Dongtai Watermelon, Xiangshui Broccoli, Funing Black Pig, Jiulongkou hairy crab, Qianbao Lake Sheep, Yandu Strawberry, Yuhua Garlic, Binhai Sausage, as well as nearly 400 pre packaged vegetables and branded agricultural products selected by 36 Yancheng agricultural industrialization enterprises, including Yinbao Central Kitchen, Ningfu Food, and Zhengyuan Chuanghui.

The Shanghai Farm located in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province brings pre made vegetable products for centralized display.

The Yancheng Prefabricated Vegetable Industry and "1+9" Agricultural Product Brand Investment Promotion Conference, jointly hosted by the Yancheng Municipal People's Government and the Shanghai Federation of Commerce, will be held simultaneously. Shi Jianxia, Director of the Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Yancheng City, introduced that as a major agricultural city, Yancheng has always ranked first in Jiangsu Province in terms of the scale and output of 16 agricultural products, including grain, pigs, poultry, eggs and milk, and aquatic products. This has laid a solid raw material foundation for the development of the prefabricated vegetable industry. "Yancheng will cultivate prefabricated vegetables as an important pillar industry and make every effort to build a billion yuan level industrial cluster for the prefabricated vegetable industry."

Shanghai cuisine comes from all over the country. As the main market for famous and high-quality new agricultural products in China, pre made dishes are now accelerating their penetration into major restaurants, meal groups, and ordinary households. At the meeting, Yancheng and Shanghai held on-site centralized signing activities for prefabricated vegetable projects, successfully signing 10 projects and achieving an intended investment of 1.693 billion yuan. As of now, a total of 23 enterprises in Yancheng have passed the "Excellent County and Good Product" selection organized and promoted by the Shanghai Federation of Commerce. On site, a total of 10 Yancheng enterprises have been awarded medals.

How to make pre made dishes "delicious and fresh"?

To cultivate and develop the prefabricated vegetable industry, after it was written into the No. 1 central document of the Central Government, enterprises in the industrial chain began to seize the opportunity. However, in addition to "convenience, time-saving and labor saving", the prefabricated vegetable is also facing the criticism of "not delicious and fresh".

How to make pre made dishes "delicious and fresh"? On the morning of that day, the third China Food Exhibition Chinese Prefabricated Cuisine Cooking Championships, jointly organized by the China Association of Business Technicians and the Yangtze River Delta Cuisine and Catering Association, was held in the 4.1 Pavilion of "Four Leaf Grass". Nearly a hundred chefs with technician level or above titles from all over the country are using factory produced pre made dishes to compete in skills, using 200 delicious dishes with regional characteristics to answer how pre made dishes become "delicious and fresh".

The 3rd China Prefabricated Cuisine Cooking Championships was held at the China Food Expo.

The chief planner of the competition, Yang Hai, director of the Shanghai Chef Association Art Center, said, "To further win market reputation, pre made dishes require not only R&D personnel from the factory to improve product quality, but also high skilled culinary talents from the market to make more delicious dishes through further research and development."

He believes that the so-called "re development" means that in the era of pre made dishes, being a chef requires two additional skills compared to traditional chefs: restoration skills and re creation skills.

"For example, in this dish of pickled duck with pepper and sesame sauce, the chef must naturally thaw it when restoring it, then heat it in the whole box and take it out to change the knife and put it on a plate. In this dish of dry salted roasted chicken, it also needs to be naturally thawed. Put the thawed product together with a vacuum packaging bag into the whole box and steam for 5 minutes, then promptly remove the bag and pour it out. After cooling the plate for 10 minutes, change the knife and put it on a plate... The chef needs to be very precise in controlling the time so that it can be presented to consumers with its original flavor."

Prefabricated dishes have been "restored" to become delicious dishes in restaurants.

"Freshness" is also a demand from consumers for pre made dishes. According to the exhibition, top pre made dish companies have widely applied vacuum slow cooking technology and liquid nitrogen freezing technology to "lock in freshness" their products. Especially for the latter, known as "instant freezing locking freshness", it uses liquid nitrogen at minus 196 degrees Celsius to achieve a cooling of 7-15 ℃ per minute, and the freezing speed is shortened by about 30-40 times compared to general freezing methods.

"As the post-90s and post-2000s become the mainstream consumers, we predict that the pre packaged food industry will continue to thrive." Xu Yunfei, President of the China Association of Business Technicians, said, "The driving force for the healthy development of the industry lies in the empowerment of food technology. Therefore, we call on pre packaged food enterprises to strengthen research and development, as well as the construction of talent teams for both chefs and engineers. In addition, the national level should quickly formulate industry standards that match them to ensure the sustainable development of this industry."