Reporters investigate the truth behind "bleached lotus root": peddlers say they are soaked in high-tech medicine.
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the lotus root, it has a lot of food, cold, stew soup can also do lotus box, really think will flow, However, there has been a recent rumor that the more white lotus root is on the market, the more dangerous it is, is it really like this? What do you choose when you buy lotus root?
according to the Shandong radio and Television Channel Life Gang, the lotus root is one of the vegetables often seen on the daily table, not only can it be used to remove heat and blood stasis It also has the role of invigorating the spleen and invigorating the stomach. It is very popular with people. Do you know how to choose lotus root, but do you know how to choose lotus root?
we found that the more white lotus root is more favored by everyone, but recently there is a public reflection on the white lotus root and white. It's not normal. Eating can be harmful to the human body. In order to find out, the reporter first came to several farmers' markets in Qingdao and launched an investigation.
reporter found in the market that lotus roots are mainly divided into two kinds, one with black spots, and the color also yellow and black. The average price is 4 yuan a Jin. And another kind of lotus root, white skin, even can't see any spots, the price range from 5 to 8 yuan, then what is the difference between the white lotus root and the black lotus root?
can the tap water wash the lotus root?
the white lotus root surface or more or less with some liquid, the peddlers say These are the tap water that is left when washing the lotus root. So, are these pure white lotus roots cleaned by ordinary tap water? The reporter decided to wash them himself. The reporter bought the lotus root with black spots and mud from the market, cleaned it with common iron balls and clean water at home to see if the lotus root should be washed clean. After nearly ten minutes of careful cleaning, the soil on the lotus root surface was washed away. But we can see that the black spots on the lotus root still exist. Compared with the whole color, there is still a gap between the color of the lotus root and the lotus root.
white lotus root is how to wash out?
in the survey, the market of lotus root is mainly two kinds, the skin white and black spots, the two kinds of lotus root price gap is still not small, the more white, the higher the price is, the traders say that the white lotus root is washed with water, but the journalist even the steel ball is used to steel ball ball all use the steel ball. But how can't wash so clean. Is there any special secret of this lotus root? How did the lotus root be washed out? The reporter decided to go to the market for further investigation.
no matter how the reporter cleaned, the lotus root itself has black spots still very obvious. This is far from the white lotus root in the market. In order to find out where these white lotus roots came from and how they came out, the reporter came to the vegetable wholesale market in Chengyang District of Qingdao. This is an important vegetable wholesale and distribution center in Qingdao. Every day, large quantities of fresh vegetables are sold to small farmers' markets and restaurants. So, will there be a clue to the white lotus root here? In a conversation with a peddler, a peddler bluntly pointed out that the white lotus root in the market was abnormal, but when the reporter continued to ask questions, the stall owner was somewhat vague. Lotus root traders said: they said they were washed with water. I don't know if they can't say that they are not good.
no matter how the reporter asks, the peddler no longer says much. Is the white lotus root really a problem? When the reporter is about to leave, the other two wholesale lotus root workers give the reporter some reminders. Vegetable vendors said: "don't ask him to use bubbles."
surprise! It's surprising to say that the white lotus root is bubbling with acid
white lotus root, though the peddler never tells us what this mysterious drug is, but in conversation, the staff inadvertently revealed that the water of the lotus root was added to a certain amount of acidity. Material. The reporter bought several seemingly pure white lotus roots from the market and tested the pH value. By comparing the pH value with the reference table, the reporter found that the pH value of the water on the lotus root surface is close to 2, that is to say, it is acidic.
senior laboratory division of Chemical Laboratory of Qiingdao University, Ma Zhaoli introduced, generally speaking, water or lake water, PH is around 7, that is to say neutral, if the water is acidic, that is a problem, or do not meet the standard.
survey: what exactly does the white lotus root come from?
in the wholesale market, traders persuaded reporters not to buy the lotus root, which looks white and clean, all of which are soaked in high tech water. In just a few minutes, this ordinary lotus root can be transformed into Bai Fu Mei. The reporter was surprised to find that the liquid on the surface of these lotus roots was acidic. At least it can be explained that this water is neither tap water nor lake water. What is the surface of the liquid? Who is the lotus root in the market?
through investigation, reporters found that both large wholesale markets and small vegetable stalls. The sold white lotus root surface is more or less stained with some liquids, and the liquid is acidic even detected by PH test paper. So, these lotus root with the liquid will be a secret drug in the mouth of the merchant? What is the mysterious bubble lotus root medicine?
the staff engaged in lotus root sale said that the lotus root sold at the time of their purchase was very white. The above water is also brought in, so where do these lotus roots come from?
the lotus root in Qingdao has been planted in the south. After several inquiries, the reporter found a lotus root planting area beside the Dagu River in Qingdao, and chatted with the staff as a wholesaler.
in this lotus root pond, five or six workers are digging the lotus root. The lotus root, dug from the lotus root pond, has some black spots on the surface except the soil. The staff said, this is lotus root itself with spots, is a normal phenomenon. The reporter put forward the hope to buy some white lotus roots, and lotus farmer gave such an answer: fresh and bleached. Take the medicine and take all the colors back. It's okay to keep fresh for a month.
normal lotus root blackening drugs can wash white?
staff said that there is a thing that can make the lotus root with black spots become white and keep fresh! In the process of understanding the reporters, lotus root has come to a purchaser and put the lotus root accumulated on the ground to the car. These lotus roots seem to have been dry and dark on the surface. But the purchasers do not seem to care. Lotus root purchasing agent: you can add medicine bubble, add medicine bubble is very white, the market sells very white those, you add medicine a bubble is very white. No blisters are the same as these. As long as this thing is away from the water, it is directly like this.
the reporter was interested in the white lotus root of the drug. One of the workers in the lotus pond quietly led the reporter into a small house next to a small, blue plastic bag wrapped in mysterious white objects.
it's no investigation. It seems that this lotus root is really a knack for cleaning in the industry. What is the mystery of the mystical water that the insiders say? The staff took the reporters into the house and brought out a package of things. What would it be? Will it be related to the mystery of the medicine? Tomorrow reporter will be We continue to reveal the truth behind the white lotus root.