The most tricky kind of meat in supermarkets, I don't recommend buying it, it's a waste of money

In the past two years, the price of pork was relatively high, reaching more than 30 yuan per pound. The high price made us cautious when eating meat and we dared not eat too much. But now, the price of pork has dropped to 10 yuan per pound. The price is cheaper, and more meat is bought. But you also have to be careful when selling meat, because there are also many tricks in meat.

Clothes may be purchased online, but when it comes to meat, most people still choose to buy it in supermarkets. After all, buying meat offline allows you to intuitively see the freshness of the food and feel more assured when eating it.

Steak is a common meat food in Western cuisine, and now more Chinese families also like steak. The combination of bread, eggs and steak at breakfast makes breakfast a nutritious breakfast. But when buying steak, please be careful, steak is not as good as we imagine.

In our minds, steak is a piece of beef cut from a cow, but it is just better-looking in shape. But in fact, steak is a kind of food that is often played by merchants. A simple steak is full of merchants' ideas.

Steaks can be divided into original cut steaks and spliced ​​steaks.

Steak looks simple, but it is not. You may find that the prices of steaks from different brands vary greatly. Some manufacturers' steaks can be bought for only three yuan. It's so cheap, buy a few more quickly. This may be the reaction of many people after seeing cheap steaks.

Why are steaks so cheap? The seller may say that they are doing promotional activities. In fact, it has a lot to do with the raw materials of the steaks. Cheap steaks are made by splicing together the leftovers of beef, which is also called spliced ​​steaks. Original cut steaks are made by directly cutting the beef, which is of better quality.

The truth behind spliced ​​steak

The price of spliced ​​steak is low, and the reason for the low price is that the production cost of the merchant is low. In the process of cutting beef, there are many scraps, which is a pity to discard. What should we do? Smart merchants collect the scraps together, and then use "edible glue" to splice the scraps together to make a cylindrical beef combination, and then use a mold to cut it into steaks for sale.

Of course, some businesses will play tricks when making spliced ​​steaks. In order to reduce costs and pursue higher economic benefits, the spliced ​​steaks contain not only beef, but also cheaper meat foods such as chicken or duck. You can imagine what the steaks made in this way look like.

The difference between original cut steak and spliced ​​steak

The tricks of the merchants have made the spliced ​​steak look high-end. How to distinguish between original cut steak and spliced ​​steak has also become a problem that troubles consumers. In fact, the identification method is relatively simple. The formation of original cut steak is not very regular, and the manufacturer will also maintain the shape of the original cut steak, which may be oval or oblate.

Because the spliced ​​steak is made by pressing it into a mold and then cutting it, its shape is relatively uniform, and the shape of the spliced ​​steak is round.

The texture of spliced ​​steak is also different from that of original cut steak. The texture of original cut steak is clearer and the direction of each texture is very natural. However, the texture of spliced ​​steak is not like this. The direction of the texture may often come to an abrupt end.

Steak also has an "ID card"

Since steaks are divided into original cut steaks and spliced ​​steaks, in addition to the differences in shape and steak texture, there is another way to distinguish steaks. Original cut steaks and spliced ​​steaks also have their own relevant standards, just like our "identity cards". These relevant standards are also important instructions for distinguishing steaks.

There are product standards for original cut steaks and for spliced ​​steaks. The standards for original cut steaks are GB2707 or GB/T17238-2008, while the standards for spliced ​​steaks are SB/T10379.

If you know the tricks of steak, you can buy the steak you want when you buy it, instead of wasting money. Relatively speaking, the quality of original cut steak is better and the taste is better, while spliced ​​steak is a kind of meat food that is not recommended for you to buy. There are so many tricks for spliced ​​steak, in fact, they just want to take money out of your pocket.