Recently,"Luo Yonghao complained about Xibei's use of pre-made dishes"has attracted attention.
Xibei announced that it will launch the "Luo Yonghao Menu" in all stores across the country starting today (September 12). Xibei founder Jia Guolong said in an interview with the media that there is no pre-made dish in Xibei store and customers are welcome to enter the kitchen at any time.
Red Star News reporter visited Xibei's kitchen on the spot, and netizens watched the fried sea bass.
The reporter asked: "Is this fresh fish, or is it frozen?"
The chef responded: "Frozen, the delivery cycle of frozen goods is distributed on Thursday, and it has a pickling process."
There are beef potato strips in the same style as "Luo Yonghao Menu", the potatoes are freshly distributed, and the beef is fryed and refrigerated, and finally pressed in a pressure cooker.
Afterward, netizens randomly checked the fried eggplant, and the chef took out the "quickly frozen fried eggplant". The chef said: This is a takeaway dish that can be used directly. First stir-fry the meat, mix the sauce after the meat, then add water, then cut the green pepper, etc., add the side dishes, and then there is a stew.
The reporter visited the Xibei back kitchen frozen warehouse, in which the shelf life of sheep's front legs was 24 months, the shelf life of shrimp was 12 months, and the meat filling of Roujiamo was cooked meat product.
Xibei Chengdu Wanxiangcheng Store
On the evening of September 12, Luo Yonghao responded to the issue of pre-made dishes in Xibei Younian Village that had been in a nearly one-hour online broadcast. Luo Yonghao said that Xibei said that there was no pre-made dish to be 100% lying because the country has not yet issued relevant standards.
Picture source: Live screenshot
In the live broadcast of the background board with the slogan "Don't oppose pre-made dishes, promote the transparency of pre-made dishes, and safeguard consumers' right to know", he repeatedly expressed his attitude that he did not oppose pre-made dishes, but opposed selling pre-made dishes as disguised as not pre-made dishes. "Some people say that I also sell pre-made dishes in the live broadcast room. This is a fact. We know that they sell pre-made dishes, and they also say that they are pre-made dishes. There is no problem with this. When you buy, you also know that they are pre-made dishes. Pre-made dishes themselves are legal."
It is reported that Laoxiangji is a Chinese fast food chain brand originated in Hefei, Anhui. Data shows that Laoxiangji has more than 1,000 fast food restaurants across the country, and currently has stores in Anhui, Nanjing, Wuhan, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Xuzhou and other places. As of 2020, Laoxiangji has served a total of 600 million consumers, with an average daily service of 500,000 people.
What exactly is a pre-made dish? How to define the standards?
Six departments make it clear that the dishes delivered by the central kitchen are not pre-made dishes
In March 2024, six departments issued the "Notice", clarifying the scope of pre-made dishes, as well as the construction of standard systems, food safety supervision and other issues of concern to consumers.
The "Notice" clearly states that considering the wide application of the central kitchen model of chain catering enterprises, clean dishes, semi-finished products and finished dishes produced by themselves and distributed to their own stores shall comply with the laws, regulations and standards for catering food safety. Dishes made in the central kitchen are not included in the scope of pre-made dishes. At the same time, uncooked clean vegetables foods that are only processed simply after cleaning, peeling, slicing, etc. are edible agricultural products and not pre-made vegetables. Staple foods such as frozen noodles and rice, convenience foods, boxed lunches, rice dough, steamed buns, pastries, roujiamo, bread, hamburgers, sandwiches, pizza, etc. are not pre-made dishes.
In addition, the definition emphasizes that it can only be eaten after heating or cooking. Heating refers to the process of heating food to an edible state, that is, simple reheating of pre-processed and cooked products before consumption. Cooked food refers to the process of cooking food by stir-frying, frying, roasting, boiling, steaming, etc., that is, it is not fully cooked during the pre-processing stage and needs to be thoroughly cooked before it can be eaten. Ready-to-eat foods that can be eaten without heating or cooked, as well as cold dishes such as vegetables (fruit) salads that can be eaten directly are not pre-made dishes.
According to the Pengpai News, "According to current standards, meals delivered in central kitchens are not classified as pre-made dishes, which is significantly different from the concept of 'packaged, pre-processed foods, namely pre-made dishes' in general perception. The deviation between this standard definition and the inherent perception of the public may be difficult to be widely accepted by the public."
Yu Jian, general manager of CTR CCTV Market Research, told reporters that the current contradiction in public opinion is that consumers' demand for transparent catering continues to heat up. In the Chinese concept, people are more accustomed to freshly prepared foods and have a natural resistance to pre-processed or industrialized products, although there is no problem with quality.
The judgment of deliciousness and unpalatability falls within the category of personal taste, and enterprises can reasonably accept consumers' suggestions. Regarding the price issue, Xibei also responded to the reasonable pricing, which emphasizes the quality of its own ingredients and the value it provides. When pricing, catering companies will comprehensively consider multiple factors such as food cost, operating cost, and brand value.
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