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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: Is cheap rice and honey fake???
Hello,
I watched a few YouTube videos where I learned that most of the honey and some of the rice in China is artificial. I have been to the Carrefour, Tesco, and a few other places but I can't tell which brand is authenticate. Should I just by the most expensive brand which would be ridiculous if it is not real like the cheaper ones? Also, I bought a huge bag of Jasmine long grain rice from Taobao for 32rmb but I am skeptical about it's authenticity as well because I thought it was a little too cheap. Does price really determine the authenticity of products here because according to the YouTube videos that I watched, it does?
Real rice has a natural fragrance to it so quite a few think if you smell the fragrance the rice is real. Too bad, the criminals are also aware of that. They eat rice themselves!
"The “rice” is made by mixing potatoes, sweet potatoes and plastic. The potatoes are first formed into the shape of rice grains. Industrial synthetic resins are then added to the mix. The rice reportedly stays hard even after being cooked … About 300,000 people were injured and at least six infants died in 2008 when Chinese milk and infant formula was found to be adulterated with melamine, which was thought to help the milk pass nutrition tests.
Later that year, melamine was also discovered in Chinese eggs.......
According to the Korean Times, this food fraud is being created using a mixture of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and synthetic resin (plastic). These ingredients are mixed together and formed into “grains” which very closely resemble the appearance of actual grains of rice. The rice substitute is then sprayed with a fragrance to mimic the smell of Wuchang rice, making it difficult to decipher between the two versions.
As you would expect, consuming this “plastic rice” is extremely harmful and toxic to one’s health, and is causing quite an uproar. One Chinese official warned that eating three bowls of this man-made rice would be equivalent to ingesting one plastic bag." https://www.snopes.com/plastic-rice-from-china/
Price is not an absolute indicator because if you can figure that out so can criminals. It works with cheapo fake Rolex watches which normally sell for rmb 250 each, or less (cost less than usd 4.5 at factory selling level btw) with vanity driven people, though.
I am told Taobao is filled with fake stuffs and Jing Dong (jd.com) is better. As usual, the big supermarkets stores are always a better bet.
My Honey is fake~ everytime I ask her whether she is mad at me she says No.
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rice from taobao? sounds crazy. rice at the market is plenty good enough.
It's doubtful it's fake but surely someone is doing it. The shops want you to come back to buy more so it is more likely to be low quality than fake.
The honey is probably legit, just watered down. A lot.
Fake rice? What could you fake it with that would be cheaper?
That said, i remember a couple of years ago some people in this town were busted for selling fake eggs. How you would fake an egg is beyond me. Apparently they looked and cooked just lime eggs (according to wechat gossip).
Fake rice unproven.
https://www.snopes.com/plastic-rice-from-china/
There was a story about plastic rice being exported to Nigeria. Cant recall if that was debunked.
Plenty of copy beer and whisky tho. Police are starting to inspect bars and shops for that.
you can get New Zealand honey in Shenzhen but its not cheap
but its the best honey
Stiggs:
I read somewhere people in China are putting NZ Manuka honey labels on cheap local crap and passing it off as the real thing.
Real rice has a natural fragrance to it so quite a few think if you smell the fragrance the rice is real. Too bad, the criminals are also aware of that. They eat rice themselves!
"The “rice” is made by mixing potatoes, sweet potatoes and plastic. The potatoes are first formed into the shape of rice grains. Industrial synthetic resins are then added to the mix. The rice reportedly stays hard even after being cooked … About 300,000 people were injured and at least six infants died in 2008 when Chinese milk and infant formula was found to be adulterated with melamine, which was thought to help the milk pass nutrition tests.
Later that year, melamine was also discovered in Chinese eggs.......
According to the Korean Times, this food fraud is being created using a mixture of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and synthetic resin (plastic). These ingredients are mixed together and formed into “grains” which very closely resemble the appearance of actual grains of rice. The rice substitute is then sprayed with a fragrance to mimic the smell of Wuchang rice, making it difficult to decipher between the two versions.
As you would expect, consuming this “plastic rice” is extremely harmful and toxic to one’s health, and is causing quite an uproar. One Chinese official warned that eating three bowls of this man-made rice would be equivalent to ingesting one plastic bag." https://www.snopes.com/plastic-rice-from-china/
Price is not an absolute indicator because if you can figure that out so can criminals. It works with cheapo fake Rolex watches which normally sell for rmb 250 each, or less (cost less than usd 4.5 at factory selling level btw) with vanity driven people, though.
I am told Taobao is filled with fake stuffs and Jing Dong (jd.com) is better. As usual, the big supermarkets stores are always a better bet.
Now I see clearly that you're 'fake'. Artificial is not interchangeable with fake.
Tami.X:
- 1.made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural.
- (of a situation or concept) not existing naturally; contrived or false.
synonyms: synthetic, fake, false, imitation, mock, simulated, faux, ersatz, substitute; More
Englteachted:
Again you prove yourself to be completely ignorant in English!!!!
So I can say an artificial Rolex?
Englteachted:
Yes you are 100% right with 'Girl shut up"
Since you're too dumb to figure it out, you are portraying a female I am a man . So yes girl shut the fuck up