No mung beans in mung bean soup?Manufacturer: belongs to flavor drinks

Upstream journalist Zhu Ting intern Yao Jiayu Editor Cai Haiyan

"Mung bean soup, clear heat and heat, but no mung bean, all technology and ruthless words!" Recently, some netizens showed a ingredients table for mung bean soup beverages, which caused heated discussion among netizens. Netizens ridiculed: There is no mung bean in the mung bean soup, just like his wife's cake without a wife! On the 25th, the staff of the beverage manufacturer responded to the upstream news (reporting the mailbox [email protected]) said that it is a flavor drink that must not be added with mung beans.

This product is a flavor drink, and the outer packaging is eye -catching "Mung Bean Soup"

The reporter noticed that this drink from the netizen, the front packaging of the bottle body was stunned "Mung Bean Soup" with a large black size, and mentioned "During the heat and quenching thirst". A lot of small, mung beans are also used in pictures. The product introduction on the other side of the beverage packaging mentioned that the type is flavored drink, and it is 12 months at room temperature at the shelf life. There are related product standard numbers and food production license numbers. However, there is no other other than the ingredients meter, except for water, food additives, and food flavor.

In the online shopping platform, the reporter also found the same model and similar products on sale. In summary, the sales volume is good. In terms of price, the price of 1L is about 3 yuan. Most shops are the same products and similar products, and the front packaging is mainly used as the main picture of mung beans. The words "mung bean soup" are also particularly eye -catching. The store even puts on publicity words such as "authentic". The reporter consulted a number of shops, and customer service said that the drink does not contain mung beans, because the product is just a drink. Among them, the source of mung bean flavors is mainly flavors.

Subsequently, the reporter contacted the producer of the drink, Jiangsu Huai'an Food Technology Company. The staff said that this drink belongs to mung bean soup flavor drinks, not to say that mung beans must be added, it is the taste of mung beans, the taste is mainly achieved by edible flavors. The manufacturer is strict in quality control, and there are regular food production license documents. Consumers can rest assured. The staff also said that if consumers recommend adding mung beans to drinks, it is not impossible. The corresponding cost will increase, and the price will be high.

There is no mung bean ingredient in the ingredient table

The reporter inquiry found that according to the national standard "Drinking River", the flavor drink is one or more of the flavor drink (including sugar and starch sugar) and (or) sweet -flavor, acidity regulator, and edible flavors (ingredients) as adjustments. The main means of flavor, liquid beverages made of processing or fermentation, such as tea -flavored drinks, fruit beverages, milk -flavored beverages, coffee flavor drinks, flavor water drinks, other flavor drinks, etc. For the technical requirements of flavor drinks, the first is that the raw materials should meet the corresponding food standards and relevant regulations; the second is that the sensory requirements must have the color of the product, no odor, odor, and foreign body. In this regard, lawyer Wu Xingbing of Chongqing Kunyuan Hengtai Law Firm stated that according to the relevant provisions of the Consumer Rights Protection Law, the operator provides consumers with information such as the quality, performance, use, and validity period of the commodities or services. Real, comprehensive, must not be used for false or misunderstandings. The inquiry of the operator's questions on the quality and usage of consumers on the quality and service of the consumers should make a true and clear answer. The operator provides goods or services. Practicing or misunderstanding on goods or its packaging may also violate the provisions of the Anti -Unfair Competition Law. Because the goods or services that are promoted in itself do not exist, the merchant may constitute a false or misunderstanding of the goods or services, and consumers can ask the administrative department to punish them. If the legitimate rights and interests of consumers are damaged, they can request compensation from the operator.

Wu Xingbing believes that from the perspective of this drink, although the relevant national standards are met, the ingredient table is also displayed, but consumers are often noticed by the front packaging of the product for the first time. The soup ", the" flavor drink "font is much smaller. It is inevitable that the consumer is misleading. It is more likely to have a substantial impact on consumer transaction decisions. He suggested that when buying similar products, consumers must know more about product information and check the production date, quality shelf life, ingredients, etc. Consumers can ask the operator to inquire about the real situation in order to choose a targeted choice.

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