After eating Zhihu mooncakes, did the big Vs turn into "Splatoon"? Officials urgently apologize: recall immediately!
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Source: 21st Century Business Herald
The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and the Zhihu platform is distributing mooncakes to big Vs. Many big Vs have reported that after trying the mooncakes, they turned into "Splatoon"... and suffered from diarrhea.
What’s going on?
After eating Zhihu mooncakes, you get diarrhea and become a "Splatoon"?
In the mooncake competition between different factions during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the customized mooncake gift boxes of Internet companies have become a unique hit with social attributes in the circle of friends because of the employees of each company posting their orders. Different companies will launch different themes every year, and netizens will evaluate them in terms of appearance, creativity, taste, etc.
This year, some domestic celebrities who received mooncake gift boxes from Zhihu said that they had diarrhea after eating the mooncakes.
Someone on Zhihu asked "How do you evaluate the mooncakes on Zhihu?" The reporter did not find the question after searching. However, a Zhihu netizen answered the question related to the mooncakes on Zhihu by saying "Laxative, I was in the toilet and just ejaculated."
Please use your imagination to imagine the scene...
In the questions and posts related to "Zhihu Mooncakes", many netizens mentioned laxatives, diarrhea, sugar alcohols, etc.
Some netizens reported that when they were discussing issues with Zhihu mooncakes, Zhihu had practices such as "hiding answers, deleting comments, and controlling comments."
A popular science blogger named "A Boiled Goose" on Weibo said that the low-sugar mooncake formula designed by the factory was problematic, as too much sugar alcohol was added. The ingredient list showed that the mooncakes used sugar alcohols such as maltitol liquid, erythritol, and sorbitol liquid instead of sugar. "Generally speaking, 20 grams of maltitol can cause diarrhea in sensitive people."
Several Zhihu big Vs also explained the reason why "eating mooncakes" turned into "Splatoon" this time. The culprit should be - xylitol.
Zero-sugar, sucrose-free, and zero-calorie foods are popular. Are sugar substitutes safe? According to Southern Metropolis Daily, an article about sugar substitutes published by Shanghai Centers for Disease Control in August this year mentioned that sugar substitutes are not equal to healthy foods, and the use of sugar substitutes may disrupt metabolism. The hazards of frequent consumption of sugar substitutes include disrupting the balance of intestinal flora, increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, and increasing the risk of obesity.
Zhihu apologizes! The person in charge of mooncake procurement also speaks out
At around 8 p.m. on September 8, Zhihu released an "Apology Letter Regarding Some Users Developing Diarrhea Symptoms After Eating Mooncakes," and stated that it was indeed due to lack of experience in the purchasing process.
Choose healthier low-sugar mooncakes from suppliers, and ignore the fact that maltitol, which is used to replace sucrose, may cause intolerance in some people. Provide remedies and services to those who feel unwell. And recall the mooncakes that have been issued.
The person in charge of purchasing the mooncakes also issued an apology:
Low-sugar, sucrose-free, and xylitol mooncakes are becoming increasingly popular
According to the "2021 Mooncake Market New Consumption Trend Report" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"), in addition to the traditional flavors of Cantonese, Beijing, and Suzhou mooncakes, sugar-free, low-fat, healthy mooncakes, creative mooncakes and special-flavor mooncakes developed by domestic emerging brands, and co-branded mooncakes by food bloggers and well-known IPs are becoming more and more popular among consumers. Among them, those born after 2005 prefer creative mooncakes from emerging brands, and those born in the 1960s and 1970s like sugar-free mooncakes.
The report found that as baked goods become more common and breakfast items, the proportion of mooncakes consumed by oneself has increased, and different groups of people have different requirements for the taste, size, calories, packaging, etc. of mooncakes. Merchants and brands have launched personalized mooncakes for different age groups, and the trend of customized consumption is obvious.
In order to meet the needs of people who want to control sugar and lose weight, businesses have launched low-sugar, sugar-free, and xylitol mooncakes. A baking industry practitioner told Nandu reporters that the baking industry is gradually using sugar substitutes to replace white cane sugar without affecting the taste. But for itself, it is more inclined to reduce the amount of sugar to ensure the taste.
A bakery salesman said that the mooncake market has a large capacity, high gross profit and fierce market competition. From crayfish, spicy strips, pickled mustard tubers to afternoon tea-style mooncakes, merchants launch personalized mooncakes every year. "Food safety is basically no problem. It mainly depends on whether the ingredients are genuine and whether the amount is standard."
He also mentioned that a company once launched a sugar alcohol yam mooncake, but later stopped selling it because some people had intolerance.
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