According to Consumer Reports, this year, on Double Eleven, JD.com and Tmall sold more than a thousand pieces of imported propolis products, with prices ranging from 50 to 200, almost 100% of them were fake.
, executive vice president of Jiangsu Health and Health Industry Association, said: "According to the cost of formal propolis, deducting packaging fees, logistics fees, labor fees and cost fees, the transaction price of 1 kilogram is about 1,200 yuan. Two boxes of propolis that can be sold for 50 yuan are definitely fake."
, a piece of , behind the chaos of , is people's demand for propolis products to grow day by day.
Propolis contains a variety of flavonoid compounds , minerals, vitamin B group, organic acids, etc., and is considered to have more than 20 functions such as enhancing immunity, lowering blood sugar, and lowering blood lipids. In addition, the output is extremely low. A bee colony of 50,000 to 60,000 bees produces 100-150 grams of propolis a year, and the annual output of the world is only 1/8 of the gold output, so propolis is also called "purple gold".
Because of the rich nutrition and high price of propolis, many domestic black-hearted manufacturers have added the low-priced " gum " to propolis products to deceive consumers. After CCTV exposure and rectification by relevant departments, although there have been some regulations and improvements, consumers' confidence in domestic propolis is getting lower and lower, and they turn to imported propolis.
However, can you really buy imported propolis with confidence?
According to the analysis of "Consumer Report", there are currently three most popular propolis production places on the market: Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.
Australia is a country dominated by animal husbandry. The local propolis production is very small and is generally self-sufficient. "We brought Australian propolis back for testing, but none of them were spared from being spared from the poplar gum ingredients." Wang Zhixiang, who has inspected the foreign propolis market, said, "How can a country that does not even have propolis standards ensure product quality?"
Currently, there are only three countries with propolis standards: China, Brazil and South Korea. But South Korea is not the place of propolis.
The situation in New Zealand is almost the same as that in Australia. The country's propolis production is also very small. Most of the raw materials for the exported propolis products are imported from other countries, including China.
The three most popular propolis production areas, only Brazil has not yet fallen and still maintains excellent quality. As early as the 1990s, Japan, as the earliest country to study propolis, believed that Brazil's green propolis had the best quality. Compared with propolis in other regions, its active ingredients are higher and richer, with a richer aroma and stronger immune and antibacterial functions. Therefore, there are always sayings in the propolis industry that "the world's propolis looks at Brazil" and "the Brazilian propolis looks at green propolis".
However, due to the extremely low output, there are not many manufacturers capable of supplying high-quality propolis raw materials. Among them, the largest producer of green propolis raw materials in Brazil is Apis Flora. ApisFlora has a long history in research on green propolis and has strict standards for the collection and extraction of propolis. Its leading processing and extraction technology can fully extract low-polar and high-polar substances in green propolis, while filtering all impurities, including beeswax, and ensuring maximum retention of active compounds in final green propolis powder.
In June 2012, China's leading dietary supplement brand and benchmark enterprise Tongcheng Beijian reached an exclusive raw material procurement cooperation with Apis Flora, "bring Brazil's national treasure and the best green propolis to Chinese consumers."
market , how do ordinary people identify the authenticity of propolis? ?
Smell the smell
Apply the propolis liquid directly on the back of the hand. Real propolis is an aromatic resin smell that can be completely absorbed; while fake propolis is a smelly gum smell, which is spherical and cannot be completely absorbed.
taste numb
Drop propolis directly into the mouth. The real propolis tastes bitter, spicy, astringent, and numb, and the color is brown; fake propolis only has bitterness, no other taste, and the color is black.
dissolved water fast
Drop propolis in water. The water-soluble propolis drops with good quality can be completely dissolved in water, and the color is light yellow. The drops of poor quality propolis do not dissolve at all in water. Some floating objects are on the water, some are like oil, and some are even sticking to the wall of the cup, and the color is black, indicating that the solubility is poor and the natural absorption will not be good.
does not flow
drops 1 drop of propolis content on white paper (send paper, face paper). After shelving for a few minutes, observe its changes:
content is not easy to seep, and it is still a molded product after a few hours, which proves that the glue content is high; the diffusion is large, and there is no molded product all liquid, which proves that the glue content is extremely low.
*If you want to know the specific content of propolis or flavonoids, you should send it to the legal testing agency for quantitative analysis of the instrument.
Finally, choose propolis when purchasing the product and pay attention to "three views" .
Look at the "batch number": Propolis must have the approval number of the "State Food and Drug Administration" before it can be produced and sold, and requires the use of the "little blue hat" logo. Therefore, when consumers choose propolis, they should choose "Healthy Font Size", that is, propolis products marked "Little Blue Hat".
2-view "Function": The Ministry of Health approved propolis three functions: regulating blood lipids, regulating blood sugar, and regulating immunity. Consumers need to check carefully.
3 Look at "enterprise" You must choose a company with national authoritative certification, strong strength, reliable raw materials, long operating years and good reputation in order to keep your health free.
