Can I put the leftover mooncakes in the refrigerator?

The Mid-Autumn Festival holiday is over

Most people have unfinished mooncakes at home.

How are you going to deal with it?

Use mooncakes instead of regular meals?

Or store in the refrigerator?

Are these practices correct?

Let's take a look

Myth 1

Eat mooncakes as a main meal?

The truth: This practice is not advisable. The correct way is to cut the mooncakes into small pieces and eat them as snacks in small amounts.

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Moon cakes are high in energy, sugar and oil, and eating too much can easily cause gastrointestinal discomfort. In addition to sugar and oil, they are relatively lacking in protein and vitamins . Such food cannot replace regular meals to meet our nutritional needs.

Myth 2

Can I eat sugar-free mooncakes as much as I want?

The truth: In fact, sugar-free mooncakes simply do not contain added sugar (such as sucrose) . During the production process, low-energy non-sugar sweeteners such as maltitol, sorbitol, xylitol, etc. are generally used to replace sucrose.

The lotus seeds, beans, starch in nuts, sugar in fruits, and flour used to make mooncake skins can all be converted into sugar in the body after consumption.

Myth 3

Do mooncakes containing precious ingredients have health benefits?

The truth: The health benefits of these mooncakes are just marketing gimmicks.

Shark fins, bird's nests and other ingredients do have nutritional value, but they are not necessarily more nutritious than some common ingredients. Adding a small amount of them to mooncakes will have very limited nourishing effects. At the same time, if these ingredients are not handled properly, they may breed bacteria, increasing the risk of consumption.

Myth 4

Can refrigerating mooncakes extend their shelf life?

The truth: This is not a wise choice.

The starch content is the highest among the raw materials of mooncakes. After baking and ripening, the starch becomes soft and delicate in taste. However, at low temperatures, the ripened starch will precipitate water and become aged, making the mooncakes hard and taste worse. Mooncakes with less oil and less water will not only harden quickly after being refrigerated, but also easily moldy.

The high oil and sugar content of mooncakes has relatively extended their shelf life. Mooncakes within their shelf life can be stored at room temperature in a cool, ventilated and dry place.

Please forward this to your family and friends.

Let them no longer worry about the storage of mooncakes!

Source | China CDC, CCTV.com, Henan CDC, Changchun CDC

First review | Chen Jiaqi Review | Wei Xinghua

Final Review | Zhou Yang