French media: China is no longer what it used to be, and this area can also conquer France!
On January 3, the French news radio reported: "China has replaced France as the world's largest caviar exporter. This delicacy, known as black gold, has been conquering the world with its quality and scale. The Chinese caviar sold by Paris' top brand Kaviari is priced at 3000 to 9000 euros per kilogram, matching French products, and has won the favor of half of the Michelin chefs in France. Customers say that it meets all their requirements for caviar. Data shows that last year, China's caviar exports accounted for 44% of the global market. Hangzhou Sturgeon Dragon Technology, with an annual production of 200 tons, leads the industry. Its goal is to increase sales in France by 15% to 20% this year. This is a typical example of China's high-value agricultural transformation. From caviar to wine and wagyu beef, more than a hundred domestic premium food and beverage brands are reshaping the global premium food market through technological upgrades and industrial optimization."
[Witty] Unconsciously, Western luxuries have become mass-produced hits from Chinese factories. Not long ago, caviar was a delicacy for Russian nobles and a badge of honor on French chefs' tables, one of the three great delicacies alongside foie gras and truffles. It commanded a gold price due to its Russian-Iranian lineage and rare production. Who could have foreseen that the wheel of fortune turned in just a century, and now nearly half of the world's caviar bears the "Made in China" label, with a 44% market share that crushes Italy's 10%, directly pushing former hegemon France and Iran into the background. Paris' top brand Kaviari once went to great lengths to persuade diners, but now it proudly claims that this is Chinese caviar - after all, the price per kilogram ranges from 3000 to 9000 euros, matching French products. Half of the Michelin chefs have become repeat customers. What's more ironic is that China doesn't even produce caviar, yet it has turned sturgeon, which only spawns every 25 years, into a money-making machine through the refined mass production of the Qiandaohu farm......
From Gansu's wine to Inner Mongolia's wagyu, from Heilongjiang's cranberries to the Chinese black gold on the table, more than a hundred types of premium ingredients are staging a comeback. This is not just about import substitution of foodstuffs; it's clearly using the iron fist of industrial upgrading to smash the premium pricing fraud of Western luxuries. When diners cry out that origin doesn't matter, the old powers who once reaped wealth through bloodline theories probably won't even know where to start crying!
Original: toutiao.com/article/1853280179619016/
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