What causes the high chestnut prices this year?

In mid-September, it went to the chestnut season. In many supermarkets and snack shops in the city, Tangchaolizi has appeared. Xiao Bian, a loyal fan of chestnuts, recently discovered that chestnut prices have risen much more than last year. Visited a few stores and supermarkets selling Tangchaolizi, Xiao Bian noted that the current price of Tangchaolizi is generally 30 yuan per kilogram. Some of the better quality chestnuts also reached 32 yuan/kg.

What causes chestnut prices so expensive this year? Xiao Bian made a special investigation. There are several reasons leading to chestnut prices this year higher than the same period last year. The first is the national chestnut harvest of last year. Due to the regulation of the market, many domestic chestnut production areas have encountered a “small year” of four years and one cycle, and production has decreased. In the first half of September, the national average chestnut price was 10.05 yuan/kg, and in the same period of 2011 it was 6 yuan. The news networks of Hebei, Shandong, and Anhui have also frequently announced the current news that chestnut has entered the fruit ripening period, but the output has shrunk from last year.

In addition, weather conditions such as drought or excessive rainfall have a greater impact on the output of Chinese chestnut this year. The country’s first chestnut county, Jinzhai County in Anhui Province, was affected by drought and other weather factors this year. Chestnut production was reduced to half of the same period last year, and direct Affected the national market, further raised the chestnut purchase price. In addition, the increase in labor costs caused by rising labor costs and rising prices of pesticides also contributed to the rise in the wholesale price of chestnuts.

Understand these circumstances, Xiao Bian on the high price of chestnut this year is not so entertained. After all, chestnut growers are also very hard, coupled with the weather caused by chestnut production, the supply of less than market demand also makes chestnut prices have become a last resort.

Although chestnut prices are higher this year, Xiaobian still hopes that the general public can buy some chestnuts. Chinese medicine practitioners believe that chestnuts are sweet and warm, non-toxic, and have the effect of "vipping spleen, thick stomach, strengthening kidneys, and promoting blood circulation to stop bleeding". Chestnuts contain more vitamins and minerals than many foods. They often eat chestnuts, replenishing spleen and supplementing spleen, and they are also effective in preventing and treating cardiovascular and other diseases.

Although chestnuts have a high nutritional and health value, they also need to be eaten well. Xiao Bian thought that it is best to eat chestnuts as snacks between meals, or to eat in meals instead of eating a lot after meals. Chestnuts contain more starch, eating too much calories after a meal, is not conducive to maintaining weight.