Chinese farmers across 14 towns are spraying industrial sulfur on wolfberries so they'll be 'red and beautiful': state media
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The broadcaster CCTV aired clips of workers soaking the berries in vats of sodium metabisulfite and smoking them in place of sun-drying their crop.
  • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    The “industrial sulfur” is actually sodium metabisulfite or E223 (preservative). According to the article, the farmers aren’t supposed to use this preservative at all, so there may be some restrictions with this specific berry.

    According to this article E223 is GRAS and approved by several food authorities. Obviously, there are restrictions, so you can’t do whatever you want.