During the 2016 Spring Festival travel rush, high-speed rail meals once again became a topic of concern, with passengers generally reporting that the prices were too high. Although high-speed rail meals are meant to be a temporary convenience for passengers, a reporter's visit to Beijing Jingtie Train Service Company (hereinafter referred to as Jingtie Train Service) revealed that the preparation and production process is quite complex. To ensure passengers get tasty dishes, workers start before dawn every day. Jingtie Train Service has a dedicated procurement team for high-speed rail meal ingredients, and every vegetable is selected by the team after extensive searching. They skip vegetable dealers and purchase directly from production bases, comparing and carefully selecting to buy pure green vegetables. The photo shows workers sorting vegetables. The photo shows workers sorting vegetables. "After machine cutting, the pork belly needs manual trimming, and this reprocessing also serves as another inspection of the meat," said the person in charge, Zhan Bing. The photo shows workers reprocessing pork belly. The photo shows workers reprocessing pork belly. Although the dishes are "cooked in a large wok," it's not simply adding ingredients together. For one serving, you use 1 gram of salt, but for 100 servings, you can't just use 100 grams—that would be too salty. The photo shows a worker stir-frying dishes. The difficulty in making high-speed rail meals is that the cooking temperature must reach above 85°C, and after coming out of the wok, the food must be quickly cooled to below 10°C, then reheated in a microwave when passengers eat. During this process, the color, texture, and taste naturally change. To ensure the dishes look and taste as good as when freshly cooked, the R&D team at the high-speed rail catering base repeatedly tests and compares from ingredient selection to operational procedures, constantly seeking the best solution. The photo shows a worker stir-frying dishes. The photo shows the packaging area. The packaging area is a clean zone, and with the latest technology, the air cleanliness meets the 300,000-class food processing standard. After cooling, the cooked dishes go to the meal assembly area, where the temperature is kept below 15°C. Here, the once-cooled dishes and rice are packed into meal boxes, then undergo secondary cooling and vacuum nitrogen flushing before sealing. Dishes and rice are packed into meal boxes. Secondary cooling and vacuum nitrogen flushing before sealing. In the production building of Jingtie Service Company, there is a microbiology laboratory that handles testing and indicator verification, covering all necessary microbiological tests for self-inspection, finished product inspection, and food safety system certification. The photo shows staff testing dishes. The photo shows the microbiology laboratory. The photo shows staff testing dishes. After packaging, each meal box is marked with a unique "digital identity code," which includes the production date and batch number. The reporter found that the production date is precise to the second, ensuring passengers' peace of mind and facilitating quality traceability. Meal boxes with identity codes must also pass through metal detectors and X-ray foreign object detectors before being boxed. The person in charge, Zhan Bing, said: "Even with careful manual selection, small accidents can inevitably happen in some process. When meal boxes pass through these two checkpoints, if any foreign object is detected, the machine alarms and the conveyor stops. Staff will set aside the problematic meal box for analysis to determine which operation step caused the issue." The photo shows X-ray inspection of meal boxes for foreign objects. The photo shows X-ray inspection of meal boxes for foreign objects. Jingtie Service Company also retains samples of each batch and product, storing them in a dedicated sample refrigerator at 0°C-10°C for 72+48 hours. The photo shows samples in the sample room. After multiple inspections and sample retention, the meal boxes are boxed and shipped to various trains. The photo shows a whole box of cold-chain VIP Meicai Kou Rou (preserved vegetable and pork) rice. Speed 8 Taurine Vitamin Functional Drink National Recruitment Company: Shandong Tu Ba Ge Group Co., Ltd. Reasons for recommendation: 1. Superb taste and quality. 2. 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Inside the Making of a 15-Yuan High-Speed Rail Meal (Photos)
During the 2016 Spring Festival travel rush, high-speed rail meals became a hot topic again, with passengers generally complaining about their high prices. Although these meals are meant to be a temporary convenience, a reporter's visit to Beijing Jingtie Train Service Company revealed the complex preparation and production process behind them. The company has a dedicated procurement team that selects every vegetable, bypassing dealers to buy directly from production bases, ensuring pure green vegetables.
