How high is the cost of moon cakes?

Let's take the most common "double yellow and white lotus seed paste" moon cake as an example. Under normal circumstances, there are four in a box, marked with 750g, each weighing about 125g (excluding the packaging such as iron boxes). If the best xianglian is used as stuffing, a catty of xianglian is about 32 yuan, with a maximum of 75g, the price is about 5.0 yuan, and two egg yolks are about 2.5 yuan, so the cost is not limited to these. As for the cost of labor, shops, taxes and fees, it is estimated to be around 14.5 yuan. According to the retail price (excluding boxes), the price of this brand-name moon cake is probably higher than that of 24 yuan, and the profit should be around 70%. If the packaging is beautiful, the price is more expensive and the profit is higher.

Take the moon cake with the best ingredients as an example. In fact, the stuffing used for moon cakes is almost 50% lotus seed paste, so the cost is about 12 yuan, so the profit is higher.

The gross profit of moon cakes is very high (as everyone in the industry knows), so when it comes to Mid-Autumn Festival, there are countless cake makers. For example, in Guangzhou, except for several famous cake chefs in history, other hotels and shops with selling points all make moon cakes in large quantities. Some five-star hotels sell cakes at high prices (at least 130 yuan a box) in the name of hotels, and the quality is not remarkable. The price of other cake shops is even lower. You can buy a double yellow and white lotus seed cake for less than 10 yuan/piece, and there are a lot of people to make it.

Why is it so flat? Because there is no lotus seed paste in the stuffing of these moon cakes, potatoes or sweet potato powder are basically used instead of lotus seed paste, otherwise the cost will not be so flat. Therefore, people had better choose some traditional famous shops to buy moon cakes. Although the price is more expensive, the relative quality is more guaranteed.

Eating moon cakes is not good for your health, but a holiday food. Mooncakes contain a lot of sugar and are not suitable for diabetics. In addition, the high fat, high energy and indigestion of lotus seed paste are not good for your health. Therefore, I suggest you try it and don't eat it in large quantities.