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What does the snowflake mark on food packaging mean?

The snowflake sign on it generally means quick freezing.

The so-called quick freezing means that the food is quickly frozen to form tiny ice crystals, which will not seriously damage the cell tissue, thus retaining the original flavor of the food and can be preserved for a long time.

Quick freezing generally refers to the use of modern freezing technology to reduce the temperature of food to a certain temperature below its freezing point in the shortest time, so that all or most of the water contained in it and the external heat of food form reasonable tiny ice crystals, thus minimizing the liquid water necessary for microbial life activities and biochemical changes of food nutrients and preserving the original natural quality of food to the greatest extent.

Snowflakes are low-temperature resistant labels, and cup forks are edible labels.

Snowflakes on food packaging mark supermarket refrigeration or freezing.

There are usually four icons at the bottom of the lunch box, namely snowflake, wavy line, triangle and QS logo, which means:

Among them, plastic lunch boxes marked with snowflakes can be stored at low temperature. Can be refrigerated or frozen.

Snowflakes are marked as being kept in a refrigerated environment.