Sharing about her new product, Ms. Lai expressed: “Consumers now tend to reduce sweetness and care more about health … I think, fruit peel, especially grapefruit peel are not only processed. making jam to “play with”, but also used to support a number of diseases, such as: reducing blood fat, fatty liver, reducing cholesterol, clearing neck, supporting digestion … After that, I started to produce dried grapefruit peel jam to support health ”. Ms. Lai aims to achieve OCOP standard for the products of pomelo peel and kumquat in the future Also using grapefruit peel as jam, but the pomelo peel product of Mrs. Lai is not dried but only dried. When eating grapefruit peel, you can still feel the full flavor of grapefruit, keep the green color of grapefruit like when you first picked it, bite into a piece of grapefruit that is both flexible and fragrant, making people remember. Any journey to new things is also challenging and arduous, as is the case with Ms. Lai. Initially experiencing, researching to launch new products, Lai herself has failed many times. Just a small process of processing the wrong product with the wrong formula will spoil the experimental batch of dried pomelo jam. In that process, she both works and learns from experience, and at the same time, continuously corrects the recipe to produce a complete product. With a high determination to bring to the market a new product line, Ms. Lai does not stop researching, so it takes a long time for the pomelo peel jam and dried kumquat to be successful. When it comes to grapefruit peel, the process of processing bitter ingredients is not easy. In the grapefruit peel contains a large amount of essential oils. This is the ingredient that makes up the characteristic flavor of the product. But this is what causes the product to be bitter if not handled properly. According to Ms. Lai, the selected pomelo peel material must be a new, fresh shell. Do not choose shells that have been wilted, rotten, or have black spots on the surface. It can be said that the choice of raw materials greatly affects the color and taste of the finished product. Towards OCOP products in the future, Ms. Lai determined that the dried fruit jam or kumquat must be clean from the ingredients to the table, so, right from the selection of ingredients, Ms. Lai is very strict. With the jam of pomelo peel and pomelo peel, she chose to be the quality green skin pomelo variety of a business household buying and selling rice, Hung Hanh rice variety, the product has been assessed and recognized by the province as 3-star OCOP standard. “The plasticizing process is the most important. Because just keep low heat, just have to stir your hands evenly on the stove. Just a little negligence, the peel of grapefruit or kumquat will be dry and hard, not finished as expected. To make 1kg of dried pomelo peel jam, it takes 4 grapefruit fruits. With the selling price of 350,000 VND / kg of dried fruit jam / kumquat, my product is very attractive. Through the survey, many people believe that if the jam is delicious, high quality and brings health benefits, the price is “slightly” better than the market, they also accept it. Through the launch at the booth “OCOP products accompanying consumers in An Giang in 2021” took place from January 8 to January 10, 2021 at the pedestrian street of Ho Chi Minh City. Long Xuyen, my 2 products are favored by consumers. Since then, I have continuously orders. Currently, on average, each month, I sell to the market more than 20kg of pomelo peel jam, dried kumquat, on holidays and Tet, I have increased a lot ”- Mrs. Lai confided. Ms. Lai has invested in a small plastic dryer which costs 7-8 million VND. When making products, she hires some local idle workers (preferably disabled) to pack and pack for 10,000 VND / kg. Currently, her products have been tested by the Quality Control Center (Can Tho City) with no preservatives, no color products, no chemical residues, no plant protection drugs, and at the same time certified. food safety hygiene products.

Green skin pomelo prices increased sharply Similarly, in the Mekong Delta, the price of green vegetables also increased slightly with choysum priced at 21,000 VND / kg, increasing by 2,000 VND / kg compared to yesterday, broccoli was 14,000 VND, increased by 2,000 VND / kg, and cowpea was 17,000 VND / kg, increased by 2,000 VND. / kg, beans price 20,000 VND / kg increase 2000 VND / kg, tomatoes price 20,000 VND / kg increase 2,000 VND / kg … Prices of some fruits also tend to be sideways. The price of sand mango is 10,000 VND / kg, 3-color mango of type 1 is 8000 VND / kg, down 4,000 VND / kg, 3-color mango (bucket type) is 6,000 VND / kg. Particularly, the price of green skin pomelo has increased sharply, type 1 has a price of 35,000 VND / kg, an increase of 10,000 VND / kg, a price of green skin pomelo has a price of 25,000 VND / kg, an increase of 8,000 VND / kg. The price of green skin pomelo increased due to a decrease in supply and an increase in consumption. At this time, the amount of pomelos to harvest in many localities in the Mekong Delta is not much because farmers have sold them in the previous months to nourish their trees to prepare for the end of year harvest. Seafood products have stable prices. The price of howling fish is from 50,000 to 55,000 VND / kg; white plaice cost 35,000 VND / kg, pangasius white meat 35,000 VND / kg, snakehead fish cost 48,000 VND / kg, Red tilapia cost 54,000 – 48,000 VND / kg, tilapia cost 28,000 VND / kg, the price of eel is 160,000 – 170,000 VND / kg, an increase of 5,000 VND / kg compared to the previous day, giant freshwater shrimp is 235,000 – 245,000 VND / kg, and frogs are priced from 50,000 to 55,000 VND / kg …