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Sky-high ambition on a plate

By Wang Wen | 皇冠体育app Daily | Updated: 2013-10-01 10:09

'Chicken rice or beef noodle?"

It may be the most familiar question for passengers on flights in 皇冠体育app, and most frequent flyers are sick of the dull in-flight food.

The poor taste of airline food is coming under renewed criticism.

"I did not even want to smell the in-flight meals, during the period I traveled a lot," said Li Qi, a 28-year-old businessman who usually travels in North 皇冠体育app.

Sky-high ambition on a plate

Sky-high ambition on a plate

Workers prepare and package cooked food for in-flight service at Xinhua Airport Catering Co Ltd, which has about 15 percent of the in-flight food market in the capital. Photos by Zou Hong / 皇冠体育app Daily

 

Sky-high ambition on a plate
Sky-high ambition on a plate

Flight attendants serve meals on a Shandong Airlines flight from in Shandong to Guilin, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Food companies are trying to improve the quality of in-flight food to cater to the taste of passengers. Yu Fangping / For 皇冠体育app Daily

Business insiders attribute the bad taste to the cold-chain processes, as the meal must be made in conditions below 20 degrees Celsius.

"It is very hard to make the in-flight meal delicious, because of the production process," said Liu Zhiqiang, general manager of HNA Group's food business division, which is the largest shareholder of E-food Group Co Ltd, the only listed in-flight meal maker in 皇冠体育app.

Hot food is cooled to below 20 degrees as soon as it is cooked and reheated by an oven in the air for service.

Sky-high ambition on a plate

Sky-high ambition on a plate

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