“They made yellow peach jelly like this?” ... Consumers shocked by video from Chinese factory

[Financial News] A video has emerged showing workers at a food-processing factory in China placing yellow peach flesh into plastic containers with their bare hands, without food-safe gloves. Local internet users questioned whether hygiene was being properly managed after seeing the food handled directly by hand.
A video of a worksite believed to be a yellow peach jelly factory in Anhui Province, China, has recently circulated on social media (SNS).
A, who uploaded the post, said, “The video, released by an employee at a food-processing factory in Anhui Province, China, showed workers making jelly by portioning yellow peaches into plastic cups with their bare hands.”
The video shows employees reaching into a large container and taking out yellow peach flesh. They transferred the flesh into small plastic cups and placed them in a row on metal trays. They did not wear gloves at any point during the process.
As the video came to light, people in China expressed concern about hygiene and oversight at the manufacturing site. However, the exact manufacturer of the factory shown in the video and where its products are distributed have not been confirmed.
Internet users generally reacted negatively to the workers’ not wearing gloves. Comments included, “Isn’t it too much not to wear even disposable gloves?” and “After seeing this video, I don’t feel like eating jelly anymore.”
Some also voiced concern for the workers’ health. One internet user said, “Wouldn’t the workers’ hands get damaged if they worked barehanded all day?”
There have been other cases in China of unsanitary practices being uncovered during food handling. Last September, it was revealed that a mop used to clean a kitchen had been washed in a pot used to cook food in the kitchen of a kindergarten in Jiangsu Province.
Authorities discovered this while investigating the cause of a mass food-poisoning outbreak among the kindergarten’s children. The kindergarten had an outbreak among its pupils from last April through June.
In October 2025, hygiene problems at a pickled cabbage factory in Huludao, Liaoning Province, also came to light. Video released at the time showed a man inside a large pickling vat, smoking as he pickled cabbage. Criticism mounted after footage also showed him spitting inside the vat.
The video from the pickled cabbage factory was shared in South Korea as well as China, raising concerns about food hygiene.
Later, the Xingcheng City Market Supervision and Administration Bureau in Liaoning Province fined the factory’s representative 1 million yuan (about 202.5 million won). The company was also fined 50,000 yuan (about 10.12 million won) and ordered to suspend production and business operations.
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