In recent years, the national market demand for rice dumplings has been growing at an annual rate of 35%. However, the production of rice dumplings is almost purely manual. The production methods are backward and inefficient, and food hygiene and safety cannot keep up with the development needs of the times. The level of industrial-scale production of rice dumplings, which uses agricultural products such as glutinous rice, red beans, and pork as its main raw materials, is low. Affected by the shortage of skilled labor (for example, it takes one year to train a skilled rice dumpling wrapper), the development of the rice dumpling industry is slow. Since 2006, "Zhenzhen Laolao" has regarded technological innovation as an important part of enterprise development and is committed to changing the way of pure manual production. In early 2007, the first mechanized assembly line in the history of the rice dumpling industry was successfully developed - automatic rice dumpling wrapping. Filling line. The success of the automatic rice dumpling filling line has changed the shortcomings of the traditional manual rice dumpling wrapping method in terms of difficulty in cleaning hands, low work efficiency, poor consistency, easy cross-contamination, and high proficiency requirements. Test data shows that after the automatic rice dumpling filling line was put into use, the average number of skilled workers packaging increased from 200 rice dumplings per hour to an average of 280 rice dumplings per hour. The labor efficiency increased by nearly 40%, while ensuring the stability of product quality. The weight and size of the rice dumplings are kept consistent, and the filling position in the middle of the rice dumplings is accurate, making the rice dumplings taste better. At present, this project has obtained a national patent.
In order to further realize the automation of making rice dumplings, "Zhenzhen Laolao" has developed an automatic thread-tying machine for making rice dumplings. This equipment replaces the manual winding link in the process of making rice dumplings with machinery. The successful development of this project will make The efficiency of making zongzi is increased by 200, which will have a profound impact on the entire zongzi industry.
In 2007, the government issued special regulations on food recalls, which put forward new requirements for the food industry. "Zhenzhen Laolao" has strengthened its control over food hygiene management, renovated various facilities, and conducted quality and professional knowledge training for company employees to improve the hygiene concept of all employees and implement the policy of quality first.
The "Zhenzhen Laolao" brand has won the titles of Nanhu District Famous Trademark, Nanhu District Famous Trademark and Jiaxing City Famous Trademark. "Zhenzhen Laolao" rice dumplings have been rated as "Chinese Famous Snacks" and have won gold medals in all previous Chinese Rice Dumpling Cultural Festivals and the Quality Product Award at the 2008 Jiaxing Agricultural Products Fair.