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‘Gold’ grows on trees in China, fruit peels sells for lakhs of rupees

January 21, 2025

Weijing. If a person is asked about the most precious metal, he will first say gold. But some fruits are so beneficial for human health that their price starts touching the sky. One such fruit is tangerine, which is called Cantonese in the local language of China. The old peels of this fruit are sold at a very high price compared to any precious metal.

According to CNN report, the entire development of Xinhui, located on the eastern edge of Jiangmen in Guangdong province of China, has been based on the peels of this tangerine. The health benefits of old tangerine peels have been presented in Chinese medicinal herbs since the 12th century. Shi, a resident of this province, says that due to the soil and water here, a lot of nutrients are found in the peels of tangerines here. Tangerines are also grown in other places but the ones grown here are much better than them.


Li said old tangerine peels are called “chenpi” (old peels, scientifically known as Citri reticulata pericarpium) if they have been dried in the sun every autumn and winter for at least three consecutive years. The older the peels, the more valuable they are.

He said chenpi was used in dishes served to emperors and empresses living inside Beijing’s Forbidden City. Today, the ingredient is widely found in traditional medicine recipes and daily cooking. It is not only used to reduce blood pressure, obesity. It is also used to make wine, and the older the chenpi, the higher its price.

Li said he left the region in 1980 but returned in 1996 after recognizing the peels’ potential. He is now the largest producer in the trade here. Lee said that my father and my grandfather used to produce tangerine fruits, when I started trading old peels, everyone thought I was crazy but I recognized their potential. Within two decades we proved everyone wrong. Today the business of Chenpi is growing very fast.

In 2023, one kilogram of dried tangerine peel produced in 1968 in Hong Kong was auctioned for about 9,646 US dollars. That year we earned about 100 billion yuan i.e. about 13.8 billion dollars by selling peels. Which was a huge part of our city’s GDP. This led to a lot of development in our region. Now our city produces about 163 tons of Chenpi every year and then keeps them for drying.

Lee said that here in our city too we use Chenpi in many things. Chenpi is used in everything here, in the food here, in the wine here. Chenpi is present in almost everything here.

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