Chengdu's Most Favorite Vegetables in 2021 and Seasonal Vegetables in the Spring of 2022
Author: GoChengdu 2022-03-14

The Chengdu Agricultural Products Wholesale Market in Chengdu's Shuangliu District supplies 80% of the fresh agricultural products in the main city of Chengdu, with the average daily supply of vegetables of about 3,500-4,000 tons. In 2021, nearly 300 kinds of vegetables came into Chengdu's market, with the total sales hitting 1.1 million tons.

 

 

Statistics from the market show that the top-selling vegetable in 2021 is asparagus lettuce, followed by potato and white radish, with the sales of nearly 115,000 tons, 74,000 tons and 37,000 tons, respectively.

 

 

Here is the latest data on the top 10 vegetables Chengdu people like to eat most in 2021.

 

  • Asparagus lettuce 
  • Potato
  • White radish
  • Mushroom
  • Wax gourd
  • Cabbage
  • Tomato
  • Chinese cabbage
  • Onion
  • Chili

 

 

In spring, the seasonal vegetables in Chengdu have small supply, which does not reduce the local people's enthusiasm for these vegetables. Now there are some kinds of seasonal vegetables in the market that are popular among customers. According to the data from the market, the best-selling seasonal vegetables recently are tender broad bean, young garlic shoot, Chinese toon shoot, bamboo shoot and cordate houttuynia. 

 

Are they all the vegetables you often eat? 

 

 

Edited by Lei Lei

Image Source: Chengdu Agricultural Products Wholesale Market

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