‘Fakefood’ A New Class In The Food Industry

9. Walnuts
The scam goes like this- the walnut husk had been emptied of its nutmeat, filled with concrete and paper and then glided shut again. For the fraudsters, they can almost double their profits with the trick, selling both the nutmeat and the fake nuts. Such a trade makes sense in China, where walnuts have become ridiculously expensive over the last few years – from 350 yuan 10 years ago to as much as 3,500 hyan, or 20,00- 30,000 yuan (almost 5,000) last year.