Food stories

13 crazy cooking gadgets from AliExpress that you’d rather not have in your home

AliExpress-Favorflav

Suddenly, all these ads from Chinese online stores start popping up again. Thanks to all those algorithms and other technology that can make you suspicious, they know exactly which ads to show you: cooking gadgets, of course. But cooking gadgets that make you think: huh?

Foto van culinair journalist Sabina Posthumus

Have you been living in a basement cupboard for the past few years, or have you simply not had Wi-Fi for very long? AliExpress is a huge online store where you can order pretty much anything. Sometimes delivery takes forever, sometimes the quality is even worse than the photos on the website suggested, and usually it only costs a few euros. Why is it so cheap? Because the products don’t meet strict European standards. The Dutch Consumers’ Association carried out a random sample test, which showed that certain electronic devices failed the safety test and that the smoke detectors the association ordered from the website didn’t go off when a fire broke out.

Meatball scissors

So, browse and buy at those Chinese online stores at your own risk. There are plenty of funny things to marvel at, such as those meatball scissors and a little device for frothing milk — even though it’s already in your coffee.

Also read:

Geen foodnews Missen?