The red sea cucumber is a wild sea cucumber that grows in the deep waters of the Republic of Iceland near the Arctic Circle. The total amount of amino acids, pharmacoactive amino acids and ami-flavoured amino acids in the body wall is the highest, and the fat content is low, rich in sea cucumber saponins. The meat is golden brown, the body is large and the flesh is thick. Although the fat content of sea cucumber is small, the essential fatty acids of human body are arachidonic acid and EPA, accounting for more than 50% of the total, and the sea cucumber mainly contains vitamins A, B, D and E. Sea cucumber contains a large number of mineral nutrients, such as calcium, magnesium, manganese, silicon, which is rich in organic calcium, as a natural calcium supplement food.

Q&A

Q:Why does Liao ginseng have spines and Arctic red ginseng has no spines?

A:The two species of sea cucumber are different. The "thorns" on the body of Liao Shen are its feet, which have the function of movement and respiration, but can not take the initiative to eat; Red pole ginseng has a sense of touch, mouth and feet, and can move through the feet and actively eat through the mouth.

Q:How to judge the quality of sea cucumber?
A:1, look at the color: good quality dry sea cucumber appearance is black gray or gray, body integrity, uniform size, luster, mouth without obvious limestone or less limestone. Bad sea cucumbers, on the other hand, may not be the same size and have a full outer body.
2, look at the feel: good quality dry sea cucumber feel relatively light, hard texture, not easy to break apart, on the table with a sense of charcoal, touch the ground elastic. And poor dry sea cucumber feel heavy, dry degree is not enough, and easy to be broken, knock when limestone drop.
3, smell: good quality sea cucumber smell seafood special smell of sea, no other obvious odor; And the poor quality sea cucumber smell heavy, can even smell the smell of rot.

4. Look at the suckers: the living environment makes the wild sea cucumber suckers more numerous, usually short, thick and powerful. Captive sea cucumbers, on the other hand, had fewer suckers and looked thinner and longer.
5, look at the body: wild sea cucumber grows in the deep sea, there is no fixed bait, at least to grow more than three or five years, plus sunshine will make sea cucumber color will become dark gray. In captivity, sea cucumbers grow very fast, mostly in one or two years, and are usually dark yellow in color.