Baked after the heat of the silkworm pupa will emerge white pulp, when the white pulp slowly stops gushing, the surface becomes dry, showing yellow, is cooked; carbon grilled silkworm pupa, medium heat three minutes on the good;

Silkworm pupa has a very high nutritional value, is rich in protein (fresh pupa containing 51% of the crude protein), fatty acids (29% of crude fat), vitamins (including vitamin A, vitamin B2.), vitamin D, and ergosterol, Vitamin D and ergosterol, etc.).

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Therapeutic value

The pupa of the silkworm moth, family Bombyx mori, is produced in sericulture areas throughout the country, and is mainly taken out of cocoons after reeling, washed and used, or dried and set aside.

Performance

Rich in protein, fat, vitamin A, B2, D and ergosterol. Protein hydrolysis products are arginine, lysine, histidine, cystine, tryptophan, tyrosine, threonine, methionine. Fat contains saturated fatty acids (soft stearic acid, stearic acid), unsaturated fatty acids (oleic acid, linoleic acid) and sterols.

Eating silkworm pupae can not only supplement fat, protein and a variety of vitamins, but also increase the vitality of brain cells, improve thinking ability. Silkworm pupa is rich in chitin, its extract name chitosan.

Research has shown that chitin and chitosan have the function of improving immunity and strengthening the liver. In the United States, Japan and other places, it has been used as a new type of food additives.

The protein content of silkworm pupa is more than 50%, much higher than the general food, and protein in the essential amino acids are complete. Silkworm pupa protein consists of 18 kinds of amino acids, of which 8 kinds of essential amino acid content is very high.

The content of these 8 essential amino acids in silkworm pupae is about 2 times that of pork, 4 times that of eggs, 10 times that of milk, and nutritionally balanced, appropriate ratio, is a high-quality insect protein.

Morphological features

The houseworm moth, female and male moths are densely covered with white scales. The body length is 1.6-2.3cm, the wingspan is 3.9-4.3cm, and the body wings are yellowish white to grayish white. The outer edge of the forewing is concave and cut inward at the back of the apex, the horizontal lines are slightly darker and less obvious, the end lines and the wing veins are gray-brown, the hindwings are lighter than the forewings, and the edges are slightly longer with scale hairs.

The female moth has a plump abdomen with a bluntly rounded end; the male moth has a narrow abdomen with a slightly pointed end. The larvae, i.e., houseworms, are gray to white in color, and the 2nd and 3rd segments of the thorax are slightly expanded and wrinkled. There is a tail horn on the back of the 8th section of the abdomen.

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