1. Growing environment:

Spiny cucumber: Spiny cucumber grows in the deep sea area without pollution, due to the factors of the natural environment, there is no fixed food under the influence of the tides, and it is mostly fed by the seaweeds and undersea microorganisms, which is a purely natural growth, with a long growing period, so that the nutrients it contains are extremely rich, and the fishing is with a certain degree of seasonality.

Sea cucumbers: This is not necessarily the case, the growth environment of sea cucumbers does not only contain the sea, there are also farmers' pools ah, and even in the breeding process, some farmers to prevent and control pests and diseases in the pools to add antibiotics, in order to promote the rapid growth of sea cucumbers in the feed added growth hormones, etc., resulting in the adult sea cucumbers in the body of the drug residue, the human body has the potential to harm.

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2. growth period:

Spinyin: Spinyin: Spinyin usually grows more than 4 to 5 years to reach the fishing standard, the longer the time, the more nutritional deposition, the greater the nourishment value.

Sea cucumber: Cultured sea cucumbers are rich in bait at a suitable temperature and have a fast growth rate, which is generally one year before they can grow to a qualified size to be sold. The nutritional value is not high, compared to the wild sea cucumber that can be far worse.

3. Taste difference:

Spiny cucumber: Spiny cucumber is very resistant to cooking, even if the cooking time is a little longer, there will not be too much impact, after cooking the sea cucumber body has elasticity, the thorns are translucent, the meat is sinewy, there is a bite, the taste is good.

Sea cucumber: farmed sea cucumber is not resistant to cooking, cooking time is a little longer on the naan, the meat lacks toughness, taste is not good, compared to the wild sea cucumber that can be more than a little bit worse.

4. Morphological difference:

Spiny cucumber: Spiny cucumber is spindle-shaped, two pointed in the middle of the thick, short, thick and fat, looks very strong.

Sea cucumbers: farmed sea cucumbers are long and thin and lack toughness.

Of course, there is a really big difference between spiny sea cucumber and ordinary sea cucumber, so when you are shopping, we suggest that you choose spiny sea cucumber, which is what we often call wild sea cucumber.

1. Bottom foot: wild sea cucumber generally grows in the sea at a depth of about 20, through the action of the bottom foot to find food, so the bottom foot grows short and stout; and captive sea cucumber because of the long-term use of the bait put by the breeding staff do not need to move, and live in the water area, the action of the bottom foot decreases, the adsorption is poor, and become long and thin.

2. Sandy mouth: the sandy mouth of wild sea cucumber is big and hard. Meat quality: wild sea cucumber because of the growth of deep waters (15 to 20 meters), low water temperature, less sunshine, slow growth, thick and elastic meat, tendons wide and full, rich in deposited nutrients; and captive sea cucumbers grow fast, the meat is flabby and not firm (which is very much like three months out of the pen of the hogs).

3. Morphology: the wild sea cucumber is spindle-shaped, the two ends of the tip of the middle thick, short thick fat, looks very strong; while the captive sea cucumber grows long and thin, lack of toughness.

4. back spines: wild sea cucumber back and both sides of the spines are the same thick, while the captive sea cucumber because of the impact of the growth environment, back and both sides of the spines of the thickness of the length of the spines may not be the same, and the spines of the long long slender appear to have no power feeling.

The difference in nutritional value between sea cucumber and sea cucumber

Sea cucumber, as a rare species, has the reputation of being the first of a hundred supplements since ancient times, but this is mostly limited to the prickly cucumber produced in the north, because there are more than 140 kinds of sea cucumber in our country, of which the edible ones accounted for 20 kinds, and the vast majority of sea cucumbers belong to the vegetable use.

The sea cucumber is categorized into two groups, namely, "spiny cucumber" and "light cucumber", according to whether there are conical spiny warts on the back of the sea cucumber, of which "spiny cucumber" is mainly a species of spiny cucumber, and "light cucumber" is mainly a species of spiny cucumber, which is mainly a species of spiny cucumber. The "light ginsengs" are mainly species of sea cucumber, melon ginseng and taro ginseng. Ginseng is produced in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea in the north of China, Shandong and Liaoning are the main producing areas of ginseng, which is called Liao ginseng in ancient times and Ginseng in modern times, because the nutritional and medicinal value of ginseng is the highest among all sea cucumbers, and the price is also the most expensive, and the ginseng with the effect of health care and tonicity is mostly ginseng in the market nowadays.

Spiny cucumber body size, color and the number of thorns often vary with the living environment, preferring to live on the seabed of fine sand and rocky reefs rich in seaweeds and hibernating in summer when the water temperature is high, with strong regenerative ability, and can be regenerated after being damaged or cut. Spiny ginseng is distributed in the coast of Shandong, Liaoning and Hebei in China, mainly produced in Weihai, Yantai, Dalian, Changshan Island, etc. The fishing period is from November to June every year, especially in June and December when the fishing volume is the largest, and July to September is the summer hibernation season of spiny ginseng. It has a thick wall and is soft and glutinous, which is the best quality among sea cucumbers and is known as "the crown of ginsengs".

Spinyard ginseng can be said to have good food value, and the best ginseng in the country is still in the Yantai area, with thick skin, sharp thorns and dark color. However, in recent years, it is mostly farmed, almost no natural sea cucumber.