The pig's large intestine is one of the pig's internal organs, which is used to transport and digest food and has strong toughness. Unlike pig's abdomen, pig's large intestine has moderate thickness and fat content. Pig intestines can be divided into pig large intestine, pig small intestine and pig head according to their functions, of which pig small intestine is the thinnest and pig head is the fattest.
In food processing, pork intestines are common pig viscera non-staple food, especially popular in cooking, such as fried pork intestines in Hunan cuisine, which tastes delicious when it is hot. Jiuzhuan large intestine, a traditional famous dish in Jinan, Shandong Province, is also made of pig large intestine as the main raw material through cooking techniques such as boiling and burning.