Sago mooncakes are hard when they are cold, because ordinary mooncake crust and filling in the box is rich in fat-like substances, after refrigeration, will solidify is normal.

Refrigeration is cooled food in the refrigerated temperature (often above freezing) under the preservation of food a preservation method, especially for fruits and vegetables, mainly to make their life metabolic process as much as possible to delay, to maintain its freshness. Iced mooncakes, which are partly made from glutinous rice and are made to look white, are kept in a freezer and sold kept in a refrigerated cabinet.

Nutritional benefits of mooncakes

Monthcakes are mostly filled with seeds of plant-based ingredients, such as walnuts, almonds, sesame kernels, melon seeds, hawthorn, lotus seed paste, red kidney beans, and jujube paste.

Plant-based seeds containing unsaturated fatty acids are high in oleic acid, linoleic acid, mostly to soften blood vessels to prevent arteriosclerosis is beneficial; containing minerals, is conducive to improving immunity, prevention of zinc deficiency in children, iron-deficiency anemia; lotus seeds, red beans, sesame seeds contain potassium is very high, displacing intracellular sodium discharged, nutritious cardiac muscle, regulating blood pressure.

From the Chinese medicine point of view, some raw materials are warm and flat mostly, strong heart, sedative, tranquilizer, some seeds are rich in vitamin E, anti-aging, nourishing skin, hair.

Mooncakes can soften blood vessels, prevent arteriosclerosis and improve immunity.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Mooncakes