There is no difference between sea cucumber and sea eggplant, they are the same kind of items, just called differently. Sea eggplant is the name given to some sea cucumbers by sea cucumber industry insiders.

Whether sea cucumber tendon is thick or not is one of the most important factors in evaluating the quality of sea cucumber, sea eggplant does not have obvious sea cucumber tendon, its nutrition is not comparable to sea cucumber at all, so the price is extremely cheap, the biggest difference between sea eggplant and normal sea cucumber is that sea eggplant does not have any thorns, and the body of the sea cucumber is smooth and resembles an eggplant, so it is called sea eggplant.

The sea eggplant is a kind of sea cucumber, which is also known as sea eggplant, black jade cucumber, sea mouse, sea cucumber is divided into light cucumber and spiny cucumber. Sea eggplant is a kind of light ginseng.

The main value of sea cucumber

Sea cucumber is high in protein, low in fat, low in sugar, and rich in all kinds of essential amino acids, vitamins, essential fatty acids, and macronutrients and trace elements. The protein content of black sea cucumber in dried products is 91.20%, while that of other kinds is around 80%; the fat content of plum cucumber is 3.7%, while that of other kinds is below 1%.

The sugar content of ginseng is up to 13.2%, and other kinds are below 3%. Protein is the material basis of life activity and the main substance of human body; fat and sugar are the main energy and heat source of human body.

Sea cucumber contains 18 kinds of amino acids, among which the content of glycine, arginine and glutamic acid is much higher than other amino acids. In addition, the essential amino acid content of sea cucumber is significantly higher than that of other sea cucumbers. Amino acids are the material basis for synthesizing proteins, which have very high nutritional and medicinal value.

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