Chaohu Lake belongs to the transitional subtropical monsoon climate zone between subtropical zone and warm temperate zone, with mild and humid climate. The overall climate of the lake area is characterized by obvious monsoon, four distinct seasons, mild climate, abundant rainfall and sunshine, which is suitable for the growth of whitebait. The appearance of whitebait in Chaohu Lake has obvious regional characteristics. It is slender, cylindrical, transparent and scaleless, as white as silver. The whitebait in Chaohu Lake is dense and spineless, delicious, rich in various amino acids needed by human body and high in nutritional value.
The whitebait in Chaohu Lake is dense and spineless, delicious, rich in various amino acids needed by human body and high in nutritional value. The quality test results of National Agricultural Standardization Testing Center show that whitebait contains high protein and fat, high potassium, calcium, magnesium and trace element selenium, and contains eight essential amino acids and nine other non-essential amino acids, which has high edible and medicinal value.
The test report shows that the protein content of whitebait in Chaohu Lake is 10.5% to 12.6%, the fat content is 1. 1% to 1.3%, the ash content is 0.65% to 0.8%, and the moisture content is 82. Medical research shows that selenium is an essential trace element for human body, and some diseases, such as tumor, hypertension, endocrine and metabolic diseases, diabetes and constipation in the elderly, are all related to selenium deficiency, so eating whitebait has a good health care function.