There are about 4-6 white strips in the stomach of sea cucumber.

Friends who have eaten sea cucumber know that there are a few white strips inside the sea cucumber's stomach, and some of them throw this away when foaming the sea cucumber, so what is this white strips in the end, and can they be eaten? Can you eat it? Is it nutritious?

The white stripes inside the sea cucumber's stomach are actually the inner tendons of the sea cucumber, also known as the sea dragon filaments, which are equivalent to the sea cucumber's nervous system, including the sea cucumber's muscles and part of the body wall, and the sea cucumber relies on the inner tendon contraction and diastole to walk. The color is white, light yellow, light green, etc. It is mainly related to the processing technology, and the inner tendon may be stained when the sea cucumber liquid is backed up during the processing.

The inner tendon of sea cucumber is the part of sea cucumber with the highest content of sea cucumber saponins (sea cucumber saponins). Sea cucumber saponins have very high medicinal value, sea cucumber saponins can promote lipolysis and inhibit the generation of fat; promote the proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells and stimulate the growth of bone marrow erythrocytes; at the same time, sea cucumber saponins have a particularly prominent role in killing poison, which can not only inhibit the growth of many kinds of molds, but also inhibit the growth and metastasis of cancer cells, and play a preventive role in preventing and combating cancer; In addition it can also effectively relieve fatigue.

So, when foaming sea cucumber, the inner tendons do not need to be removed, in order to foam better, you can cut the inner tendons horizontally.