Most rootless bean sprouts sold in the market are promoted by hormones and fertilizers, and rootless bean sprouts are one of the vegetables prohibited from being sold and eaten by the national food hygiene management department.
Normal mung bean sprouts are slightly yellow, not too thick, with moderate moisture and no odor; The abnormal color is white, the beans are blue, the buds are thicker, the water is more, and there is a smell of fertilizer. When buying mung bean sprouts, it is best to choose 5 ~ 6 cm long. If mung bean sprouts are bare and have no beard, it is caused by excessive urea, which is harmful and inedible.
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Mung bean sprouts account for the largest proportion in the consumption of sprouts in China, with good taste and rich nutrition. Sprouts are listed in fresh form, extremely crisp and rich in VC, which is an indispensable food raw material in people's lives. In recent years, China's bean sprout industry has developed rapidly, from workshop-style bean sprout production to industrial scale production, and a large number of bean sprout factories with a daily output of 50 ~ 100 t have appeared.
Mung bean sprouts have high medicinal value. Chinese medicine believes that mung bean sprouts are cool and sweet, which can not only clear away heat and relieve summer heat, dredge meridians and relieve various toxins, but also tonify kidney, induce diuresis, reduce swelling, nourish yin and strengthen yang, regulate five internal organs and beauty beauty, relieve damp heat, reduce blood fat and soften blood vessels.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Mung Bean Sprouts (Rosaceae Leguminosae)