Another thing that can reflect the quality of sea cucumber is its size. People who often buy sea cucumbers know that sea cucumbers have a relatively basic unit of measurement, that is, the number of heads. Generally speaking, the number of sea cucumbers is also a unit of weight, which refers to how many sea cucumbers can be weighed per 500g. The less the number of sea cucumbers, the greater the weight and size of each sea cucumber. The longer the growth period of sea cucumber.
Nowadays, when consumers buy sea cucumbers, they often find that businesses have basically divided sea cucumbers into different price points according to the number of heads, such as 30-50 heads, 60-80 heads and so on. In terms of price, in the same pure and light dry sea cucumber, the price with few heads is generally higher, while the price with many heads is lower. On the contrary, it is puzzling. Wouldn't it be better to have more heads? Actually, it is not.
The growth years of sea cucumbers are different, and the sizes of sea cucumbers are also different. Sea cucumber itself grows slowly. Generally speaking, the older the sea cucumber is, the bigger its volume will be, and the bigger its monomer will be when it is processed into dry sea cucumber. The growth period of dry sea cucumber is about 4-5 years, and it is rich in meat and nutrition. However, young dry sea cucumber ginseng is generally younger, and its nutrient accumulation is slightly inferior. We buy sea cucumbers because of their nutritional value, and they must be big sea cucumbers.
Although the individual sizes of sea cucumbers are different, the nutrients are almost the same. The nutrients contained in large sea cucumbers are also found in small sea cucumbers. The nutritional value of sea cucumber can be determined by the content of active substances such as sea cucumber polysaccharide, sea cucumber saponin and arginine.