Identify the quality of vermicelli:

1. Look at the color and gloss

Good vermicelli is translucent and shiny, but some vermicelli made from sweet potatoes are also It will be slightly yellowish and gray, but it is close to the color of the raw material itself. If the color of the vermicelli is very light, transparent, and lacks luster, it is likely to be fake vermicelli or low-quality vermicelli.

2. Smell the aroma

After soaking good vermicelli in hot water, it will have the aroma of starch or sweet potato or beans, but will not have any peculiar smell. Fake vermicelli often smells musty, or sour, and doesn't even taste like food.

3. Check the flexibility.

Usually fold it with your hands. Good vermicelli is more brittle after being dried and will break as soon as it is folded; fake vermicelli may have colloid added in it and has been exposed to the sun for a long time. Not easy to break either.

Vermicelli, in North China and the Central Plains, specifically refers to strip-shaped dry and wet products made of sweet potato starch, with a thickness of 0.8--1.0 mm. People prefer sweet potato vermicelli because of the nutritional value of sweet potatoes. According to current scientific findings, sweet potatoes are very rich in nutritional benefits. Sweet potato tubers are rich in protein, starch, pectin, cellulose, amino acids, vitamins and various minerals, and contain 1.5%-5% sugar. Sweet potato root has active ingredients that can fight cancer, protect the heart, prevent emphysema, diabetes, lose weight, and beautify. It is known as the "longevity food", and the vermicelli made from sweet potato starch has the reputation of "artificial shark fin".