Traditional dry sea cucumber is made of plant ash and salt, which contains many impurities and looks ugly. With the improvement of preservation technology and processing technology, there are more and more varieties of sea cucumbers, including fresh sea cucumbers, salted sea cucumbers, dry sea cucumber sea cucumbers, and water-borne sea cucumbers. The hot sea cucumber market and huge economic benefits make some unscrupulous traders take risks, and adulterated sea cucumbers make consumers hard to prevent. For ordinary consumers, they can only rely on their senses to identify and select sea cucumbers.

Generally speaking, the appearance is dark brown, yellowish brown, the ventral surface is flat, the tubes are dense, and the body surface is not damaged, so it is a good quality sea cucumber. At the same time, you can smell the unique fresh flavor of seafood, and there is no other peculiar smell.

The following are the characteristics of several sea cucumbers:

Yellow skin salt dry sea cucumber

Salted sea cucumber: the appearance is black or brownish gray, the body is full and full, the meat is thick and elastic, the backstab is straight and the incision is neat; Has the peculiar smell of seafood, and has no peculiar smell; Looking through the body, there are no impurities and salt particles.

Dan dry sea cucumber

Light dry sea cucumber: the appearance is dark brown and dark gray, and the color is uniform; Has the peculiar smell of seafood, and has no peculiar smell; Full figure, backstab straight, hard body, thick meat, basically no lime exposed in the mouth.

Comparison of light dry water and hair

Water-soaked sea cucumber: the appearance is dark brown to yellowish brown, the body is complete and the meat is delicious. Is there any reason why you can't help me? Ding? Hey? Do you want to swim? /p & gt；

It is skillful to choose dry sea cucumber. How to choose dry sea cucumber?

First, the sea cucumber must be dry, dry sea cucumber is easy to deteriorate, and because it contains a lot of water, the price is actually much higher;

Second, when buying dry sea cucumber, you must choose to do it. At present, many unscrupulous traders add a lot of sugar, gum and even alum to increase the weight of sea cucumber during processing. Although the sea cucumber processed in this way does not meet the product quality standards, it is very deceptive to consumers because of its extremely full ginseng and beautiful black color.

Third, when buying dry sea cucumber, don't blindly pursue cheap prices, but make a comprehensive comparison with the speed of water development in dry sea cucumber. A kilo of good dry sea cucumber can produce 10 kilo of ginseng mixed with water, while a kilo of inferior dried ginseng mixed with water does not exceed 5 kilos, or even broken, and can't be eaten at all.