Grasshoppers are low in fat and cholesterol, with a fat content of 5.25%. They mainly eat grasses and don't eat other feed. Therefore, grasshoppers are delicious, tender and nutritious, so they are a healthy food ingredient. Grasshoppers contain vitamins A, B, C, P, Ca, Fe, Zn and Mn. Its content is quite rich, higher than that of fish 18-28.2%, higher than that of meat and soybean, especially rich in chitin. It is known as the sixth factor of human life after sugar, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals, and is an ideal high-nutrition health food for human beings. Frying is one of the most convenient methods, but it does not lose the original flavor of grasshoppers.

Grasshoppers have extremely high medicinal value. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, they can be used alone or in combination to treat various diseases, and have the functions of relieving cough and asthma, detoxifying and penetrating rash. It is mainly used for treating pertussis, bronchial asthma, infantile convulsion, sore throat, unsmooth rash, bronchitis, spasmolysis, etc. Long-term consumption has the effects of lowering blood pressure, losing weight, lowering cholesterol, nourishing stomach and strengthening spleen and preventing heart disease. Rich in nutrition, fresh and tender in meat, delicious as shrimp, and the structure of nutritional components in the body is more reasonable than that of livestock and poultry.