Saury is very popular in Japan because its nutritional value is very high and its price is relatively affordable. Therefore, saury will often appear on the dining tables of Japanese families.

Although saury is nutritious and cheap, there is no market in China. Why is this? Let’s analyze it together.

1. The fishy smell of saury is relatively strong

Generally speaking, Chinese people like to eat fish, such as pickled fish, boiled fish, spicy fish head, etc. These big hairy fish They all like to eat.

The nutritional value of fish itself is very high. Therefore, it is understandable that Chinese people like to eat fish, but saury rarely appears on Chinese people’s tables.

Because saury has a strong fishy smell, no matter how it is processed, it still tastes fishy when eaten, which leads to Chinese people not liking to eat saury.

2. The saury is relatively small and difficult to handle.

The saury is still small. When we eat fish, we generally do not eat the head and tail. Yes, and for a fish as small as saury, the head and tail must not contain much meat.

Furthermore, saury is very troublesome to handle. It is already a small fish. If you remove the head and tail, and then remove the contents of the stomach, there will be basically nothing left. Such a small amount of meat. , it doesn’t taste satisfying either.

Saury itself is not big, so it is not particularly meaty, and it also has small spines, making it too troublesome to eat.

3. Eating saury often can easily cause allergies

Do you feel strange that eating fish can cause allergies? We usually eat fish regularly and have no allergic symptoms.

That’s because saury contains allergic substances in its body. There is no problem if you eat less, but if you eat too much, you will develop allergic symptoms, ranging from nausea and vomiting to shock.

So, if eating saury regularly would be life-threatening, then why not not eat it? Anyway, there are many other fish, so there is no need to eat saury.

The above three points are probably the reasons why saury is not popular in the Chinese market.