White truffles and black truffles, due to the richness of nutrients, known as the title of the food diamonds, fresh and delicious flavor, both taste, or nutritionally, black truffles are slightly better. Here are three ways to see the difference between the two.

1. The two looks, different appearance.

Black truffle color between dark brown and black, there will be some gray or blackish lines.

2. The growing environment is different.

White truffles prefer lime soil, alkaline environment, soft soil, the need for permeability, in order to survive, especially hot summer, if encountered in the rainy weather, too much rain is not possible, because the truffle can not photosynthesize, that is to say they can not be like normal plants, their own production of carbohydrates, so you need to survive together with other plants, such as roots of oak trees, with their roots, such as the roots of oak trees, with their roots, with their roots, with their roots, with their roots, with their roots, with their roots, with their roots, with their roots, with their roots, with their roots. oak trees, which use their roots to absorb nutrients, and truffles generally grow in bookends where trees congregate.

The black truffle is more demanding on the growing environment, compared to the white truffle, the black truffle is like a pretentious little male, if the sun's light, moisture, or soil pH, a little change, the black truffle can not survive, which is why, the black truffle is more expensive than the white truffle the main reason. Most people believe that the rarity of things is expensive, plus cultivation, time-consuming supplies. The price will be a bit higher than white truffle.

3. The taste is different.

White truffle flavor is relatively light, similar to the spicy flavor of garlic, but also with a little gasoline and rotten eggs fishy, there will be some wetlands in the accumulation of leaves after the fermentation of the flavor.

The flavor of black truffle is quite unique, and it is often used in foreign countries to describe the aroma of black truffle as musk, or the earthy flavor of the forest.

Based on the taste, the black truffle is more valuable for the growing environment and the degree of preciousness.