1, appearance: from the appearance alone, we can find that the fruit cucumber is better looking than the cucumber, the skin of the ordinary cucumber will have some small thorns, and the outer skin will have a lot of bumps and bumps, but the fruit cucumber has no small thorns on the outside, and it is very smooth.

2, size: fruit cucumber melon length 12-15 centimeters, diameter of about 3 centimeters, compared to the ordinary cucumber is much smaller, so from the size of the length can be clearly distinguish the difference between them.

3, taste: fruit cucumber taste crisp, a little sweet, the seeds are very small, can be eaten as fruit, ordinary cucumber may be a little worse in taste, generally used to cold, stir-fried food, rarely eaten raw.

Fruit cucumbers and ordinary cucumbers are two varieties, in addition to the above points of difference, fruit cucumbers and general cucumbers belong to the melon vegetables, vitamins and nutrients are comparable to sugar and protein are relatively small, the nutritional value of no difference. In other words, only the appearance of the difference, no nutritional difference.

The nutritional difference between gherkins and cucumbers

Now, it is the melon red fruit melon green season. Not to mention that tomatoes have a hard and soft points, watermelon has a size difference, cucumbers also have different varieties, which we commonly due to the different places of origin and the size of the different varieties, i.e., large cucumbers and small cucumbers.

Large cucumbers, also known as dry cucumbers and water cucumbers, initially called "Hu Gua," we say the cucumber refers to the local production of long, slender, green, top flower with thorns of the large cucumber. The body of the short fat cucumber is introduced from abroad, the surface is smooth without thorns, also known as the "Dutch cucumber", "mini cucumber".

According to the Qing Dynasty's Qianlong period of the "Materia Medica" records, cucumber "odor sweet and cold, after serving can clear heat and water". Cucumber leaves and vines taste slightly cold, with heat, dehumidification, slippery bowel, analgesic effect; cucumber pulp with heat diuretic detoxification effect. In addition, the cucumber is more bitter ingredients for cucurbitacin, with anti-tumor effects.

Regardless of the size of the cucumber, the nutritional value is relatively high, rich in fiber, carotene, contains a certain amount of a variety of vitamins and minerals, antioxidant, anti-keratitis and other roles, which is higher than the content of vitamin B1 and vitamin B2 tomatoes.

However, small cucumber is more expensive, the taste is not so crunchy, the sugar content is relatively high, usually in the western food is eaten as a fruit, will be introduced also to adapt to the current family pursuit of dining diversity, once eaten the need. The cucumber has a crisper flavor and lower sugar content, so it is more suitable for dieters and diabetics.