In addition to the Japanese name "cold weather", watercress is commonly known as "Caiyan" in Taiwan Province (a vegetarian bird's nest, just listening to this name can tell how hard the watercress is frozen), and other names include agar, agar (derived from the name of the material) and Chinese cabbage (called in Hong Kong).
The fiber content of10g in cold weather is 3 1.2 times that of pineapple and 23 times that of apple. It is rich in minerals, plant gum, high calcium, high iron, vitamins, several amino acids necessary for human body and rich and rare polysaccharides, so it has the reputation of underwater bird's nest, and its nutritional value is better than bird's nest, commonly known as coral calcium.
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1, the role of cold weather
It can be used as thickener, coagulant, suspending agent, emulsifier, stabilizer, preservative, adhesive and biological culture medium.
2, the use of cold weather
Cold weather is widely used to make granular drinks, rice wine drinks, fruit juice drinks, crystal soft candy, mutton soup, lunch meat, ham sausage, jelly pudding, ice cream, cake, eight-treasure porridge, cold salad and so on.
Cold weather is used in daily chemical industry for toothpaste, shampoo, facial cleanser, cosmetics, solid deodorant and so on. Cold weather can be used as culture medium, ointment base and other purposes in chemical industry and medical research.
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