What harm does artificial sea cucumber have? How to identify?

Sea cucumber is a kind of seafood with high nutritional value, which is deeply loved by everyone. Its price is generally calculated on the basis of head, and the sea cucumber on the market is not cheap. In order to seek personal gain, some unscrupulous businessmen sell artificial sea cucumbers instead of sea cucumbers, because there is not much difference in appearance, and many people can't see it. Let's take a look at the harm of artificial sea cucumbers. How to identify it?

What is the harm of artificial sea cucumbers?

The so-called artificial sea cucumbers, there are a variety of production methods, one of the more common is to use colloidal substances and seaweed powder mixed together to make sea cucumbers, such sea cucumbers eat also rich in elasticity, it is difficult to tell the true from the false. In fact, these mixed colloid ingredients are more complex, eating may be harmful to the human body, then what is the specific harm?

Generally speaking, different manufacturing methods choose different glue substances that cause different harm to the human body. There have been related news reports before that some consumers ate porridge cooked with artificial sea cucumbers, and the whole family became dizzy after meals. In addition, eating artificial sea cucumbers may also have abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms, it is recommended that you carefully screen when buying, do not buy artificial sea cucumbers.

Second, how to identify artificial sea cucumbers?

When you buy sea cucumbers, you can generally see the difference between sea cucumbers and artificial sea cucumbers as long as you pay more attention to them.

1. There are differences in appearance

When you buy sea cucumbers, you can see that although artificial sea cucumbers are very lifelike in shape, they are glue products, not real creatures, so they do not have the anus and mouth that real sea cucumbers have, and both ends are completely closed.

Although Hessen's thorns are lifelike, they look very unnatural, not only in black and shiny color, but also in roughly the same length. Real sea cucumbers have openings at both ends, the color is very uniform, mostly brown-black, brown rather than black, the length of sea cucumber thorns is not the same.

2. There is a difference in dissection.

If you have bought a sea cucumber, you should open its stomach and have a look. There is nothing in the stomach of artificial sea cucumbers and fake sea cucumbers, and the real sea cucumbers have not only internal organs, but also meridians and collaterals, which is why it is very elastic. The elasticity of artificial sea cucumbers is not good, especially after soaking in water, you will find that its thorns will fall off and the color will fall off, which is surprising.

To sum up, if there are businessmen in the market with slogans such as very cheap sea cucumbers and big sales, you should be careful. After all, the real sea cucumbers are not cheap. Artificial sea cucumbers not only can not replenish the body, but also endanger people's health. We must carefully screen them when buying them.