Taiwan endemic plants love jade fruit pictures, Taiwan love jade fruit characteristics how to distinguish between processing love jade

On a hot summer day, Aiyu fruit looks about the same size as Taiwan's native mango. Many people like to have a bowl of cold Aiyu to relieve heat. Natural Aiyu is rich in dietary fiber and enzymes, which is healthy and delicious. However, did you know that 90% of the jade on the market is processed? Come and see how to tell the true from the false Aiyu?

First of all, let's take a look at the true face of Aiyu.

The appearance and size of ▲ love jade fruit is similar to that of earth mango, but there are more light color markings. The collected love jade fruit should be washed and peeled immediately. (the picture above shows Aiyu fruit peeled with ​​)

Love jade is a crop endemic to Taiwan. Only Taiwan has love jade in the world, among which the Alishan Mountains is the largest and the best in quality. The natural and wild Alishan love Yuzi actually costs a lot of money, because Alishan's wild love jade mostly grows on steep slopes and cliffs, with towering tree tops of 20 to 30 meters, and the process of harvesting is very hard and dangerous.

Hand-peeled love jade fruit, need to be put in the sun until the core softened, and then hand-dried love jade fruit inside, sun or low temperature drying for several days, during which temperature and humidity control will affect the quality. (the picture above shows Aiyu fruit peeled with ​​)

Apart from the fact that it is not easy to adopt and the high labor cost, the change of weather in recent years has led to a decline in the output of Aiyuzi. Although some wild species have domesticated and improved varieties, their colloid is still not as natural as that of wild Aiyulai, and the planting area is still not large. At present, it is still unable to solve the dilemma that Aiyuzi is in short supply. Also because of the high cost and insufficient output of natural Aiyu, most of the Aiyu drinks bought in the market are made of chemical additives such as cabbage powder, starch, spices and pigments, which are not only high in calories. eating too much may cause a burden on the body.

If you buy a ready-made Aiyu lemon, you might as well watch it carefully.

1. Observe the appearance

Natural love jade has a turbid egg yolk color, with reddish-brown fibers and fine shavings, which is the residue of natural love Yuzi. The processing of Aiyu is more transparent and has good light transmittance. Natural love jade will float slightly on the soup because of its density, while processing love jade will sink at the bottom of the cup.

two。 Taste the taste

The taste of natural love jade is soft and smooth, while the processing of love jade is crisp and too Q-elastic.

3. Heating test

Cut a small piece of natural love jade and heat it in a pot, it can still keep a certain shape, and it can also be used as a hot drink. After heating, it will produce pores and melt.

4. Static dissolved water

Natural love jade will come out of the water for a long time, and finally become "love jade water", while processing love jade is made of gel powder or gel tablets, which will not melt water all day, just like jelly.

Sort out the forms and read them easily.

The above is a simple way to distinguish, but as long as the quality of Aiyu is scrubbed professionally, it can also be crystal clear. Although some businesses are hand-rubbed natural love jade, but will also add watercress powder solid type, so we might as well at home their own DIY natural Aiyu Jelly （Vegetarian Gelatin）, not only delicious and healthy, but also with the family to experience the fun of rubbing love jade!