What is instant sea cucumber

You can see many stores selling seafood around transportation hubs in coastal cities. These stores sell seafood produced in nearby waters. In order to make it easier for pedestrians to eat, many businesses have launched ready-to-eat foods. Sea cucumbers also have ready-to-eat varieties. What are ready-to-eat sea cucumbers? Ready-to-eat sea cucumbers are those that can be eaten at any time and do not require further processing.

1. What is the comparative difference between instant sea cucumber and light dried sea cucumber?

There are many types of fresh sea cucumbers, including ready-to-eat sea cucumbers, frozen sea cucumbers, etc., and dried sea cucumbers also include light-dried sea cucumbers, salt-dried sea cucumbers, sugar-dried sea cucumbers, freeze-dried sea cucumbers, etc. Among them, ready-to-eat sea cucumbers are a type of fresh sea cucumber with better quality, and light-dried sea cucumbers are also the highest quality type of dried sea cucumbers. The comparative differences between these two types of sea cucumbers mainly include the following points.

The difference in price: Dried sea cucumbers are a kind of sea cucumbers that are dehydrated from fresh sea cucumbers. The ratio after dehydration is about one to ten, and the dehydration process requires certain manpower and material resources. Therefore, the price of dried sea cucumbers will definitely be much higher than that of ready-to-eat sea cucumbers. The general price difference is more than ten times, but the premise is that the basic quality of the two sea cucumbers is the same.

The difference in processing methods: The processing method generally used for ready-to-eat sea cucumbers is high-pressure processing, which is to process the sea cucumbers under high-pressure vacuum conditions and store them in vacuum bags. However, the internal molecular structure of the sea cucumbers needs to be destroyed before high-pressure processing to prevent the sea cucumbers from melting. The processing method of dried sea cucumbers is more complicated and requires five steps to complete. No additives are added during the processing of light-dried sea cucumbers, so the overall quality will be better.

Differences in transportation and storage: The vacuum bags for ready-to-eat sea cucumbers are different from our ordinary food vacuum bags. Although they are processed under high pressure, they still need to be kept in a low-temperature environment during storage. Generally, refrigerated trucks are used for transportation of ready-to-eat sea cucumbers, which can well ensure the safety of ready-to-eat sea cucumbers during transportation. However, this is not necessary for dried sea cucumbers, because dried sea cucumbers only need to be kept dry during transportation.

The difference in eating methods: Ready-to-eat sea cucumbers, as the name suggests, can be eaten right after opening the bag, but dried sea cucumbers need to be processed before eating, and only after processing can they be used for consumption.

2. Which is better, instant sea cucumber or light dried sea cucumber?

Although ready-to-eat sea cucumbers and dried sea cucumbers are two completely different types of sea cucumbers, the market share of the two types of sea cucumbers is basically the same in terms of nutritional value. From the perspective of nutritional value, it is of course better to choose ready-to-eat sea cucumbers, because they are more convenient to eat and can well ensure the nutritional content of sea cucumbers. However, from other aspects, such as long-term storage and convenience of purchase, dried sea cucumbers are of course the best. Therefore, ready-to-eat sea cucumbers and dried sea cucumbers are two types of sea cucumbers with their own advantages. When purchasing, you only need to recognize the difference between the two and then choose the type of sea cucumber that suits you.