Why is it so expensive? Why can money flounder be sold so expensive?

Money flounder is a unique species in China, which lives in the deep sea 50-60 meters away. So, why is money expensive? Why can money flounder be sold so expensive?

Why is it expensive?

Money pomfret is also called yellow-lipped fish, and people in Guangdong, Fujian call it money? ? Huang Gan, known as the Huang Gan of Wenzhou, is a precious fish in the ocean, which is now on the verge of extinction.

According to the old fisherman, money? ? Before liberation, Wenzhou coastal areas often fished, which was regarded as a tonic in the world, especially fish fat (commonly known as "fish glue") was very precious and was praised as "as expensive as gold".

Money? ? Mainly produced in Guangdong coastal and Minnan fishing grounds. Hypertrophic collagen is attached to the upper part of the swim bladder, which is golden yellow, bright and shiny, with drum-shaped ripples as the top grade.

Why can money flounder be sold so expensive?

Because things are rare, and it is this kind of fish that is precious all over the body! According to aquatic experts, the value of different parts of yellow-lipped fish is different, and the most valuable thing is its fat. A yellow-lipped fish is usually sold by meat and stomach. Usually fish will be resold to high-end hotels for diners to eat, and a catty is about 2000~3000 yuan. Fish fat and fish head can be used as medicinal materials, changed hands layer by layer and finally flowed into drug dealers and pharmacies. "The fresh gum of yellow-lipped fish can hardly be compared with the price of gold with the same weight," said the aquatic product expert, whose common name in Guangdong is Huang Jinyu, and he was telling the truth.

According to relevant media reports, in early April 2007, a fisherman in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province also caught a yellow-lipped fish weighing 49 kilograms, which was later bought by a hotel for 580,000 yuan. The hotel cooked the fish, leaving a fish belly worth 2 million yuan and refusing to sell it. The reason why yellow-lipped fish is expensive is not that it tastes delicious. According to the introduction of local old fishermen in Huang Qi, yellow-lipped fish were often caught in the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang decades ago, and many of these old fishermen had eaten yellow-lipped fish. In fact, yellow-lipped fish tastes ordinary, and its meat is petal-shaped and rough, which is not as delicious as large yellow croaker. It is said that yellow-lipped fish sells at a high price because of the high medicinal value of fish fat.

Nutritional value of pomfret

The nutritional components of yellow-lipped fish muscle and swim bladder belong to high protein and low fat type. The muscle essential amino acid model is superior to the ideal FAO/ WHO model, with high and complete amino acid content, essential amino acid content and umami amino acid content.

The amino acid composition of swim bladder is lower than the ideal model of FAO/ WHO, but its protein content is as high as 35.90%, which is higher than other reported aquatic products, and its crude fat and crude ash content are lower. Amino acids are complete in variety, rich in content and rich in umami amino acids; Taurine, γ -aminobutyric acid, ornithine and hydroxyproline have important physiological functions in the determination of amino acids.

The branch/aromatic values of muscle and swim bladder are close to the normal level, and they are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, with the ratios to saturated fatty acids of 1.45 and 1.5 1 respectively, and contain essential elements such as calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, iron, copper and zinc. The muscle of yellow-lipped fish has high nutritional value, and both muscle and swim bladder belong to high-quality seafood from protein.