Quality Characteristics of Qianxi Chestnut

Qianxi chestnut has beautiful appearance and small base; The fruit shape is uniform, with an average of 80 chestnuts per kilogram 120- 140; The color is reddish brown, bright and shiny, with shallow wax layer and thin skin. Compared with chestnuts in other regions, it is hard and solid, so it has the reputation of "Pearl" and "Purple Jade" in the East. Gong Chao, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote a poem "The wind blows down the chestnut family and opens purple jade". Nuts are beige, easy to peel, and do not stick to endothelium; According to scientific determination, the water content of chestnut kernel in Qianxi is below 52%, protein is around 4%, carbohydrate is above 38%, dietary fiber is above 2%, vitamin E40mg/kg, calcium is above 150mg/kg, iron is above 4.5mg/kg, vitamin C230mg/kg, and it is also rich in carotene and vitamin C. The indexes that are mainly beneficial to human body rank first among Chinese chestnuts.