What was the wholesale price of duck eggs per jin in 2020, and what are their benefits and effects?

Duck eggs are one of the eggs commonly eaten in daily life. Compared with chicken eggs, they are somewhat larger and tend toward a bluish-green color. Duck eggs are also highly nutritious, and different varieties of duck eggs differ somewhat in price. Let's take a look below at what the wholesale price of duck eggs per jin was in 2020, and what their benefits and effects are.

1. What was the wholesale price of duck eggs per jin in 2020?

In 2020, the recent wholesale price of duck eggs was roughly between 3.5 and 8 yuan per jin, with some variation in prices from place to place. Duck egg prices are also affected by factors such as output, quality and variety.

According to relevant websites, we can see that recent duck egg price changes in various places are as follows:

Beijing Dayanglu Agricultural and Sideline Products Wholesale Market: duck eggs at 6 yuan per jin;

Beijing Fengtai District Xinfadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market: duck eggs at 6.4 yuan per jin;

Hubei Xishui City Chengbei Agricultural Products Wholesale Market: duck eggs at 3.9 yuan per jin;

Jiangsu Lingjiatang Agricultural and Sideline Products Wholesale Market: duck eggs at 5 yuan per jin;

Hohhot Dongwayao Wholesale Market: duck eggs at 8.2 yuan per jin;

Shijiazhuang Qiaoxi Vegetable Center Wholesale Market: duck eggs at 7.5 yuan per jin.

2. What are the benefits and effects of duck eggs?

The protein content of duck eggs is comparable to that of chicken eggs, while their total mineral content far exceeds that of chicken eggs; they are especially rich in iron and calcium, which can help prevent anemia and promote bone development. Duck eggs are rich in nutrients such as protein, fat, calcium, iron and zinc, and can supply the human body with a large amount of nutrition; they are also very easily digested and absorbed by the human body and have a certain nourishing effect. Duck eggs are rich in vitamin B2, which can promote human development and cell regeneration and encourage the normal growth of skin, nails and hair.

1. Promotes appetite

Duck eggs can stimulate the digestive organs, improve appetite, make nutrients easy to digest and absorb, and have the effects of neutralizing stomach acid, cooling the body and lowering blood pressure.

2. Nourishes yin and blood

Compared with chicken eggs, the total amount of minerals contained in duck eggs far exceeds that of chicken eggs; they are especially rich in iron and calcium, which can help prevent anemia and promote bone development. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that duck eggs have the effects of greatly tonifying deficiency and fatigue and nourishing yin and blood, and are especially suitable for women to eat.

3. Clears the lungs and removes heat

Duck eggs are cool in nature and sweet in taste, and enter the lung and spleen meridians; they have effects such as nourishing yin and clearing the lungs, tonifying the heart and dispelling heat, and promoting body fluid and benefiting the stomach. They mainly treat conditions such as lung yin deficiency, dry cough with little phlegm, dry and painful throat, stomach yin deficiency, dry mouth and thirst, dry heaving, and dry stool. They are suitable for patients with post-illness weakness, dry-heat cough, dry throat and sore throat, diarrhea and other conditions.

4. Beautifies and improves the skin

Duck eggs are rich in vitamin B2, which can promote human development and cell regeneration and encourage the normal growth of skin, nails and hair; therefore, regularly eating duck eggs helps maintain healthy skin and hair and achieves a beautifying and skin-improving effect.

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