Can Cod Skin Be Eaten? Read This Article and You'll Know

If you like good food, you must know the great name of cod. Besides its thick flesh and delicious taste, cod is high in protein and low in fat, and even salmon cannot match its protein content. In Northern Europe it is called “the nutritionist on the dining table”, and the Portuguese hold it in even higher esteem, respectfully calling it “liquid gold”. So can cod skin be eaten?

Cod skin can be eaten, and it is rich in collagen; good collagen powder is made from cod skin. Although it is not as tender and smooth as cod flesh, its taste is still very rich and oily.

Because of cod's important edible value and economic value, it is one of the most heavily fished fish in the world, and the only fish that truly belong to the genus Gadus are three species: Atlantic cod, Greenland cod, and Pacific cod.

Cod is widely distributed across the world's major oceans, originally from the cold waters of the North Atlantic from Northern Europe to Canada and the eastern United States. At present, the main producing countries are Iceland, Canada, Russia, Norway, and Hokkaido in Japan. In China, cod is mainly produced in the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the northern East China Sea, with its main fishing grounds in the northern Yellow Sea, east-southeast of Shandong Gaokou, and the southern and southeastern sea areas; it is one of the marine economic fish species produced along the northern coast.

Cod flesh is delicious and nutritious, and can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis; the swim bladder can nourish the blood and stop bleeding; cod bones can treat athlete's foot; cod pancreas contains a large amount of insulin, and 12000 IU of insulin can be extracted from 1 kg of pancreas; cod liver can be used to extract cod liver oil (oil content 20%~40%)