What is the difference between flower white and red? Teach you to easily distinguish

Red maw is formed during large-scale fishing when the fish are squeezed and struggle excessively, causing congestion, rupturing of the internal organs, and blood seeping into the swim bladder, forming large amounts of blood streaks, with a dark red color. The fishy smell of red maw is about 30% stronger than that of white maw. Compared with red maw, original maw has less blood seepage, its color is pink, and its fishy smell is also much lighter than that of red maw.

White maw is fish maw taken from the swim bladder of a small number of fish that were not squeezed. This kind of fish maw has a natural color. White maw is not pure white with no blood streaks; rather, compared with original maw, it has very few blood streaks and almost no fishy smell, and it tastes good! It accounts for only 5% of total production, making it rare and precious.

Each shop classifies fish maw differently. The so-called original maw, white maw, red maw, and so on are all distinguished by the shops themselves. Therefore, consumers should look clearly at the quality themselves, rather than at these fish maw “names”.

Fish maw is extremely rich in nutrients. Its main components are premium collagen, multiple vitamins, and various trace elements such as calcium, zinc, iron, and selenium. It is recorded in the “Compendium of Materia Medica”: “Fish maw can tonify the kidney and replenish essence, nourish the tendons and vessels, and can treat kidney deficiency with spermatorrhea and postpartum wind tetany.”

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that fish maw is sweet in taste and neutral in nature, and has effects such as nourishing blood and stopping bleeding, tonifying the kidney and securing essence, and nourishing yin and beautifying the face. Modern research shows that fish maw contains large amounts of biomolecular collagen, which is a raw material for the human body to supplement and synthesize protein, and is easy to absorb and utilize. It can effectively improve immunity, inhibit cancer cells, activate cells, prevent skin aging, beautify and nourish the face, and prolong life.