It is strictly protected in the United States, yet in China it is one of the Eight Treasures, and at a thousand yuan per liang it still sells out

Food is the first necessity of the people - this is a familiar saying in China, and it is absolutely true. People always enjoy the finest food within their economic means, especially some wealthy individuals who spare no expense just to get a taste of a delicacy. Some ingredients are sought after for their high nutritional value, while others are precious because they are rare, becoming a status symbol in the lives of the wealthy.

Today I will introduce a rare delicacy: shark fin. When it comes to shark fin, although some may never have tasted it, everyone is probably familiar with it, and its price makes ordinary people shrink back.

Shark fin is a product made from the fins of sharks after drying and processing. Because shark fins have a very high protein content and are also scarce in number, they are highly sought after.

But in fact, in terms of nutritional value, shark fin is quite ordinary - it simply contains rich protein, but a large portion of that protein cannot be absorbed by the human body.

In many foreign countries, this is an ingredient that nobody eats. Especially in the United States, sharks are strictly protected by Americans, so it simply cannot be eaten there. But in Asian countries, especially China, shark fin ranks very high among ingredients and is listed as one of the "Eight Treasures," and its price is even more exorbitant.

Shark fin is a very precious ingredient. Although its nutritional value is quite ordinary, people still flock to it. What follows is the hunting of sharks by some people: after cutting off the fins of the sharks they catch, they throw the sharks back into the sea to fend for themselves, and the fins they obtain are sold at a high price to processing plants. The processed fins then become shark fin.

Shark fin has always held a very high status in China, so China is also one of the largest importers of shark fin. In many high-end restaurants in the country, shark fin can be seen, used to satisfy people's appetites.

Because the price of shark fin has always remained high, many people harm sharks in order to obtain their fins. Such wanton killing also destroys the ecological balance of the ocean, but many people cannot see this, caring only about enjoying the delicacy. Now the price of shark fin is as high as a thousand yuan per liang, but relative to the enormous market, it is still not enough to sell.

Although the nutritional value of shark fin is quite ordinary, the latest research shows that the components contained in shark fin have the effect of lowering blood lipids, so it can be said to have a certain health benefit. However, the author still hopes that such behavior can be moderated, otherwise the harm to the ocean's ecological balance is also very great.

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