How are hawthorn strips made? Nutritional content of hawthorn strips

In supermarkets, we often see a variety of hawthorn bars, hawthorn cakes, dried hawthorns, hawthorn cakes and other foods made of hawthorn. Do you know how hawthorn bars are made? The nutritional content of hawthorn bars also makes people want to know about it. The following is the relevant common sense in this regard, I hope it can help you.

Contents of this article

1. How are hawthorn strips made?

2. Nutritional content of hawthorn strips

3. What should you pay attention to when eating hawthorn strips?

How are hawthorn strips made?

1. After buying hawthorn from the market, rinse it several times with clean water, then remove the beard and soak it in salt water for half an hour.

2. After soaking in salt water, put the hawthorn, water, and yellow rock sugar (sucrose) into the pot and boil. There will be some foam in the pot, remember to skim it off with a spoon.

3. After the hawthorn has been boiled until thick, put it into a blender and blend until it becomes a porridge-like consistency.

4. Put the mixed hawthorn into the pot and cook it again. When the hawthorn sauce starts to peel near one side of the pot, turn off the heat. Add lemon juice and stir evenly.

5. I use an oven tray, line it with wax paper, put the cooked hawthorn sauce in the tray, 5 mm thick. Use a scraper or spoon to smooth the sauce.

6. It usually takes about two or three days to cool down, then cut into thin strips of your choice, dip in sugar and serve.

Nutritional content of hawthorn

Hawthorn slices contain a variety of vitamins, tartaric acid, citric acid, hawthorn acid, malic acid, etc. It also contains brass, lactones, sugars, proteins, fats, and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. The lipase contained in it can promote the digestion of fatty foods. It can promote the secretion of gastric juice and increase the enzymes in the stomach. Chinese medicine believes that hawthorn has the functions of eliminating stagnation, astringing and stopping diarrhea, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Every 100 grams of hawthorn slices contains 389.11 kilojoules (93 kcal), 2.0 grams of crude fiber, 0.8 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, and 22.1 grams of carbohydrates.

What should you pay attention to when eating hawthorn sticks?

There are certain taboos when eating hawthorn sticks. Hawthorn sticks contain a lot of sugar, and for children, once they eat too much hawthorn sticks, it will cause the blood sugar in our body to remain at a higher level. At the same time, if people often eat a lot of hawthorn sticks, it will also cause malnutrition and anemia problems, which have a greater impact on our health. So it is not suitable for patients with diabetes to eat hawthorn sticks. At the same time, when eating hawthorn sticks, everyone should pay attention to rinse their mouths and brush their teeth in time to avoid damaging their teeth.