Dried Bamboo Shoots from the Bamboo Sea

Dried Bamboo Shoots from the Bamboo Sea

　　Bamboo shoots have long been regarded as a "delicacy among vegetables" in China. Nutritionally, many used to believe that although bamboo shoots are delicious, they lack nutritional value, with some even claiming that "eating a meal of bamboo shoots burns off three days' worth of fat." This belief is inaccurate. In fact, bamboo shoots are rich in protein, amino acids, fats, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamins B1, B2, and C. Every 100g of fresh bamboo shoots contains 9.79g of dry matter, 3.28g of protein, 4.47g of carbohydrates, 0.9g of fiber, 0.13g of fat, 22mg of calcium, 56mg of phosphorus, 0.1mg of iron, and multiple vitamins and carotenes that are more than double the amount found in Chinese cabbage. Moreover, the protein in bamboo shoots is of high quality, containing essential amino acids such as lysine, tryptophan, threonine, and phenylalanine, as well as glutamic acid, which plays an important role in protein metabolism, and cysteine, which helps maintain protein structure—making it an excellent health-promoting vegetable.