Every100g of fresh bamboo shoots contains 9.79g of dry matter, 3.28g of protein, 4.47g of carbohydrate, 0.9g of cellulose, 0. 1 3g of fat, 22mg of calcium, 56mg of phosphorus and 0.1mg of iron, and the contents of vitamins and carotene are more than twice that of Chinese cabbage. Moreover, the protein of bamboo shoots is superior, including lysine, tryptophan, threonine and phenylalanine, glutamic acid which plays an important role in protein metabolism, and cystine which can maintain the protein configuration. It is an excellent healthy vegetable.