What is bean sprouts?
All edible buds, buds, germs, tender buds or tender stems can be called sprouts, that is, vegetables germinated by plant seeds or other nutrient storage organs under dark or light conditions.
As a new type of high-quality pollution-free vegetables, sprouts can not only make children eat fresh and delicious vegetable food, but also be a kind of nutritious and health food. Bean sprouts are not just bean sprouts. Bean sprouts are dark yellow and white, without chlorophyll cells, while bean sprouts are cultivated under light on the basis of bean sprouts, with photosynthesis and chlorophyll cells, and are green; Because sprouts have chlorophyll cells after exposure to light, they are richer in vitamins and have higher nutritional value components.
Germinated vegetables are edible buds, buds, germs, tender buds or tender stems that grow directly from seeds or other vegetative organs of plants under dark or light conditions. They are new healthy vegetables which are pollution-free and safe to eat in recent years. There are more than 30 varieties of sprout products, with many colors, all kinds, rich nutrition, high medicinal and economic value, and huge market prospects and potential.
Classification of sprouts
There are many kinds of sprouts, which can be divided into:
1, bean sprouts: At present, it is relatively common, which refers to the tender white buds formed by seed shading and other technical treatments, called "bean sprouts", which become soft or yellow.
2. Vegetable bud: Under certain conditions, new tender bud vegetables, such as ratoon lettuce, are cultivated by using some important vegetative organs of plants, such as roots, stems and branches. These varieties are relatively rare in China at present, but they are mostly produced by factory mode in Taiwan Province Province!
3. Miaocai: refers to the bean sprouts that continue to grow under light, are not fibrotic, and are edible throughout the plant. It is a common type of bean sprouts. This is actually the type we are talking about. After light culture, it is rich in chlorophyll cells, and the nutritional value of vitamins is higher than that of ordinary seeds or bean sprouts!
4. Plastic vegetables: based on sprouts, with sparse sowing amount or planting density, various types of utensils are used to create certain shapes. After the young leaves grow in the light, you can not only watch them, but also pick their leaves to eat and experience the fun of sowing and harvesting. It can continue to grow after picking leaves, which is a model suitable for family planting.
What we usually say about sprouts or produced sprouts refers to this kind of sprouts, which refers to a fresh vegetable formed by using seeds to germinate under certain conditions and environment and cultured under light!
market prospect
In recent years, food safety has been concerned, and food safety, health and organic food have been sought after by people. Among them, sprouts are delicious, containing no chemical hormones and pesticides. They are not only rich in natural vitamins, mineral organic enzymes and protein, but also economical. Today, food safety is paid more and more attention, and the market prospect of sprouts is very promising.
Equipment advantage
1. The production is convenient and the equipment is simple.
Investing in the production of sprouts requires less capital and low cost. It is best to adopt digital management, standardize production, monitor the whole process from planting to harvesting, and do not use hormones, fertilizers and pesticides. Moreover, the time-saving, labor-saving and labor-saving seedling vegetable planting technology only needs seedling trays or containers, which can be planted in a narrow space in a frame, and can be produced with seeds, sprayers or watering cans. It can be produced indoors and outdoors, and can also be produced in multiple layers, with small floor space and convenient production.
2. Short production cycle and high efficiency.
Using advanced technology to plant sprouts, some varieties can reach the highest vegetable yield of 1: 8, and the multiple cropping index is high; And can be harvested and marketed in 7- 15 days, with short cultivation period and fast growth period. There are many varieties of sprouts, and the planting is not limited by seasons, which can meet the needs of different customers for a long time.
Health care function of bean sprouts
(1) Runchang laxative: Due to the improvement of living standards, the food in people's diet structure is more and more refined, which leads to the decrease of intestinal peristalsis. In particular, the digestive function of the elderly is weakened, and the daily exercise is less, which is easy to form constipation. Bean sprout food is rich in dietary fiber. Eating bean sprouts regularly can help people's intestinal peristalsis, accelerate excretion and make the intestines unobstructed. Eating bean sprouts in the elderly has a significant effect on preventing constipation.
(2) Reducing blood lipid and cholesterol: Sprouting is a food with high nutritional value and low calorie, rich in cellulose and vitamins. Regular consumption can reduce weight, blood fat, cholesterol and blood sugar.
(3) Regulating physique: Ginger buds and pepper buds have the effects of warming the middle warmer, dispelling cold, expelling wind and dredging collaterals, and can obviously regulate physique. Regular consumption can improve the blood circulation at the end of limbs, and has an auxiliary effect on changing cold hands and feet and numbness of limbs.
(4) Purify blood and improve acidic constitution: live bean sprouts are alkaline foods, rich in cellulose and alkaline substances, which can regulate the acid-base balance of blood and promote the blood to deliver sufficient oxygen and nutrients to various tissues and organs. After eating, the alkali produced after digestion and hydrolysis can neutralize the excess acid in the body and maintain the acid-base balance in the body. In addition, while participating in the circulation, it can also smoothly excrete toxins from the body. As for its rich enzymes, it can help human cells absorb and utilize nutrients. Regular consumption of live bean sprouts can make people full of energy, happy, strong and energetic.
(5) Skin care: Bean sprouts also have the function of beauty beauty. Some varieties of bean sprout juice can be mixed with water to wash your face, or added to the bathtub to soften your skin.
(6) Delaying aging and keeping young forever: Because fresh sprouts contain a lot of enzymes and various rich nutrients, they can strengthen the cell's renewal ability and provide sufficient and balanced nutrition for cells. So as to keep healthy, cheer up, delay aging and stay young forever.
(7) Strengthening the spleen and regulating the stomach: Most sprouts have the function of strengthening the spleen and regulating the stomach, and their rich cellulose can inhibit or eliminate ulcers and lesions in the digestive system. In recent years, scientific research has proved that bean sprouts have a good auxiliary treatment effect on cancer and AIDS.
(8) Radiation resistance: sprout vegetables have the characteristic of releasing oxygen after photosynthesis. Some varieties of bean sprouts can also absorb electromagnetic radiation when placed next to the TV.
(9) Prevention and treatment of obesity: A large amount of fiber contained in bean sprouts can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and promote defecation. Among them, enzymes can help decompose body fat and prevent fat from being stored in the body, so they have the function of preventing obesity.
(10) Improve immunity: In recent years, scientific research has proved that regular consumption of sprouts can effectively improve acidic physique and improve the immune function and self-healing function of the body. It has a good effect on preventing modern civilized diseases, cancer, AIDS and so on.
Benefit estimation
After purchasing new equipment for sprouts, one person can generally manage 2000 live vegetables (sprouts) at the same time. The cost of managing a dish is about 0.2-0.3 yuan, the labor and production costs are very low, and the output is extremely high. Only 2-3 people can complete the harvest of 100 kg every day. Generally, the market price per kilogram is 4- 12 yuan, and the profit per mu can reach more than 654.38+10,000 yuan.
Sales of bean sprouts
The production of bean sprouts can be sold in cooperation with local supermarkets, or promoted to local hotels and hot pot restaurants, especially in winter, because bean sprouts are very suitable for eating hot pot.