Overview: Describes sea cucumbers as food source.Compares the traditional and new sea cucumber processing technologies.Presents sea cucumber types and origin, quality standards, product quality control systems Sea cucumbers belong to the .Phylum Echinodermata.. There are more than 900 recorded species of sea cucumber of which more than 40 are edible. As a food source, sea cucumbers are rich in protein, low in fat, rich in collagen, sulfated polysaccharides, phospholipids, glycolipids, saponins and other functional components. Therefore, sea cucumbers have important nutritional and medicinal va
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