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Fishballs Are a Delicious Trap

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Now, more and more delicious foods are being "frozen," beyond traditional frozendumplings,,wontons,Besides, meatballs, chicken pieces, shrimp, and even fresh frozen vegetables from their original are popular choices at the supermarket.ranging from meatballs, chicken pieces, shrimp, to even fresh vegetables sourced directly from their origins, all becoming popular choices in supermarkets.

Generally speaking, frozen food refers to items that are frozen within 15 minutes under strong cold conditions and stored at temperatures below minus 18°C or lower for long-term preservation.Typically including seafood (shrimp, frozen fish,prawns,pork,,chicken,Wait)hotpotkinds (such as fish dumplings,maw, etc.), fresh meat (tangyuan,dumplings,buns,),fried and battered products (chicken strips, colaflapjacks,vegetables(peas,carrots)

).When it comes to frozen foods, people often have concerns about their freshness and nutritional value.

In fact, from a nutritional perspective, "frozen" can preserve the natural fresh state, color, flavor, and nutrient components of food to the greatest extent possible.For busy individuals, instead of buying fresh meat and vegetables for an entire week and piling them in the refrigerator, it's better to opt for frozen foods as a substitute.

This is because home refrigerators take at least several hours to freeze food, while true frozen foods are frozen within 15-30 minutes. This "quick freezing" process maintains the molecular structure of the food basically intact and avoids nutrient loss caused by slow freezing.However, not all frozen foods have nutritional value.Filling and fried frozen products share a common drawback: their high fat content.Additionally, some maw and fish cakes may not be as fresh as freshly caught fish meat, but they are exceptionally tasty due to the addition of monosodium glutamate (MSG) and other highly flavorful seasonings in frozen foods.According to statistics, the salt content in fish cakes and similar frozen products is 4-5 times that of fresh

five-spice pork,which poses significant health risks for those with high blood pressure, heart disease, or kidney issues.Moreover, to maintain a certain palatability in meat products, their fat content cannot be lower than 20%.Thus, the tenderness, juiciness, and aroma of maw and fish cakes come at the cost of high fat content.Research shows that eating six fish cakes is equivalent to consuming a bowl of rice in terms of calories.(Reference: Science and Technology Daily)While the tenderness, juiciness, and aroma of gongyuan balls and fish balls are achieved through high-fat content.Studies show that eating 6 fish balls is equivalent to the calories in a bowl of rice.(Source: People's Daily)