Why are mussels red and white? Which is better?

Mussels have male and female points, in the breeding season male gonads for the milky white, female gonads are red, which can be seen in the color of the mussels mussels.

Mussels are generally mussels are bivalve mollusks, the shell was green and dark brown, living on the beach rock. Mussels in northern China commonly known as Haihong, is one of the famous seafood. Mussels are an important species in the cause of shellfish breeding, many areas of the world have farming, especially in northern Europe, North America and Australia and other areas of breeding mussels is very popular, the production is also large. The economic value of mussels is high and there is a certain value of food and medicine.

Mussels are popular seafood, harvest is not easy to save, has always been cooked into dry goods - mussels. The nutritional value of mussels is high and has certain medicinal value. Mussel protein content of up to 59%, which contains eight kinds of essential amino acids, fat content of 7%, and most of the unsaturated fatty acids. In addition, mussels are also rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc and vitamin B, nicotinic acid and so on. As mussels are rich in nutrients, their nutritional value is higher than the average shellfish and fish, shrimp, meat, etc., to promote metabolism, to ensure that the brain and physical activity of the nutritional supply has a positive effect, it was called mussels For "sea eggs".

Purple mussel is rich in vitamin B, such as vitamin B2, folic acid and vitamin B12, phosphorus, iron and zinc content is also more abundant. Per 100 grams of raw mussels, containing 12 grams of protein, fat 2 grams, can provide 360 kJ of calories. Mussels are not only rich in nutrients, but also has Bugan Yishen, regulating the effect of promoting blood circulation.

White is male, red is the female, the taste is not the same because of the problem of the gonad, in fact, both the nutritional value are the same, they are like cock and hen different taste.