Why fried tofu is called yamago

Because of its shape if solid, like ripe fruit, so take the pictogram meaning for oil fruit. Tofu is extremely nutritious, containing iron, magnesium, potassium, niacin, copper, calcium, zinc, phosphorus, folic acid, vitamin B1, methionine and vitamin B6. Each 100 grams of firm tofu contains 69.8% water, 15.7 grams of protein, 8.6 grams of fat, 4.3 grams of carbohydrates and 0.1 grams of fiber, and provides 611.2 kilojoules of calories.

The high amino acid and protein content in tofu makes it a good complementary food to grains. 78% of the fat in tofu is unsaturated and contains no cholesterol, making it known as "plant meat". The digestibility and absorption rate of tofu is over 95%. Two small pieces of tofu can satisfy a person's calcium needs for a day.

Expanded information

Quality fried tofu color orange bright, and mixed with rice and other impurities fried tofu color dark yellow. Adulterated fried tofu than high-quality fried tofu weight, each catty of high-quality fried tofu about 80, adulterated fried tofu only about 60. Adulterated deep-fried tofu has more internal sacs and clumps, while high-quality internal sacs are fewer and more evenly distributed.

Pinch the deep-fried tofu with your hand, and you can't recover it from being adulterated. Iodine drops on the fried tofu will not change color, adulterated rice fried tofu is blue-black.

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