Horse mackerel
Horse mackerel is a small commercial schooling fish of the perchiformes, living in the Atlantic Ocean, and entering the Black Sea during the period of zhora. Reaches a length of 50 cm, weighing up to 400 g. Occasionally there are large individuals weighing up to 2 kg. The body of horse mackerel is fusiform, oblong, slightly laterally compressed, with a thin caudal peduncle. A characteristic feature of horse mackerel is bony scutes along the entire length of the lateral line of the fish, in some cases with backward-directed spines. They are designed to protect the fish from predators, without interfering with it, at the same time, bending its body during fast swimming.
The ratio of BJU in the product
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The life of horse mackerel rarely lasts more than 9 years. It feeds on small fish, zooplankton, cephalopods or crustaceans.
Black Sea horse mackerel
Black Sea horse mackerel is a subspecies of Mediterranean horse mackerel, family horse mackerel. It is widespread in the Black Sea, meeting along its shores from May to October. Mass spawning of "small" horse mackerel, up to 30 cm long, occurs in the middle of summer. The fish is highly fertile - each horse mackerel produces about 150-200 thousand eggs. In terms of its taste, the Black Sea horse mackerel surpasses the ocean mackerel, used for cooking in fresh, boiled, salted and canned forms.
Useful properties of horse mackerel
Horse mackerel has tender meat without small bones. The fat content of some species of horse mackerel in autumn and summer can reach 15%.
The calorie content of 100 grams of horse mackerel is 114 kcal, of which proteins - 18.5 g, fats - 4.5 g.
This small but tasty fish is a source of vitamins, micro and macro elements. The chemical composition of horse mackerel:
- Vitamin A (0.01 mg);
- Vitamin PP (7.3 mg);
- Thiamin (vitamin B1) - 0.17 mg;
- Riboflavin (vitamin B2) - 0.12 mg;
- Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) - 0.1 mg;
- Folic acid (vitamin B9) - 10 mcg;
- Vitamin C (1.5 mg);
- Vitamin E (0.9 mg);
- Vitamin PP (10.7 mg).
Horse mackerel is a source of Omega-3 fatty acid - the basis of a healthy cardiovascular system, as well as elements such as calcium, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, iron, sulfur, iodine, zinc, manganese, copper, fluorine, chromium, cobalt, nickel, molybdenum …
The benefits of horse mackerel are not limited to supporting the normal functioning of the heart and blood vessels - the iodine contained in its composition allows to improve the functioning of the thyroid gland, normalize metabolism in the body, stabilize the level of hemoglobin in the blood, as well as strengthen immunity and increase intellectual potential.
A high content of phosphorus - or, as it is also called, "the element of vigor" has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the nervous system, eliminating drowsiness, lethargy and increasing efficiency and ensuring the conduction of nerve impulses at the required speed.
Due to its high mobility, horse mackerel contains a small amount of fat and is widely recommended by nutritionists as a useful food for atherosclerotic disease, ischemia, hypertension, metabolic disorders.
Horse mackerel harm
According to some experts, the meat of predatory fish contains an increased amount of mercury, which causes persistent neurological disorders. Therefore, it is not recommended to abuse the dishes from horse mackerel for children and pregnant women.
When cutting horse mackerel, be sure to remove its head: it is in this part of the fish carcass that harmful substances contained in sea water accumulate.
When eating horse mackerel in food, it is necessary to subject the carcass to careful temperature processing, since any raw fish is a potential source of infection by many parasites.
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