With the arrival of autumn, Dingdong Maicai platform once again leads the market, starting the hairy crab tasting season nearly a month ahead of schedule. On August 23rd, the new season of Yellow River mouth hairy crabs, with their mouth watering deliciousness, was officially launched on the market.
The direct harvesting team of Dingdong Maicai is busy in the tens of thousands of acres of Yellow River mouth hairy crab breeding base, ensuring that every hairy crab undergoes strict triple manual screening, sampling, bundling, and packaging processes after fishing. Finally, through the cold chain logistics system, these high-quality hairy crabs are delivered to Dingdong Aquatic Products Sorting Centers in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangdong, and other places within 24 hours.
Kenli District, Dongying City, Shandong Province, this area is located at latitude 37 and north; deg; The Yellow River Delta, with its unique geographical conditions and ecological environment, has become an ideal place for breeding hairy crabs. The soil and water conditions here are not only rich in organic matter, but also have a suitable climate, providing the best environment for the growth of hairy crabs. Since the first successful artificial breeding in 1992, the Yellow River mouth hairy crab was granted geographical indication protection by the Ministry of Agriculture in 2008, marking its official recognition of quality and uniqueness.
The Yellow River Delta, formed by sediment deposition, has a large area of shallow mudflat and saline alkaline wetlands. The water quality here is also weakly alkaline. The flourishing aquatic plants, rich diets, and less water and soil pollution provide rich natural biological diets for hairy crabs. The Yellow River mouth hairy crab has a higher content of elements such as arginine and glutamic acid, resulting in a more delicate and sweet meat texture, and a fuller and richer yellow paste. At the same time, due to its proximity to the mouth of the Yellow River, the sediment content in the water is high. The bottom of crab ponds in the Yellow River Delta area is mostly fine sand without silt. The hairy crabs that grow in such an environment have green shells, white bellies, yellow fur, and golden claws, and their meat is creamy and greasy.
In addition, the freshwater environment here has moderate salinity and is rich in minerals, giving hairy crabs a unique seafood like taste. The larger temperature difference between morning and evening in the north also allows the hairy crabs in the Yellow River estuary to molt earlier than those in southern production areas such as Yangcheng Lake, allowing consumers to enjoy the deliciousness of this season in advance.
The Huanghekou hairy crab breeding base selected by Dingdong Maicai platform has also passed the BAP (Best Aquaculture Practices) certification, an internationally recognized third-party aquaculture certification project, ensuring the quality and food safety of hairy crabs. The breeding pond at the base simulates and replicates the wild environment, monitors water quality and safety at all times, regularly cleans aquatic plants, standardizes the feeding of pollution-free feed, and undergoes strict inspection and supervision at every stage.
With the arrival of the hairy crab tasting season, consumers can purchase a variety of hairy crab products from Shandong, Xinjiang, Jiangsu and other places on the Dingdong Maicai App. According to experts in the development of aquatic products at Dingdong Maicai, although these products have different names, their varieties are actually Chinese mitten crabs, which have formed their own unique flavors in different growing environments. At present, the main products sold in the market are small-sized female crabs. It is expected that mature female and male crabs will be launched in large quantities by the end of September to early October, providing consumers with a more diverse range of choices.