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Yummy House Guiling Gao (Herbal Jelly)


 
Yummy House Guilinggao (Herbal Jelly) No Preservatives.
 
"Guilinggao, also known as Tortoise Jelly or Turtle Jelly, is a jelly-like Chinese medicine, also sold as a dessert. It was traditionally made with the powdered plastron(shell) from the critically endangered turtle Cuora trifasciata (commonly known as "three-lined box turtle", or "golden coin turtle", ) and a variety of herbal products, in particular, China roots Smilaxglabra(Tu fu ling). Although the golden coin turtle(Cuora trifasciata) is commercially farmed in modern China, it is extremely expensive; therefore, even when turtle-derived ingredients are used in commercially available guilinggao, they come from other, more commonly available, turtle species.

More often, commercially available guilinggao sold as a dessert does not contain turtle shell powder at all, despite the product name and the prominent turtle images on most brands' labels. They do, however, share the same herbal additives as the medicine and are similarly marketed as being good for skin complexion when ingested.

Guilinggao is thought to be good for the skin, allowing for a healthier complexion upon repeated consumption. However this effect, if any, is most likely attributed to the additional herbal additives within the jelly[citation needed].

Preparation: Traditional guilinggao recipes require boiling turtle shell for many hours, first by itself, then with a variety of herbal ingredients, so that the liquid is gradually evaporated and a jelly-like residue forms. Rice flour and corn starch is added to "thicken" the product.

Guilinggao jelly can be prepared at home from commercially sold powdered concentrate (the "guilinggao powder"), similarly to how Jellois made. When it is prepared, other herbal substances, such as ginseng, are added to the jelly to give it certain tastes and medicinal values. The main ingredients of a typical Guilinggao jelly dessert found in North America are: water, sucrose, guilinggao powder, and American Ginseng." Wikipedia.com

Ingredients:  Water, Sugar, Honey, Guilinggao Powder, Ling Chi, Litchi, Longan, LoHanKuo or Ginseng.

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Net Weight: 3 bowls x 7oz (200g)

Product of China

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