Eel meat has high trophic value, and constitutes 84 percent of an eel’s body. Its protein content is much higher than chicken and pork, and it contains abundant amino acids needed by people. It is also rich in vitamin A and E. Its vitamin A content is 60 times, and its vitamin E content 9 times, that of normal fish.

As eels maintain the health of children, women, middle-aged and elderly people and delay the aging of the human body, they enjoy the reputation of "ginseng in water", and their products sell well both at home and abroad.