Jintan Wujie Cress is a geographical indication certification trademark.

Cress has been planted in Jintan for more than 800 years, and Zhulin Wujie cress is especially famous. In recent years, two leading enterprises, Jintan Birun Celery Professional Cooperative and Jiangsu Jintang Agricultural Science and Technology Co., Ltd., have organized a planting area of ??more than 6,000 acres and established a 1,000-acre national-level demonstration planting area for cress with an annual benefit of 20,000 yuan. about. Among them, Jintang's "Lvtan" brand non-junction cress production base has been established as the country's first first-class cress export demonstration base. It is also the only first-class vegetable export registration base in southern Jiangsu. It is exported to South Korea, Hong Kong and Macao, and earns more than 300 yuan in foreign exchange annually. million dollars.

Each 100g of cress contains 21g of protein, 0.3g of fat, 154mg of calcium, 9.8mg of phosphorus, 23.3mg of iron, 47mg of vitamin C, and 4.5mg of carotene. Vitamin C is 7.8 times that of cucumber, vitamin B2 is 4.6 times that of lettuce, calcium content is 19.2 times that of tomatoes, and iron content is 38.5 times that of Chinese cabbage. Just analyzing the iron that nourishes the blood, the average person needs to absorb 10mg of iron every day, and 50g of cress contains 11.6mg. Modern medical scientists have also confirmed the obvious effects of cress in clearing blood lipids, lowering blood pressure and suppressing cancer.