Sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa) is the most abundant and widely distributed species in the cold waters of North Atlantic Ocean. C. frondosa contains a wide range of bioactive compounds, mainly collagen, cerebrosides, glycosaminoglycan, chondroitin sulfate, saponins, phenols, and mucopolysaccharides, which demonstrate unique biological and pharmacological properties. In particular, the body wall of this marine invertebrate is the major edible part and contains most of the active constituents, mainly polysaccharides and collagen, which exhibit numerous biological activities, including anticancer, anti-hypertensive, anti-angiogenic, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, anti-coagulation, antimicrobial, antioxidation, and anti- osteoclastogenic properties. In particular, triterpene glycosides (frondoside A and other) are the most researched group of compounds due to their potential anticancer activity. This review summarizes the latest information on C. frondosa, mainly geographical distribution, landings specific to Canadian coastlines, processing, commercial products, trade market, bioactive compounds, and potential health benefits in the context of functional foods and nutraceuticals. (ref: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/18/5/274) 

Offering a variety of benefits, it would only make sense that this species is consumed year-round for long-term health and wellness.  As we come upon the colder months, it is important to consider what your body needs and if sea cucumber is right for you, so we want to highlight that this Month.  

You can purchase Rosalyn Atlantic Sea Cucumber at the following links:

Atlantic Sea Cucumber Shop 

While dry sea cucumber has been consumed for thousands of years in Asian cultures, there is quite a process to cooking and consuming the sea cucumber.  If that’s not something you’re ready to take on this year, but you do wish to reap the benefits of sea cucumber: Nova Sea Atlantic  Sea Cucumber has created a supplement using Atlantic sea cucumber for easy consumption of the species, and it can be found at the following links:

http://www.akao.ca

Amazon

Or locally in Nova Scotia at Honey and Ginger, Dartmouth and Larry Uteck Locations.

We are overjoyed to have been featured on CTV Atlantic’s Tides & Tables segment!  In this newscast, you’ll learn more about Atlantic Sea Cucumber and Nova Sea Atlantic sea cucumber capsules.

Learn how the two companies work together to create cutting edge products, using Atlantic sea cucumber fished from the ocean floor off of the coast of Nova Scotia.

Want to learn more about Nova Sea Atlantic sea cucumber capsules?  Check out our website here.

The annual production capacity can reach 1 million pounds of dried sea cucumbers. The excellent geographical location surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean makes it possible to obtain fresh and high-quality sea cucumber raw materials. ASC adheres to the concept of zero additives, and uses a patented process to retain nutrients to the utmost extent, and delivers pure natural and pollution-free Atlantic sea cucumbers (Cucumaria Frondosa) to consumers’ tables. ASC has a full set of import and export licenses and has filed a list of Canadian aquatic product manufacturers registered in China (registration number 6033).

The factory’s own brand of Rosalyn® has been sold on the North American market (Costco membership-only supermarket) in 2018, and has achieved amazing sales growth on the Canadian market. It will be from August 2019 to March 2020. During the month, it stood out among the many merchandise sales of American openers and was the second best-selling product after gasoline. The Rosalyn® brand has also opened flagship stores on JD.com and Tmall in the Chinese market.

Main products and cooperation intention:

Supplier of large supermarkets, high-end food ingredients distribution platform, cross-border e-commerce.

In China, sea cucumber is mostly farmed, whereas in Canada it is harvested wild from the ocean floor off Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton. Canadian sea cucumber has a smooth body, compared to its Chinese counterpart that has a covering of spikes. Exports of sea cucumber from Canada to China have dramatically increased in the past decade.

Sea cucumber is a marine animal in the family of the phylum Echinodermata, of which there are more than 1,250 species. The Canadian North Atlantic species is called Cucumaria Frondosa (C-Frondosa) and is packed with very potent nutrients that are preserved by the frigid temperatures of these northern waters.

Research is ongoing at many universities globally to investigate sea cucumber’s efficacy across a spectrum of various conditions including heart disease, hypertension, inflammation, and cancer. There is a more than decade long survey by the National Cancer Institute that reveals marine animals such as C-Frondosa have anti-tumor properties.

C. Frondosa has also been recognized for its high antioxidant capacity. A good source of minerals and protein for immune building and function, it is also a good source of omegas, polysaccharides and saponins, which attracted the attention of AKSO Biotech, Inc. of Halifax, NS.

The health benefits of sea cucumber are encapsulated by a Nova Scotia company for easy, daily supplementation. Atlantic Sea Cucumber General Manager Lincoln Ellsworth shows some of the AKSO finished product at the sea cucumber plant in Hackett’s Cove, NS, Tuesday, October 20, 2020. The Grand Prix award winning product is marketed nationally as Nova Sea Atlantic(TM). (CNW Group/AKSO Marine Biotech Inc.)

“Sea Cucumber is very laborious to prepare, it can take days,” says Lincoln Ellsworth, General Manager of Atlantic Sea Cucumber, of Hackett’s Cove, NS. “Although sea cucumber is consumed around the world for its traditional health benefits, a capsule form is the only practical way of getting the benefits of sea cucumber on a daily basis. Our proprietary cook process locks in maximum nutrition, which makes us the supplier of choice for AKSO.” More on Atlantic Sea Cucumber at https://atlanticseacucumber.ca

Atlantic Sea Cucumber cooks, dries, then ships product to Toronto to be encapsulated by AKSO. AKSO’s brand of sea cucumber capsules, Nova Sea Atlantic is a registered Natural Health Product with Health Canada with the approved claim of providing antioxidants to help fight/protect cells against oxidative damage caused by free radicals. The company’s sea cucumber capsules recently won a Best New Product Grand Prix New Product Award from the Retail Council of Canada. More on AKSO at https://akso.ca

A two-month supply of Nova Sea Atlantic Sea Cucumber capsules are available for an MSRP of $99.99 on Amazon, at Nature’s Emporium, Purecell Natural Foods, Kim Natural, Riverview Medical, Clovers, Supplements Plus store shelves in Ontario, Morning Sun Health Centres in Alberta and Nature’s Essence, Supplements Plus and Alive Health Centres in British Columbia. All products are handled and produced in GMP certified facilities.

SOURCE AKSO Marine Biotech Inc.

For further information: Mark Hunter LaVigne, MA, APR, FCPRS, Hunter Lavigne Communications, mark.lavigne@hunterlavigne.com

“Sea cucumbers were often discarded as a bycatch by scallop fishermen, but are now a lucrative catch themselves thanks to exports to Asia, where they’re valued as a nutritious delicacy,” said Lincoln Ellsworth, Atlantic Sea Cucumber Ltd. spokesperson.

Read the full article with Halifax Partnership here: https://halifaxpartnership.com/news/article/atlantic-sea-cucumber-ltd/

We’d like to take this opportunity today to speak of the Chinese culture further, and how this relates to Sea Cucumber and the products we’ve developed.

Sea Cucumber has been consumed in China and Asian Chinese culture for thousands of years.  It is treated as a luxury health food and Chinese medicine.  Sea cucumber in Mandarin means “Gingseng of the sea”, and Chinese medicine believes that this species balances the body and helps with regular health maintenance.

In Chinese medicine, regular health maintenance is key to the theory, and is said to hold many antioxidants and health benefits, and wealthy folk share this delicacy as a celebratory meal, or a gift to show respect to family and friends.

It takes up to three days to soak dried Sea Cucumber, which is how the species is sold.  From there, families will cook the Sea Cucumber in a combination of ways to serve as a meal.  It would make sense for cultures that have been preparing Sea Cucumber for thousands of years to prepare the dish this way, but our question was, will other cultures want to, or have the time to do so?

This is how Atlantic Sea Cucumber was born on the shores of Hacketts Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Sam Gao, CEO of the company is no stranger to the business world.  After immigrating to Nova Scotia, Sam began to learn more about the coveted species and its residence in his new Province.  After research of the species and its benefits outside of Chinese waters, Sam was able to develop Atlantic Sea Cucumber LTD. into the ever-growing business it is today.

Employing locals and new comers alike, Atlantic Sea Cucumber LTD. is a prime example of using the resources of the community and offering them back into the community.

Sea cucumber is one of the four treasures of China. Since ancient times, it has been a rare dish for imperial officials, and also a special dish for the rich.  “Compendium of Materia Medica” and other traditional Chinese medicine records in detail that regular eating of sea cucumber can tonify kidney and essence, strengthening the body. Sam Gao, the founder of the company, is the descendant of Dongshan Xi family in Suzhou. The Xi family received Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty in Xi’s family Garden and got the name of the emperor by using local green tea as Biluochun, which has been handed down in cultural practices to this day.

In 1860, Xi’s family set up a bank in Shanghai, and in 1874, on behalf of HSBC, lent a loan to the Qing government for national defense, which helped HSBC make the first political loan and freed HSBC from its financial difficulties. Futhermore, it was highly appreciated by Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang, two important officials of the Qing Dynasty, and won the Second Rank official title (in the Nine-rank system). From 1874 to 1946, the Xi family had an important position in The Shanghai financial industry. Up to now, many scholars are still studying the Xi family and writing books.  Sam has always imagined his family preparing and sharing this delicacy with great Emperors.  Imagining the time it took to soak the dish, the passion that it would be cooked with, and the way it was served.  This story has stuck with Sam throughout his career, and plays a large role in his passion for the species, and the business he has created to honor and share the health benefits and ancient history the species holds.

Along with fishing sea cucumber from the ocean floor, drying and packaging wild caught Atlantic Canadian Sea Cucumber to distribute through Atlantic Sea Cucumber LTD., Sam began thinking of innovative ways to get this nutritious dish into the lives of those who may not be aware of the custom.  How would the North American person want to consume Sea Cucumber, what if they did not like seafood, what if they simply did not have the time to prepare the dish?  Sam put himself in the shoes of a traditional Chinese medicine tcm (tcm practitioners) shoes, and thought of sea cucumber supplements!  This was the way, and Sam knew it had the potential to reach people’s lives in a way the species of sea cucumber never has been accessed before.

This is how AKSO was developed.  A marine biotech company focused on the research and development of the Sea Cucumber as a species, in turn, creating Nova Sea Atlantic Sea Cucumber Capsules.  With Sam’s background in Business, there was no question that he wanted to develop this Product for those who have not tried Sea Cucumber as a cultural dish to experience, or a health care supplement with no side effects, playing as a competitive alternative to western medicine.

For the years of 2020-2022, AKSO has been approved to spend more than $2 million on new product development. The first phase of the study has been completed with the NRC, and it has been found that our exclusive process of sea cucumber powder has immune-enhancing effects. Phase II studies are underway with the goal of completing human clinical studies within two years to develop immune-enhancing sea cucumber products.

Nova Sea Atlantic Capsules are made of 100% wild caught Sea Cucumber, and sold as 120 capsules per bottle.  Depending on the person, you may want to take 1-4 capsules a day.

Our supplements are jam packed with the nutrition of multiple Sea Cucumbers, which means you are doing less work for more benefit.  This product is truly innovative, and Sam has no intentions on slowing down when it comes to who the Product will reach.

It is important as a Product to be intertwined with the culture it is derived from, which is something we take pride in.  Everything we do comes from passion for the nutritional benefits of the species.  We want to benefit the people, and share the product and the history of its place within Chinese Medicine to the world.

We thank you so much for taking an interest in our products.  If you want to know more about the research and development of Nova Sea Naturals, please visit our website: AKSO.ca.  We are more than willing to answer any direct questions you have, as well, of which you can ask in our contact form on our website, or by emailing info@akso.ca

Nova Sea Atlantic Sea Cucumber Capsules are made with the highest quality sea cucumber, sourced exclusively from Atlantic Sea Cucumber, Ltd. AKSO Biotech Inc.’s mandate is to bring new innovation to the health market by investing in new research and development activities. They leverage scientific partnerships with local and international academia, including the National Research Council of Canada and other reputable research institutes.

“We are incredibly proud of AKSO Biotech, Inc. for winning this award and their well-deserved success. They are truly innovative local company.” says Lincoln Ellsworth, General Manager of Atlantic Sea Cucumber, Ltd. 

If you would like to learn more or order Nova Sea Atlantic Sea Cucumber Capsules, email orders@prosanteinc.com or follow them on Instagram and Facebook. To learn more about AKSO Biotech, Inc, check out their website www.akso.ca. 

Originally from Stratford, PEI, Lincoln graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a Bachelor of Arts degree and has an Advanced Diploma from Nova Scotia Community College for Public Relations. Prior to accepting the General Manager position, Lincoln gained hands-on experience in Atlantic Sea Cucumber Ltd. as a Brand Manager and in Human resources. Prior to joining the company, Lincoln worked for a consulting firm where he focused on Industrial Staffing, and Human Resources. 

Lincoln brings extensive experience from the local industry and a proven track record of success. At Atlantic Sea Cucumber Ltd., he helped the company achieve its Safe Quality Food (SQF) Certification. Most recently, as a business development manager, he helped launch dried Atlantic Sea Cucumber into the North American retail market.

“It was important to me that we found someone from this local community to lead this company. People from here know this industry intimately, it’s in their blood,” says Sam Gao, CEO of Atlantic Sea Cucumber, Ltd.

泡发：

第一步：将半磅干海参放入无油的器皿（建议瓦罐）+三倍体积的纯净水，收入冰箱冷藏24小时；

第二步：将完成冷藏首泡的海参换4倍的纯净水，在火上煮沸后马上将火调小，焖10分钟后关火，等待锅中水温自然冷却（需要一夜时间降温）；

第三步：重复第二步；

第四步：将两次煮沸后焖泡至自然冷却的海参换纯净水+冰，收入冰箱冷藏一夜。

去腥：

泡发的海参去除杂物洗净

温油下入大葱丝姜丝，待到葱丝姜丝呈焦黄，并有香气，捞出

切好的海参块（条）划入葱油中，煸炒，加入适量料酒，加水盖没海参，烧开，改用中小火焖煮

水量减少后，翻炒，调入盐和少许味精，以及绿色葱丝部分，焖煮到自己喜欢的口感，翻炒到收干汁水

tips：水亦可由不油腻高汤替代，味精主要是吊鲜功能

味精要少，海参本身很鲜，吊一点味鲜味就全出来了。

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China is the world’s largest and fastest growing seafood market. more than 29,000 seafood professionals from around the globe visit CFSE annually to forge relationships and expand their presence in this dynamic market.

As one of the largest canadian dried sea cucumber producer, Atlantic Sea Cucumber ltd. is proudly invited to attend the 2018 CFSE event from November 4 to November 9, 2018 at Qingdao International Expo Center in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

If you happen to have a chance to attend this great event, don’t forget to check out our products at booth E1-0109!

You can find more useful information at the CFSE 2018 offical website.