Chinese people love durian from flesh to shell, Vietnam wins big with 2.66 billion USD

China is the world's largest durian consumer market. People in this billion-people country love durian so much that they eat it from the flesh to the shell. Thanks to that, Vietnam has made a huge profit of 2.66 billion USD in just 9 months. For many years, China has been the world's largest durian consumer market. In 2023, this country spent nearly 7 billion USD to buy a large amount of durian from Southeast Asian countries, mainly from Thailand and Vietnam. In China, people love durian so much that they eat it from the flesh to the shell. Accordingly, the soft, ripe durian flesh with a rich, sweet and fatty taste is eaten directly, used as an ingredient to make many dishes such as durian cakes, durian candy, durian ice cream, etc. Durian flesh is even dipped in hot pot or combined with passion fruit and cheese to make a seafood dipping sauce. According to traditional Chinese medicine, durian pulp is warm, slightly bitter, and affects the liver, lung, and kidney meridians, so ...