Posted on 07/10/2023 5:41:02 AM PDT by Red Badger
VIDEO AT LINK...............
CRABSTICKS are adored by seafood lovers across the nation, but people have vowed never to eat them again after learning what they're actually made from.
A social media user shared a video of the process on Reddit, which shows how a Thailand-based factory creates the fishy sticks.
People are only just realising what crab sticks are madeCredit: Reddit/rco888
Crabsticks go through a whole host of processes before arriving on supermarket shelvesCredit: Reddit/rco888
And many have been left horrified by the reality - with people branding them "fish hot dogs."
The savoury snack begins its journey as a grey slab of frozen fish meat, before making its way into a machine where it's crushed.
Next, it moves onto a second machine where other ingredients are added - including salt and egg white.
The fishy mix is then blended with several ice cubes, before factory workers add vegetable oil and sugars.
It's then placed through a tube which turns it into a slimy grey paste, before being rolled into a rectangle strip.
At this point, it's encased in the orange coating that were's all familiar with.
And for anyone wondering, the distinctive coating is naturally pigmented surimi - a paste made from fish or other meat.
Finally, the crabsticks are wrapped in plastic and frozen, before being boxed up by employees and finding their way onto supermarket shelves.
The video, which was allegedly taken from inside the world's largest crabstick factory, was flooded with comments from horrified social media users.
"Hot dogs of the sea," wrote one.
A second penned: "The only ingredient I could identify was the ice."
A third quipped: "Everything ok hun? You've hardly touched your grey" due to the colour of the original paste."
Crabsticks start out in concrete-like blocksCredit: Reddit/rco888
I always knew they were ‘fish’, so I eat them. Seems like every Chinese and Asian restaurants have them...............
"Hot dogs of the sea," wrote one.
This story sure has taken on a life of its own.
It says on the package what fish it’s made from .
I’ll eat anything that doesn’t eat me first..................
You’re on a roll today! Preach it brother!
I remember a young guy from Japan talking about his father. He said his father loved crab sticks and refused to eat real crab. He always kept a lot in the fridge. The son said a lot of older Japanese people really like it.
Loaded heavily with MSG, so off-limits for me.
They certainly have their share of non-fish products, some of which is are incredibly unhealthy, including vegetable oil, sugar, and I think they also are breaded.
But then again, is that not the crap that Westerners (and many others) eat daily, anyway?
“which shows how a Thailand-based factory creates the fishy sticks”
For me, whether it’s Shrimp, Fish fillets or whatever, I look on the package for where it came from. If it says “Farm raised in” .... Indonesia ...Vietnam ... India ... and especially China ... I never purchase the product.
Not Crab but Krab.
Thailand?
I knew that years ago when I was trying to figure out why Crab Sushi was $10 but Krab Sushi was $2!
We call this stuff “clab” and avoid it.
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“If it says “Farm raised in” .... Indonesia ...Vietnam ... India ... and especially China ... I never purchase the product.”
This is normally made of Pollock fish. Pollock is from the North Atlantic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollock
Hehehe
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