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
Man, you find all the fun threads, don’t you…
Soylent Gray.
I never thought about eating one on a bun with many toppings Chicago style before....hmmmmm...possibilities....
“Farm raised in” .... Indonesia ...Vietnam ... India ... and especially China ... I never purchase the product.”
Me too. I’ve seen honey from China too.
One fish, two fish,
Red fish, Grey goo fish................
Check you have a better idea what’s in it.
“usually Pollock”
Or Hake which is worse.
we’ve always called ‘em k-rab sticks ...
And what do they think the zero carbon food, imitation meat is made of?
I don’t see any description in the article that would make me balk at eating crab sticks, though the only thing I use them for is to make crab rangoon.
This is silly, everybody knows Krab sticks aren’t real crab. That’s why they call it “K” crab. I like it. Kind of like saying people are not eating hot dogs because they found out they’re not made out of prime rib. Sheesh........
Just heavily processed ocean whitefish.
CC
Krab with a “K”
Really no different from fish cakes, which are a common side dish in Japan.
CC
Fake crab meat made from Alaska Pollock is quite good and much less costly than the real thing.
I remember hearing a lot of Pollock jokes when I was a kid. “You hear about the Pollock that locked his keys in the car?...Took him 3 days to get his family out.” Never really got them. What’s a Pollock doing with a car anyway?
I thought that was a photo of Lizzo backstage.
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