What Imitation Crab Meat Is Actually Made Of May Surprise You

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  • Опубликовано: 2 май 2023
  • Imitation crab contains no actual crab but it does contain other seafood ingredients.
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  • @Mashed_Fan
    @Mashed_Fan 10 месяцев назад +68

    Full video: ruclips.net/video/tYg-PYP4FQo/видео.html

  • @alfonsochavez9736
    @alfonsochavez9736 Год назад +3955

    So it’s a sea hotdog

  • @jonnaborosky8836
    @jonnaborosky8836 Год назад +2007

    Imitation crab has a few drops of real crab juice. So, a person with a shellfish allergy can still have a serious allergic reaction. Voice of experience here.

    • @qbanz00
      @qbanz00 Год назад +45

      I have a severe shellfish allergy and imitation crab in small amounts like inside sushi doesn’t bother me.

    • @melindahudson4923
      @melindahudson4923 Год назад +20

      Good info.i hope a lot of people that eat this is aware of this.thanks

    • @AmiAki
      @AmiAki Год назад +45

      Actually Not all imitation crab has crab juice in it so important to read ingredients.

    • @Ky_Vexxed_Cass
      @Ky_Vexxed_Cass Год назад +21

      I have a shellfish allergy but can eat most kinds of imitation crab. You just gotta look at the ingredients list.

    • @alanhorning8929
      @alanhorning8929 Год назад +6

      Why bother to eat fake shell fish food. Don’t take the risk 👎

  • @ningunapersona
    @ningunapersona 8 месяцев назад +78

    So basically it's the hot dog of seafood; we don't know what they're made of, we don't wanna know what they're made of, but they're still delicious

  • @davisbrookshire8224
    @davisbrookshire8224 Год назад +869

    I thought imitation was a kind of crab until I turned 13.

  • @The_Infamous_Boogyman
    @The_Infamous_Boogyman Год назад +629

    And to think, that crab and lobster used to be trash food for the poor

    • @Mikhail-Tkachenko
      @Mikhail-Tkachenko Год назад +25

      This has been found to be a myth with no evidence backing it.

    • @joetate87
      @joetate87 11 месяцев назад +105

      ​@@Mikhail-Tkachenkoa couple thousand pages on Google disagree. With nothing to support your claims. 5 of the first 10 are from pretty reputable sources

    • @Mikhail-Tkachenko
      @Mikhail-Tkachenko 11 месяцев назад +10

      @@joetate87 You obviously didn't even look.

    • @joetate87
      @joetate87 11 месяцев назад

      @@Mikhail-Tkachenko I grew up poor, and in New England no less. I actually looked a bit, more then your dumbass ignorant comment warranted. Just admit you're wrong, and we can both move along

    • @1810jeff
      @1810jeff 8 месяцев назад +34

      Thats supply and demand for you, this happens to everything that is plentiful at the beginning but slow to restock like cod was. Cod was a common mans fish but as the global population was reduced it cost more and more to harvest.

  • @Daily_Meat_Dealer
    @Daily_Meat_Dealer Год назад +173

    Honestly it’s pretty good although if you eat real crab right after they don’t even taste similar at all

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 11 месяцев назад +27

      The flavors and textures are completely different, yeah. Still, surimi has a place on my table, because real crab is so doggone expensive that I can hardly ever justify buying it.

    • @larry5039
      @larry5039 2 месяца назад

      ⁷⁷7​@@HayTatsuko

    • @krieger8825
      @krieger8825 Месяц назад

      Theyre pretty good

    • @jessicam.4777
      @jessicam.4777 24 дня назад

      😂

    • @feelsbadman7134
      @feelsbadman7134 17 дней назад

      I actually thought that imitation crab is like premium crab when i was a child. Since we live next to a beach, crabs are plentiful, but we only ever get a few imitation crab sticks if we're really good that month

  • @salimhaddad9862
    @salimhaddad9862 4 месяца назад +23

    Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

  • @josephcronin2965
    @josephcronin2965 Год назад +228

    Imitation crab is still kinda good with cocktail sauce

    • @shont3286
      @shont3286 11 месяцев назад +8

      Yes it is!

    • @duke7052
      @duke7052 5 месяцев назад +1

      Truth!!

    • @russellgrimes3491
      @russellgrimes3491 3 месяца назад +1

      Everything is good with cocktail sauce, even peanut butter and Ovaltine.

  • @cardboardtoaster2169
    @cardboardtoaster2169 Месяц назад +9

    I thought imitation krab was just Plankton in a metal Krab suit

  • @user-ku9jc1xb4x
    @user-ku9jc1xb4x 8 дней назад +27

    I don’t care if my crabs are real or not: If the food is good, eat what you’re given as you should!

  • @SteelRhinoXpress
    @SteelRhinoXpress Год назад +43

    so it's the hot dog of seafood

  • @SlayerJim
    @SlayerJim Год назад +77

    This is in all California rolls, it’s just surimi and mayo

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 11 месяцев назад +2

      Also pretty much all kani (crab) salad, at least here in the US.

    • @tanikokishimoto1604
      @tanikokishimoto1604 8 месяцев назад +2

      And not particularly good.

  • @chaoticcar6231
    @chaoticcar6231 9 дней назад +20

    it's like chicken nuggets, hella processed but we'll still eat it cause it tastes good

  • @geminiwolf9342
    @geminiwolf9342 7 дней назад +6

    So seafood spam.

  • @thehunterkirsch
    @thehunterkirsch 5 месяцев назад +7

    Imitation crab is actually super tasty

  • @getbackinyourtaco
    @getbackinyourtaco 10 месяцев назад +14

    Oh Bikini Bottom, we pledge our hearts to you

  • @deus_ex_machina_
    @deus_ex_machina_ Год назад +224

    That raises more questions than answers!
    If fish paste is only ⅓-½ of the stick, then what's the other ⅔-½ made of?

  • @jim6258
    @jim6258 Год назад +19

    I worked on a commercial catcher processor fishing boat for a few months. Once you’ve seen how surimi is made, you’ll never want imitation crab meat ever again.

    • @Rose_budd
      @Rose_budd Год назад +12

      How is it made? How is it made? Lol

    • @gordonchen9510
      @gordonchen9510 7 месяцев назад +7

      ​@Rose_budd it's sorta like the pink slime made in chicken nuggets

    • @ladyterror4663
      @ladyterror4663 3 месяца назад +10

      I mean, it’s just slurries fish. Yeah, that stuff looks gross, but at the end of the day I don’t mind have imitation crab meat. It’s cheaper and quite frankly I can’t really taste much of a difference.

    • @bluebull2006
      @bluebull2006 2 месяца назад +1

      Food is food. Once u go to asia they eat food with the heads and eyes still on it and dont care at all

    • @bluebull2006
      @bluebull2006 2 месяца назад

      Food is food. Once u go to asia they eat food with the heads and eyes still on it and dont care at all they even eat the cooked head Slime is nothing

  • @ferminespinoza429
    @ferminespinoza429 5 месяцев назад +5

    I thought this was going to tell me something new beyond what I've read off the ingredient list for this food for years. lol

  • @Ktakahashi18
    @Ktakahashi18 Год назад +64

    Its the hot dog of sea food 😄

  • @Naeidea
    @Naeidea 10 месяцев назад +7

    I know a guy who would buy a pack of these and just eat them out the pack as is... I thought they were supposed to be cooked and served as actual crab, as in, they were made with raw fish/shellfish but he politely educated me and said "No, they are basically like a fishcake dough after cooking, you use them however you like" and continued to chow down on a packet of lukewarm saran wrapped imitation crab sticks.
    I put my hands in the air like "I am defeated, you win".

    • @exodusthang
      @exodusthang 3 месяца назад +1

      Bro😂 I chow down on them too. They are delicious. Yes you can eat them right out of the package. This is what they put in many types of sushi rolls. : 🍣

    • @bluebull2006
      @bluebull2006 2 месяца назад

      I think it is cooked u can eat it raw . They even put it in imitation crab sushi straight from the plastic

    • @bluebull2006
      @bluebull2006 2 месяца назад

      I think it is cooked u can eat it . They even put it in imitation crab sushi straight from the plastic

    • @camrynpheopolis8108
      @camrynpheopolis8108 22 дня назад +1

      Ahhhh eewwe 😅

  • @MrBcummings8521
    @MrBcummings8521 Год назад +30

    Its great shredded on a house or chef salad.

  • @mescko
    @mescko 11 месяцев назад +3

    I use fake crab when I do my crusted cedar-planked salmon on the grill. I chop it fine in my food processor. and spread seasoned mayo on the filet to act as a glue to hold the chopped krab in place. Makes a great crunchy crust.

  • @Jc-xf6cj
    @Jc-xf6cj 5 месяцев назад +5

    "WhAt Is ImMiTaTiOn CrAb MaDe FrOm" -immitation crab probably

    • @mynamegoeshere9754
      @mynamegoeshere9754 2 месяца назад

      Actually, there isn't any actual real crab in imitation crab. Imitation crab meat is random fish made to look like crab

    • @fireblossom8544
      @fireblossom8544 2 месяца назад

      @@mynamegoeshere9754 bro you found the truth

  • @hundragant
    @hundragant Год назад +7

    I used to get this a lot during lunch breaks at work. Super cheap but a tasty snack. Even if it is unhealthy and a much worse version from the real thing. Still good.
    Literally could buy an entire tray of them for less than $2

    • @RoanRants
      @RoanRants 3 месяца назад

      It’s not at all unhealthy. 18 cal per stick.

  • @SgtJohnRemairez
    @SgtJohnRemairez 14 дней назад +1

    I just saw a video from like the 1990s where they were talking about Pacific Hake and how it's used to make surimi

  • @nathanpyle3443
    @nathanpyle3443 6 месяцев назад +1

    I live right by the Chesapeake Bay. Blue crab country. We still eat that stuff all the time around here. I just bought a pack today. Around here we usually just mix it with mayonnaise and sometimes tiny shrimp and make sandwiches with it. People around here love it.

  • @Tassi_Brookes
    @Tassi_Brookes 7 месяцев назад +1

    And then there’s a mushroom that looks and tastes like a lobster, it’s never a dull day learning something new about food. 🍴

  • @rabbidcrazy787
    @rabbidcrazy787 4 месяца назад +1

    This reminds me of the SpongeBob episode called "Imitation Krabs".

  • @MonaLisaFire
    @MonaLisaFire Год назад +21

    I actually like the taste of it😂. Had some in seafood salad from the poppy store and I usually don’t eat the salads because of onions and peppers but it was good. Three days in a row

  • @mcbailey7446
    @mcbailey7446 3 месяца назад +1

    Jessica Simpson would call it “The hotdog of the sea” 😂

  • @ThePlur427
    @ThePlur427 6 месяцев назад +1

    If only I knew this as kid with a severe fish allergy I could have saved myself a bunch of allergic reactions.

  • @bigmac10asmr58
    @bigmac10asmr58 Год назад +10

    It's good in bacon pasta salad

  • @triparadox.c
    @triparadox.c Месяц назад +1

    As long as they price it accordingly, and they taste like crab, I'm in

  • @shigeshi
    @shigeshi 10 месяцев назад +3

    We've always called it fake crab in our household

  • @alanhorning8929
    @alanhorning8929 Год назад +21

    I’ve had the fake krab and it is to rubbery. Just not the same and the taste is not as good.

  • @cliffcorson4000
    @cliffcorson4000 Год назад +2

    I thought this was common knowledge
    I knew about it in the 70s

  • @paulross225
    @paulross225 2 месяца назад

    I'm just waiting for someone to make the ultimate joke about crabsticks.

  • @Lilboozibert
    @Lilboozibert Год назад +2

    It's good in salads, rolls (like fake lobster rolls), and in mac n cheese. But no, not nearly close to tasting and feeling like real blue or king crab.

  • @Valstein0
    @Valstein0 7 дней назад +1

    Imitation crab meat is dope. Love it in sushi.

  • @gxn_exe05
    @gxn_exe05 13 дней назад +1

    ok but its so good wtf???

  • @MaverickDawson
    @MaverickDawson 15 дней назад +1

    I saw this with crab cakes and fast food fish patties and thought to never eat it and still have not

  • @brojack3571
    @brojack3571 Год назад +2

    In fact crab have a lot of population after breeding it mean that was easy to get it, and they're easy to repopulate a colony of crabs
    Now... Why it expensive?

  • @osiris7127
    @osiris7127 11 месяцев назад +1

    WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!! so you mean to tell me imitation crab meat... IS AN IMITATION!??!
    I AM SHOCKED!!!!!!

  • @brianhoward7277
    @brianhoward7277 Год назад +7

    Bologna of the sea ⛵

  • @jessieortiz4432
    @jessieortiz4432 5 месяцев назад +1

    I was in Mexico and they put this in cocktails .. with shrimp . Scallops and octopus

  • @BloodandThorns
    @BloodandThorns Год назад +1

    Not gonna lie I stopped eating this stuff because it’s unrecognizable to the human gut, but the short really made me want some

  • @KbB-kz9qp
    @KbB-kz9qp 6 месяцев назад +1

    It’s like Velveta “cheese” or Spam. Nobody admits they ‘approve’ of it but lots of people enjoy using it in recipes 😀.
    Have you ever had the crab casserole at your local Chinese Buffet? It’s delicious, and of course uses imitation crabmeat. The bits of celery are real though! Mmmm! 😀

  • @moonmanjam9897
    @moonmanjam9897 Год назад +1

    Im not gonna lie... Imitation tastes pretty good, good snack, and its cheep

  • @Fine_AdditionToMy_Collection
    @Fine_AdditionToMy_Collection 11 месяцев назад +1

    They should change the name to Counterfeit Crab.

  • @Yanicandraw
    @Yanicandraw 2 месяца назад

    A lot of brands use shrimp or small amounts of crab juice mixed in with the whitefish to give it the flavor, so if you have a shellfish allergy, still don’t eat it.

  • @quincyhampton3243
    @quincyhampton3243 2 месяца назад

    It took me a long time to understand that what I was eating was the pinnacle of mystery meat the final fuckin boss

  • @pauljono8164
    @pauljono8164 11 месяцев назад +1

    Tastes fine.

  • @christopherbahena5955
    @christopherbahena5955 Месяц назад +1

    In Spanish we call it jaiba (Hi-bab) usually goes well with tostadas, lime and tomato salad 🥗

  • @s0cc451
    @s0cc451 Год назад +6

    Been quite a while since I eat one, now I crave....

  • @ericlencher2356
    @ericlencher2356 Месяц назад +1

    Actually it was originally made from a fish called Pollack, a white fish found in the North Pacific. A Japanese man invented it, and sold it to Sugiyo Co. of Japan. I think he got around 10k in the early 1970s. That's 80k in today's money. But it's generated 100s of BILLIONS in slaves. Had he taken 5k and a 2% royalty, which was offered, he would have been a billionaire if he were still alive.

  • @aht925
    @aht925 Месяц назад

    Both imitation and real crab meat are delicious. I enjoy both

  • @QuintessentialUltimatum
    @QuintessentialUltimatum Год назад +8

    What’s in the other 50 percent?

  • @ZombieDish
    @ZombieDish Год назад +1

    I love this as a snack.

  • @Mike_Esto
    @Mike_Esto 7 месяцев назад +1

    Now i know why my poke place gives out free Krab 😳

  • @PoorLittleRhubarbLovesMooing
    @PoorLittleRhubarbLovesMooing 10 дней назад +8

    I really don't like how it tastes, it taste like if ketchup was a meat. Awful. Real crab tastes way better.

    • @tinaknutsen
      @tinaknutsen 9 дней назад +1

      I think it depends how you use it. I used to hate it too. But I found I like it in sushi rolls,with sriracha, umnai and Kewpie mayo …full of flavor and the rice balances it out.

  • @pendleton123
    @pendleton123 5 месяцев назад

    I just bought this from Sams and thought "Wow what great prices for crab😅"

  • @mahjonglover3614
    @mahjonglover3614 Месяц назад

    It should be named "industrially processed fish sticks"

  • @IMChrysalis
    @IMChrysalis 11 месяцев назад

    Krab..Krabi... is usually seasoned with added crab juice, so it is NOT safe for people allergic to shellfish...

  • @bigpicturethinking5620
    @bigpicturethinking5620 28 дней назад

    Good thing the video didn’t bother to mention what was in the other half of the product.

  • @xavierrose8208
    @xavierrose8208 3 месяца назад

    In Australia, it’s called seafood extender

  • @lukaschaan-od2dp
    @lukaschaan-od2dp 11 месяцев назад

    In Canada it just straight up says imitation crab and that it’s made of haddock

  • @Joeyisagonnawin
    @Joeyisagonnawin 5 месяцев назад +1

    I've heard that monk fish is common in imitation crab.

  • @AmboRox360
    @AmboRox360 Год назад +9

    Honestly I just want yummy tastes lol

  • @mrsseasea
    @mrsseasea Месяц назад

    Yep, I worked in a fake crab plant for 7 years, yes this is exactly what it’s made of, this and a few additives……we made it from slabs of white fish to packaging. We also made lobster or fake lobster.

  • @JY-wv2zm
    @JY-wv2zm 5 месяцев назад

    The only “crab” that should be in Rangoons!

  • @MergedElement
    @MergedElement 16 дней назад +1

    Wait it’s not made of mostly fish but some form of fish? Dang I been lied to.

  • @SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman
    @SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman 7 месяцев назад

    I have always wondered what an imitation crab looked like, never seen one in the wild

  • @wrongbomb
    @wrongbomb Месяц назад

    Its great for budget crab cakes/fritters

  • @PuertoRicanRattlesnake
    @PuertoRicanRattlesnake 5 месяцев назад

    Imagine making an imitation food product with only enough of the thing it’s imitating in it to give people with allergies to the original a violent reaction eitherway

  • @jasonbennett60
    @jasonbennett60 Месяц назад

    Sea skates and stingrays are what I thought they used

  • @Kei-15
    @Kei-15 5 месяцев назад

    This is the first time I heard something other than “New York” in front of the word “Times”

  • @Hello_im_Normal
    @Hello_im_Normal 2 месяца назад

    "Money! 🤑"
    -Eugene Krabs

  • @Se7enthWard
    @Se7enthWard Год назад +8

    Fun fact, in Australia we call it “seafood highlighter” 😂

    • @helloiamem
      @helloiamem 8 месяцев назад +1

      Or seafood extender ahaha. My local Woolies recently changed the labels to "surimi mix"- my family has always called it fake crab lol

  • @jeffmitcler7286
    @jeffmitcler7286 13 дней назад +1

    I love imitation crab.

  • @griffinina
    @griffinina 19 дней назад

    I love crabstick! I like to put it into my ramen. Crabstick is kinda sweet, the ramen soup is spicy, so it's a good pair.
    When I was a kid, I really thought it was made of real crab meat, just like fish ball really made from fish.

  • @trishadupper01
    @trishadupper01 Год назад +2

    Just out of curiosity .... What is the remaining 1/2 to 2/3 of the imitation crab ?

    • @megajatt123
      @megajatt123 Год назад +1

      Grain, if it's not whole meat, it's grain

    • @trishadupper01
      @trishadupper01 Год назад

      Hum..... Grain is not imitation crab.... Grain does not swim ...... 🤔 I don't know why in my head imitation crab meat fish... Hum. 🤔

  • @Mr.Scootini
    @Mr.Scootini 5 месяцев назад

    As a Japanese speaking Japanese American.
    I always knew it as surumi
    It wasn’t until I was in 1st or 2nd grade I was taught it wasn’t called surumi in the state. But instead called “imitation krab”

  • @jovialjae
    @jovialjae Год назад +1

    Imitation crab pisses me off so badly. 😑😂😂😂😂

  • @Badraebrad1992
    @Badraebrad1992 7 месяцев назад +1

    So it’s a hot dog of the sea

  • @user-sm4sf4ff2i
    @user-sm4sf4ff2i 2 дня назад

    Cheer~~~a crustacean with a broad carapace, stalked eyes, and five pairs of legs, the first pair of which are modified as pincers. Crabs are abundant on many shores, especially in the tropics, where some have become adapted to life on land.😊

  • @leek6654
    @leek6654 11 дней назад +2

    Taste kinda good tho👀

  • @ab19201920
    @ab19201920 Год назад +5

    Homemade crab salad: Diced onions (optional
    grilled), diced celery, tzatziki sauce with dill, shredded mozzarella, a small cheap container of real crab meat, and 2 lbs of imitation crab sticks - chopped up.
    It's great and tastes legit like crab because of the real crab meat, but you can make A LOT since the imitation meat fills it up.

  • @buttermepancake3613
    @buttermepancake3613 22 дня назад +1

    Often it contains ground up pollock

  • @sluggou812beotch
    @sluggou812beotch Год назад +1

    They flavor it with fermented crab juice. Aka rotten fish.

  • @gageodell5238
    @gageodell5238 Месяц назад

    Wait... you mean to tell me imitation crab meat... isn't made from crab? How will the world recover from this startling revelation?

  • @user-CharityFFForever
    @user-CharityFFForever 18 часов назад +1

    So it's not crab at all !😂

  • @tcroncero
    @tcroncero Месяц назад

    and it's delicious! thank you!

  • @garykreitz2428
    @garykreitz2428 Год назад +1

    some imitation crab meat taste good 😋😊

  • @logansrun10barnes6
    @logansrun10barnes6 3 месяца назад

    Wow, who would’ve thought there’s not real crab in IMITATION crab??!!

  • @Red-tag77
    @Red-tag77 Месяц назад

    Green jackfruit when cooked with coconut milk tastes like crab.

  • @Joshua-fo9zw
    @Joshua-fo9zw 2 месяца назад

    FISH CAKE RULES!!!

  • @okjeffy6581
    @okjeffy6581 10 месяцев назад

    Why does this lady sound like the lady from Watch Mojo??

  • @davemustaki134
    @davemustaki134 Год назад +1

    I always loved imitation crab sticks my sister always told me they were made from tripe lol