All year round, no matter what time of day, hot pot is a popular delicacy, a variety of fresh ingredients, with a rich soup base, one bite of deliciousness, feel that there is no worries.
Crab sticks are delicious and smooth, and they are a dish I basically order every time I go out to eat hot pot.
Although many people like to eat, they may have such doubts, is crab meat stick really made of crab meat? When eating crab meat sticks, does the outer layer of plastic skin need to be torn off? Are crab sticks nutritious? Today, I will take you to take a look!
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There is no crab meat in the crab stick
In fact, crab meat sticks are biomimetic foods, if you have carefully read the ingredient list of crab meat sticks, you may think that it is more appropriate to call it fish sticks.
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Because you look at his ingredient list, the first thing written is surimi (that is, made of fish, white sugar, etc.), and then there are some food additives, drinking water, edible salt, and food flavors.
You will find that there is generally no crab meat in the ingredient list.
Then there is no crab meat, why is there crab meat smell?
In fact, crab flavor is the credit of flavor, you see this red on the appearance of crab meat sticks, in fact, it is also the credit of food coloring, such as carotene, red yeast pigment, etc., used to imitate the color of crab meat.
Although it is not real crab meat, and it is not of any nutritional value, but as long as it is produced by regular manufacturers, in fact, there is no harm to the body, if you like to eat, you can still eat in moderation, but be careful not to eat too much, be careful of fat!
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Is the plastic skin on the outside of the crab stick to be torn off?
There is another question about crab meat sticks that has always puzzled us. That is, when we eat hot pot, shabu crab meat sticks, do you want to tear off this layer of plastic skin outside?
The first thing to know is that the role of the outer plastic film is to bind the crab meat stick, and the material of this layer of plastic skin outside the crab meat stick, generally below 110 ° C will not melt, if you put it in the pot to cook, it will definitely not melt itself, no matter how to cook, it still exists, and it will inevitably dissolve some ingredients, so we still recommend that you tear off the plastic film and cook it, at least this will be healthier.
If you have bought your own crab meat sticks, if you carefully look at the outer packaging of the product, the eating method will also be written there, and you can eat it after removing the outer film.
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Having said all this, everyone understands that crab meat sticks can be said to basically have nothing to do with crab meat, just like wife cake and wife have nothing to do with it, you don't need to care too much about so many details, as long as the product is in line with national standards, it's no problem.
(High Quality Living Home)