Do you know what imitation crab meat is made of?According to Ask Yahoo!, imitation crab meat (which I just ate in my salad for lunch) is made of Alaskan Pollack fish which is skinned, deboned, ground into a thick paste, and then combined with the following ingredients: Sugar, sorbitol, wheat or tapioca starch, egg whites, vegetable or soybean oil, (for form), natural and artificial crab flavorings, carmine, caramel, paprika, and annatto extract (for color). It's ridiculously high in sodium.
I can't believe I thought I was picking a healthy lean protein choice. I suppose the "imitation" part of the imitation crab meat should have tipped me off.
I'm supremely grossed out.
3 comments:
Ewww! I am allergic to crab, so when I have sushi, I go for the California rolls or others with imitation crab meat. I don't think I'll be partaking any time soon. Thanks for the 411.
It was so fun catching up last night! I just posted my honeymoon pics to my blog. :)
Starshine, I didn't even think about that with respect to california rolls. Ugh! And they're usually one of my sushi staples. No more. It's all processed junk.
yeeech...!
I hate when you're fooled into thinking you've picked the healthy choice. Happens to me all the time. I feel like if I didn't let myself be fooled sometimes, I would never eat!
xo
Miss S
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