What is imitation crab made of?

Answer 1

A food product typically made from white-fleshed fish (such as pollock or hake) that has been pulverized to a paste and attains a rubbery texture when cooked. The term is also commonly applied to similar food products made from lean meat in a similar process.

Surimi is a much-enjoyed food product in many Asian cultures and is available in many shapes, forms, and textures. The most common surimi product in the Western market is imitation or artificial crab legs. Such a product is often sold as sea legs in America, or seafood sticks in the UK.

Answer 2

Imitation crab meat (suremi) is a combination of pollack and white fish

Answer 3

I dont know but I was really dissapointed to find out that the crab salad that they sell at the supermarket wasnt real crab =(

Answer 4

Alaskan Whitefish

Answer 5

Fish. A white fish called pollock, and they seep it with artificial crab juice or real crab juice.

Answer 6

a cheap and widely abundant fish called 'pollock' usually..
sometimes it's also made with a combination of real crab and pollock and other fillers like eggs to bind it together, etc.

Answer 7

I know flours and some color and favor of the crab and other stuff.. read the ingredient that on back of that package... or you can go the chinese super market and you can search online

Answer 8

Generally Alaskan Pollock or tilapia- they're cheap white fish that have very little flavor and absorb other flavors really well.

Answer 9

some crab but mostly fish.......my boyfriend loves the stuff

Answer 10

not catfish, it's made of walleye pollock, mostly caught in the north pacific and bering sea