what exactly is imitation crab?

Answer 1

Imitation crab is 90% white fish and 10%crab meat

Answer 2

It is pollock. Do any imitation crab look or taste like crab? Not really. They are supposed to look like the meat from the legs of the Alaskan king crab. Real crab meat is not red on one side. It is more orange with white specks. The meat is firmer with identifiable strands of crab muscle meat. It is also much much much better tasting. Imitation crab meat is usually sweetened with sugar while real crab meat is a little salty but sweet in flavor and aroma. Imitation crab is a poor imitation.

Answer 3

Its a type of white saltwater fish (pollock or whiting) whose meat has the illusion of looking like crab

then they add flavors look below

Natural and artificial crab flavorings are added, and some of these flavorings are made from real crab or from boiled shells. Carmine, caramel, paprika, and annatto extract are often used to make the crab's red, orange, or pink coloring. Imitation crab is cooked,

Answer 4

Pollock - a fish - flavored up like crab and colored.
So it's food, kind of, but not really crab. Put it in enough chili sauce and you'll never miss crab.

Answer 5

Imitation seafood (called surimi) is made from mild-flavored fish such as Alaskan pollock. The fish is skinned, boned and rinsed to tone down its taste, smell and pigment. It's then minced, colored and blended with flavor concentrate made from shellfish. Then it's cooked and cut into various shapes to look like shrimp, lobster chunks, crab legs and scallops. Interestingly, surimi (meaning "minced fish" in Japanese) was developed in Japan almost 1,000 years ago

Answer 6

imatation crab is usually fish treated to take on the taste of crab, this achieved several ways..depends on the brand. Its good used in pasta's, dips etc.

Answer 7

crab that had some work done!(plastic surgery)

Answer 8

it is fish soaked in crab juice.

Answer 9

very tasty