Chinese Gutter Grease

The health effects can be nasty as well since this stuff is basically toxic.

Chinese gutter grease.

A video from radio free asia that has surfaced on line details the illegal production and sale of gutter oil which is made from prepare. As you probably already know gutter oil is used by unscrupulous business operators looking to cut costs and maximize profits. It can also be used to describe the processing of waste oil collected from sources such as restaurant fryers grease traps slaughterhouse waste and. The problem with determining its prevalence in chinese street food is the generally transient.

Apparently gutter oil looks no different than standard cooking oil after processing which is an incredible testament to chinese ingenuity in and of itself as i can not imagine any way to make a stew of sewer slop dead animal parts and the sludge of grease traps pass for anything resembling clean and clear golden cooking oil. Most of china s gutter oil winds up in cheap restaurants and among street food vendors. Sōushuǐ yóu is a general term for oil that has been recycled it can be used to describe the practice of restaurants re using cooking oil that has already been fried before. In 2012 even some chinese pharmaceutical companies were accused of using the cheap gutter oil instead of pricier alternatives.

It s really hard to tell. This fact is. It is filled with carcinogens and can cause severe abdominal pain and diarrhea to anyone who eats food prepared with gutter oil. Disgusting food news from china just won t stop.

A woman in shenzhen scoops grease out of the sewers in order to make gutter oil a highly toxic but lucrative commodity in china. Dìgōu yóu or 餿水油.