Where are the crabs? The web showed step by step how crab sticks are made in a factory in Thailand (17 photos)

Sensation! Crab sticks... don't have crab meat. Possibly for For some, this will be depressing news. But in reality there only two main ingredients: water, starch and fish. Well, of course food components are added to give the sticks taste and texture, reminiscent of crab meat. One way or another, sharpen a couple of crab sticks are always delicious, and making a salad out of them will be completely fine. AND such sticks are loved not only in our area, but also in many countries, especially in Asian ones. In the meantime, you have not yet run to the kitchen to cook crab salad, we invite you to a tour of the factory of the company "Lucky Union Food" in Thailand. This is a large production that supplies sticks in more than 30 countries of the world. Let's take a look at the step by step process their production.

The first stage is unpacking surimi (minced fish)





Crab sticks are prepared from a special fish paste minced meat called surimi. It is packaged in large bags and frozen. Already in finished form, future crab sticks are brought to the factory.

The second stage - the minced meat is unpacked and unloaded onto the tape



Stage three - minced meat is ground on a special apparatus





At this stage, the raw materials are prepared for further preparation. It melts a little and becomes more pliable.

The fourth stage - the minced meat is softened and turned into a paste



Fifth stage - add nutritional supplements



Sixth stage - technologists add ice to increase the elasticity of raw materials



The seventh stage is a little more nutritional supplements, where without them



The eighth stage - the resulting mass is kneaded to the desired consistency, if necessary, adding more ice



The ninth stage - the mass is cooled, rolled out and food coloring is applied to it



The tenth stage - the resulting sheets are dissolved into fibers



Eleventh stage - then the formation of an edible tourniquet takes place





The twelfth stage - the formed sausages are packed and tinted again



Thirteenth stage - cutting



Fourteenth stage - packaging



Fifteenth stage - ready-made sticks are sent for freezing



Crab sticks are ready to eat!