Recombined steak, also known as spliced steak and rubber steak, is a kind of conditioned meat product processed by meat reorganization technology.
20 17 1 month, the net exposed "glue steak", causing security concerns. Experts from the Food and Drug Administration said that carrageenan, the scientific name of this kind of "glue", is a legal additive in itself, but when buying steak, you should be optimistic about the ingredients list, and it is best to cook it well.
differentiate
Consumers can distinguish the original cut steak from the reconstructed steak by looking at the product label according to their own needs. The original cut steak label only said "beef". If there is a list of ingredients in the label and other auxiliary materials and food additives appear, it is a reconstituted steak.
So how do you distinguish between two kinds of steaks? Besides looking at the ingredients, you can also touch the original steak with your hands. "The reconstructed steak is easily pinched by fingers, and the depression after finger pressing cannot be recovered immediately. In addition, the surface feels slippery and will stick to your hands. " Moreover, it can also be distinguished from the color. The "original cut steak" is bright and shiny, and the fat is white or milky yellow. "Restructured steak" is dark red with dull fat.