Recently, some media reported that the price of many meatballs, especially in bulk, was significantly lower than that of raw meat, and there was no meat at all. They are all made of starch with some colloid and essence, saying that eating these meatballs is harmful to health.
Harmful to health? ! (Bian Xiao was shocked to see these four words! ) Are meatballs still edible?
Actually, it's not safe without meat.
This kind of meatball contains little or no meat, but it tastes similar to meat. In food technology, there is a proper term, that is "bionic food". If the "meatballs" you eat have no meat, they may be bionic food.
As a quick-frozen food, meatballs will taste worse if they are made of pure meat. Therefore, in order to maintain shape and elasticity, more starch and additives are generally needed. At present, bionic foods widely used in food industry include bionic marine foods and bionic meat products. Bionic marine food is a kind of food with relatively low-priced fish or shrimp as the main raw material, supplemented with soybean, egg white and other accessories, and its flavor and taste are very similar to those of marine food.
Compared with real meat, this bionic meat product has lower fat content. In the modern society with more and more obesity and chronic diseases, replacing part of meat with this bionic meat properly can not only meet people's taste and psychological needs for meat, but also reduce the intake of meat and fat, which has a positive effect on weight control.
"Maruko" without meat is not necessarily unsafe. There is no fish-flavored shredded pork, no crab-yellow tofu, no husband and wife's lung slices ... We still can't put it down. As long as the raw materials are legal and hygienic and the operation meets the standards, it will not cause harm.