When it comes to Australian beef, it has always been a leader in beef, a fighter in beef.
People who have eaten will say that it is too fat and tender, but it is different.
Recently, however, a Chinese journalist visited a supermarket in China and a western restaurant in China. As a result, he was surprised to find that Australian beef is not simple.
Here's the thing. There's a famous western restaurant in Changsha called King Taurus.
Their shopkeeper pushed Australian steak, gold steak and children's steak for 72 yuan, 62 yuan and 52 yuan, respectively.
Staff said Australian beef imported, meat quality is very good, is a pure cut steak.
And their Australian imported steak is only. 72 yuan a piece, the price can be said to be very fair.
However, with the journalist investigation, a shocking scene appeared, when journalist found the source of steak supply and found that the steak supplied to the restaurant cost as little as 10 yuan each.
Australian beef is imported. It's so cheap!
Come on, let's take a closer look at this beef. Can you see anything?
Did you see the piece of your finger?
This obvious stitching mark, in fact, is glued on!
Looks like something's wrong!
Sure enough, journalist sent the beef to Hunan entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau for testing, the results.
A good piece of beef was detected in which the ingredients of duck meat were detected.
It turns out that this is legendary, more advanced than water-injected beef.
Glue, sticky meat!
In short, all kinds of meat mixed together, then glued together with glue, spliced into steak.
After that, journalist found a supermarket and asked directly if he wanted to stick beef with glue. Is there any good recommendation?
The other side is sure to be familiar with the road to recommend to journalist, the glue of the king of sticky meat-carrageenan!
They say the glue is strong, not only sticky, but also water-locked, saving water in the meat.
In this way, when you fry the glue steak, it is still very tender, the steak will not get smaller, and the taste will be stronger when you eat it.
Seeing this, people must have been very curious about how they glued the shredded meat?
With carrageenan, journalist did an experiment. He bought some shredded beef.
Then he began to adjust the additive, journalist said. when mixed, the additive smelled of expired milk powder.
Add water and stir...
Until it's sticky.
And sprinkle these additives on the meat. Mix evenly and pave the way for shredded meat.
Journalist describes this as a thick taste of raw meat mixed yogurt.
Then, the most important step is to pave the way for the broken meat and brush the glue!
After brushing the glue and gluing it, roll it with a fresh-keeping film.
This step is for stereotyping!
Stand still for 6 hours and freeze it in the fridge for another night
Take it out the next day, and the meat is all glued up!
That's when the cut becomes a real steak!
Mixed meat to fake real, sticky especially tight, no matter how to rinse, soak will not disperse.
After frying, the taste of steak was greatly improved, because of the additives, so that the original purchase of a bunch of beef brisket rotten meat, become fresh and tender.
Afterwards, journalist continued to investigate and found that many supermarkets were selling the restructured steak, or glue steak.
And those so-called Australian imported beef are also some recombinant glue steaks.
So, is this another form of fraud by some unscrupulous businesses in China in the name of Australian imports?
Because once, the well-known exposure program Today Tonight of Taiwan No. 7 has been exposed in all directions, Australian fake beef, glued beef!
Yes, it's also glue.
What Australia adds is a kind of thing called glutamine transamine (Transglutaminase), which is often mixed with the plasma of pigs and cattle to make the magical effect of gluing meat into a whole steak. Commonly known as "meat glue", it is said to be "non-toxic."
And the use of this meat glue is exactly the same as the previous introduction, first get some low-grade broken meat.
Sprinkle evenly with meat glue powder, stir and compress and set aside for 6 hours.
The same routine, the same operation flow, and then the famous scene reappeared, scattered meat shredded into a symmetrical steak.
Absolutely not scattered, and full of elasticity, the truth and falsehood are difficult to distinguish!
In order to distinguish between natural meat and glue meat, journalist is also fried separately.
(left: natural meat right: glue meat)
As a result, people were surprised that the glue meat actually ate without discord, even the butcher's brother shook his head helplessly.
And not only beef, but also pork, chicken, mutton can be synthesized with meat glue!
For example, the following one, at first glance, this is a complete piece of chicken.
But it's fake!
It's glued with meat glue!
Or, for example, this looks like a fat, thin pork chops.
It's also fake!
It's also glued with meat glue!
If you're already feeling very scary, I'm sorry, Pudding will tell you something more than this! That's the glue, in Australia, it's totally legal! ! !
(source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2013C00620)
Supermarkets, restaurants, and even exports can all use this meat, which can not only reduce costs, but also improve sales!
According to this expert, meat glue is non-toxic and can be used in the food processing industry.
I don't know which expert said that.
Why did the European Union ban this magical meat glue as early as 2010?
So other experts say the use of this meat glue is not entirely risk-free, because there is a gap between the meat fragments in the process of sticking to the meat.
As a result, a lot of bacteria grow in it and eat it can cause gastrointestinal discomfort...
Let's not say whether there is a problem with the meat or not.
Just say this. Add some meat glue, you can sell the original worthless minced meat and sell the steak price.
This feeling, like I clearly order Peng Yuyan, the result for me to come to 12 little Shenyang!
Trust between people! Where!
So at the end of the day, pudding can only give you some practical, that is, how to distinguish, what is glue-injected beef?
Take China as an example, if you buy a lot of ingredients on the beef bag, then there is no doubt, this is glue splice steak.
Like this.
Because the raw steak that really came down from the cow, the ingredients list, will only write beef.
And this looks at the ingredients, also applicable to Australia, in Australia is also the case, most of the glue beef packaging is good, some are salted with seasoning.
But the most important thing is to look at the ingredients, as long as you see a variety of additives other than beef, that is, glue ~
Because the original cut steak is basically the original appearance of the whole beef, there is no too much packaging.
And ~
When buying meat, remember to press with your fingers, if the depression after finger pressure can not be restored immediately: glue beef!
If the surface will feel more slippery, more sticky hands: glue beef!
If the texture and tendons, all broken, disorganized: glue beef!
Because of the real beef, the finger can recover immediately after pressing, the surface feels not smooth and unsticky, and the texture is natural. One is connected to one.
Finally, pudding reminds you that if you really buy glued beef, remember that there are many bacteria in the meat and must be cooked before you can eat it.
Well, after all this talk, let's do a soul test. The following piece of beef, you tell pudding, is it glue beef? go to the comment area and write the answer.
Photo source: @ I was shocked at the time