It is filled with carcinogens and can cause severe abdominal pain and diarrhea to anyone who eats food prepared with gutter oil.
Chinese gutter grease.
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.
Disgusting food news from china just won t stop.
While gutter oil is technically illegal in china the government hasn t been able to eradicate the practice.
As you probably already know gutter oil is used by unscrupulous business operators looking to cut costs and maximize profits.
If you re taking a trip to china any time soon you may want to plan your meals in advance.
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The health effects can be nasty as well since this stuff is basically toxic.
The problem with determining its prevalence in chinese street food is the generally transient.
It s really hard to tell.
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.
Dìgōu yóu or 餿水油.
It can also be used to describe the processing of waste oil collected from sources such as restaurant fryers grease traps slaughterhouse waste and.
A woman in shenzhen scoops grease out of the sewers in order to make gutter oil a highly toxic but lucrative commodity in china.
Last year another report came out on an oil being made from slaughter house scraps.