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today we’re going to talk about 10 fake

foods that

you will never buy again once you find

out what i’m going to talk about all

right the first one is fake steak

now what’s interesting is um

certain

restaurants caterers

use pieces of meat that have been glued

together with something called meat glue

and that glue is called transglutaminase

now a couple problems with this glue

they have to re-handle the meat so

there’s increased risk of adding more

bacteria to the meat and they don’t have

to actually tell you

the process

of how they make this glue

originally it was it came from blood

plasma from either a cow or a pig and

then they combine that with certain

things like bacteria and then they

evolved to just fermenting a bacteria to

make this these enzymes to make this

glue but the problem is all of this is

not very transparent you don’t really

know how they’re making it eating

anywhere where there’s bulk filet mignon

you might want to ask them if they use

meat glue all right number two parmesan

cheese

now unfortunately

most parmesan cheese doesn’t come from

parma italy which i could just imagine

having that authentic parmesan cheese

from that city is just amazing

but unfortunately

especially in the u.s

you’re going to get a different version

of that cheese that is made with

different ingredients it’s usually a

mixture of cheap cheeses like cheddar

cheese or powdered mozzarella cheese

with added cellulose and a mold

inhibitor

and what’s even worse is the fda makes

it legal to sell this fake parmesan

cheese

and that is because the cellulose is

from natural sources it’s from

wood pulp is between

four to twenty percent so that’s like

one fifth of the product is wood

so it’s definitely a way for companies

to make more money with cheaper

ingredients

all right next one is crab sticks okay

they called it the hot dog of the sea

and i’m talking about imitation crab

another name for that is cerimi and they

take like random fish flesh

or fish leftovers

and of course they add some starch

whether it’s from potato

wheat

corn tapioca and they mix that in there

as well with some msg to add as a flavor

enhancer and then they have to add crab

flavoring because it doesn’t taste like

crab

and then some protein but that protein

is either an egg white protein soy

protein

and they put some sugar in it sorbitol

and some soy oil or other vegetable oils

then we’ll just sprinkle a little sodium

benzonate as a preservative to make it

last longer and of course they have

coloring to make it look like crab but

the next time you see imitation crab now

you know how they make it all right next

on the list is fake tuna and i’m talking

like the pre-cooked canned tuna

or even packaged tuna one company that

did

some investigation into this found that

21

of the companies they found

did not contain actual tuna it was

actually mislabeled so instead of having

tuna

they had some other fish

called escula

escula

uh is known as butter fish or oil fish

and it was banned in japan from

1977 because they said it was too toxic

and they even have a name for it it’s

called xlx fish because of the side

effect diarrhea or anal leakage

so if you see your tuna like extremely

white like an opaque white

it’s not tuna all right next one on the

list

extra virgin olive oil and i’ve done a

video just on this topic but

eighty percent

of extra virgin olive oil is not extra

virgin extra virgin means it’s processed

very quickly

it’s cold pressed it’s a much more high

quality process so you have more

antioxidants

and when you consume it it has a

completely different taste and smell it

has a fresh smell and kind of a taste

that

gives you a little tickle in the back of

your throat and so you know it contains

some of the phytonutrients that you need

but it has that fresh grass type taste

that is very different than the fake

stuff which is just bland in fact i

didn’t even know what real olive oil

tasted like until i went to italy but as

soon as i found out now i can identify

fake olive oil just by a simple smell

test and about 80 percent of the extra

virgin olive oil is not extra virgin

they add sometimes canola or just a

blend of other oils so

it’s rancid it’s cooked it’s heated it

doesn’t have the phytonutrients all

right next one it’s maple syrup

much of the maple syrup that you buy

is either made from dark brown sugar or

refined white sugar

with maple syrup

flavoring and artificial colorings

and some of it’s even made with high

fructose corn syrup

and of course because these ingredients

don’t have the natural antioxidants as a

preservative they have to add

preservatives like

sodium benzoate and ascorbic acid

to prevent this syrup from spoiling next

one on the list is truffle oil truffle

oil comes from a very expensive

mushroom

and so what they do is they found a

flavoring molecule to make some other

materials taste like truffle oil and

they use this in restaurants a lot it’s

a way to save money because the the

actual oil is very expensive all right

next one is the powdered instant coffee

some of the blended ingredients

include

cereal

caramel

starch

malt

and figs

in addition instant coffee has something

called acrylamide

a potentially very harmful chemical

in instant coffee a potentially very

harmful

chemical that’s created when the beans

are roasted

and instant coffee has more than double

the amount as other types of coffee you

know it can affect the nervous system it

can increase the risk of cancer

if you’re consuming it on a regular

basis all right the next one and i have

done a video on this wasabi okay the

vast majority of wasabi in the u.s

is simply a mixture of horseradish

hot mustard and green dye

it doesn’t actually come from the wasabi

plant

so it is fake

there’s been a report that up to 95

of the wasabi sold is not real wasabi

and i’m talking about all over the world

even in japan

and this is because wasabi is very

difficult to grow and it’s extremely

expensive it’s like a hundred and sixty

dollars

a kilogram that’s at wholesale prices

and when you take fresh wasabi and you

pulverize it you grind up into a paste

it really only lasts for like 15 minutes

and what i mean by lasting is it

basically loses its flavor

but that’s not going to happen with

horseradish horseradish is going to last

a lot longer and the last one is

commercial guacamole

just because it says it’s guacamole

doesn’t even mean it has a lot of

avocado in it unfortunately these

imposters are made with skim milk

vegetable oil water

emulsified egg yolks

and a slew of gums and gels

and it’s even thickened with isolated

soy protein

and of course to make it look green they

add food dye and so some of this

commercial guacamole only has like two

percent avocado incredible all right so

the next video i really think you should

watch

is on olive oil there’s a lot more to

know about this so i put it up right

here check it out