A woman in shenzhen scoops grease out of the sewers in order to make gutter oil a highly toxic but lucrative commodity in china.
Chinese gutter grease.
Dìgōu yóu or 餿水油.
Apparently gutter oil looks no different than standard cooking oil after processing which is an incredible testament to chinese ingenuity in and of itself as i can not imagine any way to make a stew of sewer slop dead animal parts and the sludge of grease traps pass for anything resembling clean and clear golden cooking oil.
As you probably already know gutter oil is used by unscrupulous business operators looking to cut costs and maximize profits.
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The problem with determining its prevalence in chinese street food is the generally transient.
Most of china s gutter oil winds up in cheap restaurants and among street food vendors.
Last year another report came out on an oil being made from slaughter house scraps.
In 2012 even some chinese pharmaceutical companies were accused of using the cheap gutter oil instead of pricier alternatives.
Disgusting food news from china just won t stop.
It is filled with carcinogens and can cause severe abdominal pain and diarrhea to anyone who eats food prepared with gutter oil.
While gutter oil is technically illegal in china the government hasn t been able to eradicate the practice.
The health effects can be nasty as well since this stuff is basically toxic.
It can also be used to describe the processing of waste oil collected from sources such as restaurant fryers grease traps slaughterhouse waste and.
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.