Condiment
Surimi Paste
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Surimi paste is washed, refined fish protein with starch and sometimes transglutaminase logic: very elastic, the crab-stick and kamaboko base. It is a technology more than a single species. A springy cake. White fish paste is less bouncy and more fish-like.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Crab StickKamabokoSpringy Cake
Traits
AnalogBounceElasticIndustrialLess Fish FaceNot Simple PoundStarchWashed Protein
History
JP
Industrial surimi refined fish protein for kamaboko and later crab sticks.
Surimi paste became a global analog-seafood base.
Surimi and simple white fish paste were labelled as different products.