China Using Gutter Oil

Actually some food sellers even make their own gutter oil to further save on expenses.

China using gutter oil.

So if we buy drugs and cosmetics made in china they can legally contain gutter oil. Including products which are exported overseas to us. This is generally known as gutter oil chinese pinyin dìgōu yóu simplified characters 地沟油 traditional characters 地溝油. The use of gutter oil is often common in sichuan style dishes where vast quantities of chilli oil are used.

It is also sometimes used to bulk out lard products before being used in processed foods as well the courts vowing to dole out the death penalty to the worst offenders this year the chinese have renewed national campaigns to stamp out the practice among restauranteurs and street food vendors. Dìgōu yóu or 餿水油. Chinese media reported on tuesday that a subsidiary of joincare pharmaceutical group industry co ltd located in jiaozuo purchased the gutter oil and used it to produce the widely used. It is perfectly legal to use gutter oil to make cosmetics soaps lotions and pharmaceuticals in china.

Although gutter oil is illegal it is said to be pretty common in china. Not just inferior cooking oil relabelled as well regarded brands but made from waste oil and rotting animal parts. Reprocessed gutter oil involves the use of alkali additives to reduce the abnormal ph caused by high rates of animal fats and bleach to convert the dark colour to clear. Therefore distinguishing legitimate cooking oil and reprocessed gutter oil is difficult.

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. China lacks standards to detect reprocessed gutter oil and classify waste food recycling. This disgusting practice is done by unscrupulous individuals in the country as a way of selling cheaper oil to consumers.