Gutter Oil Documentary

Dìgōu yóu or 餿水油.

Gutter oil documentary.

China s streets are lined with. The short documentary details the illegal production and sale of so called gutter oil a cooking oil made from restaurant sewer refuse and rotten animal fat that is refined and then sold mostly. Beijing chinese authorities have battled to get rid of gutter oil in the country s kitchens for years cracking down on illegal oil production rings since. China how it is gutter oil sewer oil duration.

Recycled oil from the gutters and sewers. Come and see what gutter oil di gou you is all about and how to avoid it here i. Cooking oil is used heavily in chinese food so some street vendors and hole in the wall restaurants buy cheap black market oil that s been recycled from garbage fisher wrote. A documentary video uncovers the truth behind chinese cooking gutter oil which along with a variety of animal products is essentially sewage.

It can also be used to describe the processing of waste oil collected from sources such as restaurant fryers grease traps slaughterhouse waste and. Eating food cooked with gutter oil can be poisonous. 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. Nigerians burn chinese factory to the ground in response to mistreatment in guangzhou duration.

In the market gutter oil is being sold for merely 940 a ton compared with commercial grade oil which sells 1 500 that s savings around 560. Cooking oil is used heavily in chinese foo. 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 yourself garbage.