-
Fake eggs are being used in Japanese convenience store bentos
投稿日 2020年1月15日 11:00:44 (ニュース)
-
続・お知らせ。海外セレブゴシップ&ニュース
-
お知らせ
-
We spot the legendary dekotora Aki Kannon, dedicated to actress and singer Aki Yashiro
-
New Pokémon GU collaboration dresses all the family, including babies for the first time
-
How do European Cup Noodles taste to a Japanese palate?
-
We’ve been doing it wrong – Japanese genius shows us how we should all be making sandwiches【Pics】
-
The future is now with full face sunglasses
-
Natto-infused ramen is a thing — we tried it, we love it【Taste test】
-
Jellyfish and Halloween in perfect harmony at Sumida Aquarium event
-
Japanese toilet paper collection opens our minds as we open our butts
-
Aomori police on the lookout for man shouting unsolicited advice at kids about dating and ramen
-
Former Arashi members Sho Sakurai and Masaki Aiba get married… Wait, that didn’t come out right
-
Creator of Japan’s longest-running manga, Golgo 13, passes away, leaves fans one last gift
-
Crazy cheap cosplay at Daiso? How to transform into Dragon Ball’s Vegeta at the discount shop
-
7 Halloween-themed afternoon teas you won’t want to miss this year
-
Krispy Kreme Japan creates doughnut burgers that are a meal and two desserts all in one【Photos】
-
Get in the damn drift car, Shinji? Evangelion Tomika toy brings D1 machine home in miniature form
-
Demon Slayer Nichiren Blades ready for new duty: Slicing through your sweets as dessert knives
-
Man in Japan arrested for breaking into ex-girlfriend’s apartment to steal her Nintendo Switch
-
The Japanese Internet chooses the top too-sexy-for-their-own-good male voices in anime
-
First-ever Studio Ghibli x Russell Athletic range pays homage to My Neighbour Totoro
-
Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan announces first expansion with new Donkey Kong area
-
Cup Noodle pouch satisfies our never-ending need for instant ramen
-
Retro Japanese train is our new favourite office space
-
How do Japanese fans feel about Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop opening sequence?
-
We try Uniqlo coffee at first-ever cafe inside Ginza flagship store
-
The number of elderly people in Japan this year has yet again smashed multiple records
-
Mr. Sato broadens his home drinking horizons at Kaldi【Japan’s Best Home Senbero】
-
We try Japanese Twitter’s newest trend the Penguin Egg, end up hatching something very disturbing
-
Takoyaki makers surprisingly good at grilling meat for yakiniku too
Sponsored Link
Customer’s investigation leads to a discovery that’s shocked people around Japan.
Japanese convenience stores, or “konbini” as they’re colloquially known, have built up a reputation locally and abroad for their tasty food offerings, covering everything from seasonal desserts through to chicken nuggets, onigiri rice balls and bento lunch boxes.
The pre-made, heat-and-eat bentos are particularly popular with busy customers looking for something quick and substantial to eat, and while many believe they’re a healthier option compared to some of the fattier, oilier foods on sale, that theory is now being blown out of the water due to the discovery that they contain FAKE EGGS.
The shocking discovery has people reeling in Japan, and media outlets are now spreading the news after the revelation came to light with this tweet from Twitter user @coco_tsw., which reads:
“Those of you who fill your mouths with convenience store bentos without a second thought should look at this.
That egg you think you’re eating is not an egg. Eggs normally harden when heated, but the ones in konbini bentos melt when heated.
Why the heck would you want to put something like that in your mouth when you don’t know how it’s made?”
何も考えずにコンビニ弁当口に入れてるそこのアナタは今すぐこれを見るべき。
アナタが卵だと思って食べてるそれは、卵じゃないよ。
普通卵は加熱したら固まるけど、
コンビニ弁当のは、加熱したら、溶けていってるよ😱
そんな一体何で… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
—
ココ@アトピー 脱ステロイド3年目 (@coco_tsw) January 08, 2020
The tweet contains several images, including a photo of a 7-Eleven bento, which in this case contains a serving of pasta carbonara. While the word “bento” is conventionally used to describe a traditional Japanese boxed meal, it’s also colloquially used by people in Japan as a blanket term that covers Western-style pre-made meals in containers like this one as well.
Sitting in the middle of this bento is what looks like a raw egg, but as subsequent images show, when heated in a pan next to a real egg, the convenience store egg on the left turns into a bubbly, runny mess.
People were shocked at the discovery, leaving a range of comments like:
“Whaaaaat? I had no idea about this!”
“Omg I am shocked. This is frightening.”
“I’ve been eating them all this time and I thought they were real!”
“I’m going to read ingredient labels much more carefully now.”
“Actually, this makes sense as eggs can explode when heated up in the microwave.”
“I would be more scared if this was a real raw egg as that would be a salmonella risk.”
It’s true that a raw egg in a meal like this could cause customers to become ill, and that’s exactly why the fake egg is used, according to its creator, who is none other than Kewpie, the Japanese company behind the world-famous Kewpie mayonnaise.
▼ The “eggs”, which can be found on the official Kewpie site, are called “Snowman Kimipuchi” (“Snowman Petite Egg Yolks“)
Sponsored Link
Kewpie says their faux egg took over ten years to create, and was designed for commercial clients who wanted to add raw eggs to their products but were unable to due to health safety concerns. According to the description of the “Petite Egg Yolks” on the official site, these “eggs” turn into an “egg yolk-like sauce” when heated, which resembles the runny egg yolk favoured in dishes like oyakodon.
▼ According to this online sleuth, who caught wind of the pseudo eggs last year, the “egg” can be sliced neatly when cold as well.
Unlike a real egg, these manufactured yolks have a long list of ingredients which include locally manufactured “liquid eggs“, along with dextrin, glucose syrup, vegetable oil, gelatine, salt, agar, egg white protein, trehalose, polysaccharides, seasoning (amino acid), PH adjusting agents, and carotenoid colouring.
That’s a whole lot of additives and colourings you wouldn’t find in an ordinary egg, and it’s now prompting a lot of people in Japan to rethink their meal options when browsing the store shelves at their local konbini. Still, there are others who say they don’t care what the eggs are made from, as long as they taste good, which these reportedly do. And that’s not surprising, given they’re made by a mayonnaise manufacturer who celebrated their 100th anniversary with mayonnaise pudding.
Source: Jin
Featured image Twitter/@jiromal
Insert image: Kewpie
● Want to hear about SoraNews24’s latest articles as soon as they’re published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Source: SORA NEWS24
Sponsored Link
最新情報