Surimi is a Japanese technique for preserving ... Some places will label their crab dishes as "krab" in order to differentiate authentic crab from imitation, but many places don't.

That's right, the main ingredient is actually a fish paste called surimi. Surimi is often made from pollock fish with fillers and flavorings like starch, sugar, egg whites, and crab flavoring.

This big bump in domestic production made it possible to fully meet domestic demand for surimi used in crab sticks and other products, president of the association Alexey Buglak said MOSCOW ...