If you're a fan of a California roll, a menu staple at many sushi restaurants, chances are you've sampled imitation crab. The slightly pink roll filler is used as a substitute for real crab and ...

Chances are, you've eaten a fair amount of imitation crab meat, whether you realized it or not. Over the past few decades, this fishy imposter has eagerly taken over many of our favorite foods.

That stuff in your store-bought California roll might look like crab, but it's probably an impostor called "imitation crab." Imitation crab is less expensive than the real thing, but when it comes ...

For over a decade now, a rumor has been going around that imitation calamari is secretly made from pig chitterlings (aka pig intestines), but is it true?

This Flipinx dish usually involves a crab shell. However, in this plant-based version, recipe developer RG Enriquez combines ...

I have heard that dishes using “kanikama” (imitation crab meat) are frequently searched for on a popular recipe site. The fish-based product is shaped, colored and flavored like crab meat ...

An curved arrow pointing right. From California rolls to crab cakes, imitation crab meat pops up everywhere to replace its seafaring doppelgänger. But what is imitation crab meat made out of?