How Science Fights Fake Food Scams

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  • @dementious
    @dementious 16 годин тому +242

    I live in a seafood town and one of the largest seafood distributers and one of the oldest restaurants were discovered to be in cahoots while marketing tilapia and other cheap fish as grouper and red snapper, charging 3 to 5 times the actual amount that should have been charged. They were both charged an undisclosed fine (rumours say it was only 10-15 thousand dollars). No one was held acrually legally accountable and allegedly the restaurant and seafood distributer are still doing it.

    • @-SimonRiley
      @-SimonRiley 16 годин тому +28

      Well pretty sure the fine was not even a quarter of the profits they earned so no wonder they would keep doing it

    • @marcoottina654
      @marcoottina654 15 годин тому +18

      Reiteration should be punished 10x times harshly, in a compound way: 10x, 100x, 1000x, etc

    • @Ikxi
      @Ikxi 15 годин тому +13

      10-15k "fine" for them to be able to make more than 10-15k

    • @DanteGabriel-lx9bq
      @DanteGabriel-lx9bq 13 годин тому +7

      Yeah, let's not act like capitalism dosen't find it attractive.

    • @nothanks9503
      @nothanks9503 12 годин тому +3

      Name please

  • @psalm91rdwlkfpgrl
    @psalm91rdwlkfpgrl 16 годин тому +181

    as someone with multiple anaphylactic allergies, this is terrifying... especially since people like to gaslight me out of some of them

    • @arcturuslight_
      @arcturuslight_ 13 годин тому +26

      How the hell are there still people not believing in allergies when they are so common now?

    • @MiraNecole
      @MiraNecole 12 годин тому +26

      @@arcturuslight_ it shouldn't come off as a surprise when there's still flat earthers and other ignorant people out there

    • @malevolentia28
      @malevolentia28 12 годин тому +20

      @@arcturuslight_ dude there are some people who dont believe im lactose intolerant and i live in a country where actually most of the population is lactose intolerant...

    • @l.i.a.m.b
      @l.i.a.m.b 11 годин тому

      ⁠@@arcturuslight_most people won’t outright accuse you of lying, but there are definitely those who will give you looks or wont respect your food boundaries

    • @kenbrown2808
      @kenbrown2808 10 годин тому +10

      and anaphylactic allergies are a really expensive harmful thing for people to try to gaslight.

  • @Oceanblue_Art_
    @Oceanblue_Art_ 18 годин тому +448

    This is all great for the big companies but if I had a corn allergy it'd be really nice if there was a way for /me/ to know whether my honey is going to kill me

    • @cassieoz1702
      @cassieoz1702 18 годин тому +56

      Most of the world doesn't have high-fructose-corn-syrup. My understanding was that Europe's problem 'imported honey' was from USA

    • @scottfox543
      @scottfox543 17 годин тому

      @@cassieoz1702the vast majority of counterfeit honey is coming from a huge network of companies in Asia. I think the series on Netflix called Rotten has an episode about it. Highly recommend that series!

    • @popdogfool
      @popdogfool 17 годин тому +32

      Isnt high fructose corn syrup in everything in the USA? Will it actually trigger your allergy?

    • @THE-X-Force
      @THE-X-Force 17 годин тому +2

      @@cassieoz1702 Most of the world and most of the food produced for the world are not the same thing.

    • @NathanTheNinjaTaylor
      @NathanTheNinjaTaylor 17 годин тому

      ​@@popdogfoolThis person doesn't have a corn allergy because that isn't a thing. They said "if I had."

  • @YuBeace
    @YuBeace 13 годин тому +132

    As someone with a TON of food allergies and intolerances, this type of sh*t ruins my life. Sometimes I have a reaction and I have NO WAY of tracking down where it even came from. It’s disheartening AF. ☹️

    • @vi3tv0tinh
      @vi3tv0tinh 10 годин тому +2

      Weak

    • @hah.365
      @hah.365 9 годин тому

      Saaaaaaame

    • @jennastephens1224
      @jennastephens1224 8 годин тому +11

      Lol yeah.While I don't have a ton of food allergies like you, I just have one but it's rare - Alpha Gal Syndrome. It doesn't have anything to do with that online Alpha/Beta/Sigma personality bs, rather what it does do is make me allergic to a sugar found inside the bodies of most mammals. I can still be around mammals (so I don't react from, say, petting my cat or kissing my partner), I just can't eat them. People think I'm lying about it and I'm just a picky vegan or whatever and that I should just be a little tougher. I've had several people assualt me in the past this way (I did press charges a couple times) because they thought that it would be ok and it would be a funny prank to slip a little beef broth or real bacon bits into my food, and then were shocked when I started reacting and 911 was called. I live in the US and the only way I could afford the hospital visits is by suing the person and/or resturant who did this to me in the first place and making them pay (literally, lol) instead. Edit: Typo

    • @faq_is_love
      @faq_is_love 8 годин тому

      Why so weak?

    • @yourgooglemeister6745
      @yourgooglemeister6745 8 годин тому +1

      Of course you do. I bet you still wear a mask too? Have you got your attention quota for today?

  • @Potatoe-f6u
    @Potatoe-f6u 15 годин тому +85

    They really need to increase consequences and/or enforcement because clearly a lot of people still think it's worth doing.

    • @derekstein6193
      @derekstein6193 14 годин тому +11

      Crime doesn't pay... unless said crime is white collar and makes A LOT of money.

    • @sleazybtd
      @sleazybtd 12 годин тому

      @@derekstein6193 And it's going to get worse in the next few years.

    • @kanal7523
      @kanal7523 11 годин тому +1

      Ain't no way they will increase the punishment/enforcement for tackling crimes that could disrupt the economy, its all a cost benefit analysis, and the benefits of chasing these types of crimes aren't bigger than just letting it be and only applying some fines here and there.

    • @MustafaCanatan
      @MustafaCanatan 5 годин тому

      Unfortunately the next four years will result in a large spike of preventable deaths in the US.

  • @Digiflower5
    @Digiflower5 17 годин тому +135

    This is a nightmare for allergies / intolerances.

  • @Bushidounohana
    @Bushidounohana 8 годин тому +14

    I was caught by the science intrigue, reeled in by the devastating fashion sense, and slain by the puns. Excellence, as always!

  • @osotanuki3359
    @osotanuki3359 16 годин тому +75

    i just did a 6 week lab in my bio101 class where we were DNA barcoding sushi samples from a local restaurant!! most of them were correctly labeled but all the flying fish roe was actually capelin roe :C

    • @snowmiaow
      @snowmiaow 16 годин тому +5

      I could not cut open and kill a beautiful flying fish to take its eggs but at least it is not endangered.

    • @HisameArtwork
      @HisameArtwork 14 годин тому +3

      @@snowmiaow yeah this is a happy ending fraud story XD

    • @NotSoMuchFrankly
      @NotSoMuchFrankly 8 годин тому +1

      Chef sets the flying fish out, turns around to grab a knife or something, turns back, where's the fish? Did it swim away? Did it walk? You figure it out as you enjoy your capelin roe. We reserve the right to make substitutions at this restaurant.

    • @yoeyyoey8937
      @yoeyyoey8937 5 годин тому

      What school is that?

    • @Acidfunkish
      @Acidfunkish 2 години тому +1

      ​@@snowmiaowThat is absolutely not how flying fish roe is harvested.

  • @RobKandell
    @RobKandell 11 годин тому +38

    Turns out that Extra Virgin Olive Oil was actually very experienced and rather cynical.

  • @Royce-fw1du
    @Royce-fw1du 14 годин тому +127

    This is why an active FDA is so important. Watch what happens to the FDA in the next year.

    • @SayAhh
      @SayAhh 14 годин тому +38

      Ditto with the USDA, OSHA and health inspectors.

    • @Nephritesword
      @Nephritesword 11 годин тому

      Republicans want us to be sicker so that private insurance companies will make more money, which they then give the GOP a chunk of.

    • @snowmiaow
      @snowmiaow 10 годин тому +2

      @@Royce-fw1du the FDA is considered way behind now, not sure why

    • @macsnafu
      @macsnafu 7 годин тому

      This assumes 2 things. First, you're assuming that the FDA is good and effective at their job. And second, that private certification can't do it as well as or better than the FDA or other government agency. I'm not sure that either of these two assumptions are valid.

    • @russianbear0027
      @russianbear0027 6 годин тому +14

      ​@@macsnafuthe FDA is effective. Could be better (need more inspectors), but we have come very far with food and medicine safety in the last 100 years. Private certs are only really effective when the victims of fraud are other companies since individual people don't have much power without a government to back them up.

  • @asmodahlia
    @asmodahlia 11 годин тому +9

    I used to work at a small seafood chain in GA that would deliberately sell many fish as other fish like this. The worst offender was grouper - they would use swai instead and sell it for grouper prices. Most people couldn't tell the difference, but occasionally we'd get people who could tell the difference and our managers would try to gaslight them into thinking they were out of their minds to question it. It was so scummy. The family that owned it were also horrible people who abused and exploited all of us. I ended up permanently disabled because of them. I still throw them a big ol' bird whenever I pass one of their restaurants 😂

  • @gbjsyzftbcacjyfubjygkgcjae3182
    @gbjsyzftbcacjyfubjygkgcjae3182 14 годин тому +25

    the fish one is a nightmare for me (allergies). i can eat a lot of fish, but some really common ones can make me super sick. already i have to deal with restaurants listing anything fish-like as 'fish' with no specific type given, but straight up lying about what kind of fish it is is so much worse

  • @MarkAhlquist
    @MarkAhlquist 7 годин тому +6

    10 bucks says that many if not all of the big companies do the same scams, they just don't get caught usually

  • @archmagemc3561
    @archmagemc3561 15 годин тому +51

    Honey is legally counterfitted in the USA. Only 25% of a honey product has to be actual honey, the other 75% can be high fructose corn syrup to legally be classified as honey.

    • @marcoottina654
      @marcoottina654 15 годин тому +16

      That's a shitty legislation....

    • @jankoset7766
      @jankoset7766 15 годин тому +10

      I mean...majority of the other world would argue that similar legal counterfitting is the fact, that you can call american made cheese parmesan or sparkling wine champagne...
      Food safety laws seems to be much looser in USA than for example in EU in most categories, unfortunately...

    • @alien9279
      @alien9279 15 годин тому +10

      Woo lobbying

    • @Ikxi
      @Ikxi 15 годин тому +1

      legal counterfeits through legal bribes

    • @LumpyBrain
      @LumpyBrain 13 годин тому +5

      @@jankoset7766***sigh*** I’m going to be that person. *counterfeiting

  • @whimsicallychrissy
    @whimsicallychrissy 16 годин тому +52

    I knew that food counterfeiting was a thing, just never realized how widespread it was. Also, love the outfit Niba!

  • @marcusmifflin6941
    @marcusmifflin6941 15 годин тому +38

    Food counterfeiters are given a slap on the wrist when caught and it's a multi billion dollar industry. They make way more than the fine, so they just relabel and keep doing it. 😊

    • @derekstein6193
      @derekstein6193 14 годин тому +8

      When counterfeiters don't have to give back their ill-gotten gains when caught, and the fines are noticeably lower than what was gained, the punishment isn't really a punishment or a fine; it's just another bit of overhead to add to the rest.

  • @MsSamareh
    @MsSamareh 17 годин тому +73

    Oh yeah, let me pull out my DNA bar coder to make sure my honey and Olive oil is legit.

  • @thejiggler7780
    @thejiggler7780 17 годин тому +51

    lamp oil? rope? bombs?

    • @DanmakuFriedChicken
      @DanmakuFriedChicken 16 годин тому +20

      Its yours my friend! As long as you have enough rubies

    • @WolfHack
      @WolfHack 15 годин тому +16

      Sorry Link, I can't give credit.

    • @akpsyche1299
      @akpsyche1299 15 годин тому +17

      Come back when you're a little, mm, richer.

  • @helenbaumander3953
    @helenbaumander3953 Годину тому +2

    I'm guessing that if there is no real maple syrup in a bottle, it's not allowed to even have that word on the label in Canada anymore. It's called things like table syrup.

  • @TrineDaely
    @TrineDaely 11 годин тому +7

    The science stuff is great, but consumers need ways to sus out the fakes that are cheap and easy.

  • @AnonymousAnarchist2
    @AnonymousAnarchist2 17 годин тому +53

    7:22
    Yes. Yes they do *when Vanillin and other aromatics are being used*
    And yes, we do find excuses to use aromatic metalworking liquids even when other often cheaper fluids will work better. Usually the cheaper better working chemical is keosine or naptha. 😒. We really try not to use that stuff. Because of the smell.
    We tell the big bosses and monied clients its because its a fire hazard but it is because of the smell and resulting headaches.

  • @obedhernandez4533
    @obedhernandez4533 18 годин тому +62

    The thumbnail took me by surprise because I've tried using olive oil as a replacement for lamp oil; It didn't work. Now I'm wondering if the site I read it from was up to something. 🤔

    • @ProfessorJayTee
      @ProfessorJayTee 18 годин тому +43

      Olive oil *will work* for lamp oil, but it must be pre-heated before it will burn! You need a metal olive-oil lamp. I used to have one, they work pretty well to create light... but... Warning: within a few hours, everything around the lamp will smell, taste, and feel as though you had been throwing olive oil around everywhere. A small amount of olive oil will vaporize without burning, then condense and deposit on every nearby surface.

    • @xZpsychox
      @xZpsychox 18 годин тому +15

      do our thumbnails look different? I see sushi

    • @astrocoastalprocessor
      @astrocoastalprocessor 18 годин тому +11

      it can't be overstated how much film heated olive oil can create on surfaces 😢

    • @astrocoastalprocessor
      @astrocoastalprocessor 18 годин тому +6

      @@xZpsychox the thumbnails change sometimes

    • @ThePrufessa
      @ThePrufessa 17 годин тому

      Interesting​@@ProfessorJayTee

  • @vince8723
    @vince8723 4 години тому +2

    governments are also a problem allowing 60% olive oil for example to be legally advertised as 100% in some contries

  • @Brown95P
    @Brown95P 4 години тому +2

    What *_I'D_* like to know is why the USA doesn't consider corn syrup on tomato ketchup to be food fraud. 🙄

  • @SusanWojcucki
    @SusanWojcucki 6 годин тому +7

    Ooh, I wish y’all included saffron. Often faked for crazy profit margins

    • @saltrifle9214
      @saltrifle9214 5 годин тому +1

      Yes! Probably one of the most faked foods out there.

  • @rashkavar
    @rashkavar 10 годин тому +11

    For those who want their vanilla to be proper vanilla extract and don't have an isotope ratio mass spectrometer to test theirs in, you can make it yourself, you just need to plan ahead. Like at least 6 months ahead. (oh, and if you're a recovering alcoholic who feels they need to avoid being around alcohol...this is not a solution for you.)
    Vanilla beans aren't sold at most major grocery stores, but you can certainly order them online, or pick them up at the kind of grocery store that specializes in the rare and fancy niche foods that big stores don't carry, if you have access to such a store. You'll need a sealable container - ideally the kind with a clamped-down lid, since you'll want to keep the lid on very tight for a while. And you'll need some alcohol - a really bland vodka or something like Everclear is best for a pure vanilla flavour (anything that's basically just alcohol and water and is 40% or more (or maybe a bit less - I've only done it with 40% abv vodka.). Any kind of hard alcohol will do the job, so if you want to experiment with mixing your favourite whiskey or brandy with vanilla, that's entirely viable, and I've seen claims that some flavour combinations work really well...but you will be adding your beverage's flavour to the vanilla, and that will in turn change how the vanilla alters the flavour of your end product. Once you've got your beans, your sealable container, and your alcohol, you're ready for the next step:
    Cut the beans down the middle lengthways - you're looking to open up access to the interior of the bean. Cut them to length such that they fit in your sealable container, if they won't fit (you might want at least a couple of inches of room above that). Clean out your container - it doesn't have to be 100% sterile because we're using intense amounts of alcohol, that's gonna kill anything that's left, but...we're gonna be leaving this to sit for *a while* so caution is generally wise. Put the vanilla beans in, then pour your chosen alcohol in such that the beans are fully submerged. Seal it up with just a bit of air at the top, and shake/swirl your container a bit. Put it in the cupboard for 6 months to a year. (Swirling it occasionally will help a bit, but you don't need to do it much. Just be patient.
    After 6 months have passed, open it up and smell it. You'll either get a smell with some alcohol and a lot of vanilla smell, or something gross - probably the former. If it's the latter...congratulations on growing a vial of mould, don't consume anything from that container. If it's the former, it's vanilla extract.
    The professionally made stuff uses an industrial process to speed up the extraction process, so it'll taste a *bit* different - fortunately vanilla isn't quite as delicate as olive oil, so the industrial extraction process doesn't ruin it the way it does with olive oil. But...the stuff you make at home will definitely be real vanilla extract, you're just doing it the old fashioned way.
    (And don't worry about the alcohol content - most of what you make with vanilla extract uses very small quantities and any heat process will evaporate the alcohol out of it anyway. It's no different from using cooking wine in things.)

  • @gustavoguti27
    @gustavoguti27 14 годин тому +14

    Honey with corn syrup doesn't crystalize when it's cold. Real honey will harden. That's the cheapest way

    • @TheZebinator
      @TheZebinator 12 годин тому +1

      you can make real honey not crystalize by pasteurizing it and maybe another process but that removes a lot of the taste and might decrease the beneficial compounds in it as it might break down from the heat. Americans seem to generally not like crystallized honey but in other parts of the world it's normal, in Europe we can buy runny honey but it's usually not as tasty, at least for me. There are also certain special honey types harvested later in the year that crystalizes at a lower temp than room temp so it will naturally stay liquid inside your house

    • @Talking_Ed
      @Talking_Ed 11 годин тому +2

      Honey will also just crystallise over time for example

    • @claudiajurgensen9544
      @claudiajurgensen9544 9 годин тому +1

      Nope the crystallisation of honey depends on the flowers the bees visited.
      Honey from rapeseed crystallizes, while honey from Robinie/Akazie trees keeps liquid.

  • @Vininn126
    @Vininn126 9 годин тому +2

    Really enjoying Niba's hosting lately

  • @hollish196
    @hollish196 2 години тому +2

    I am very luck to live in a rural area where I can get both honey and maple syrup created locally. As in, one can go see where it comes from!

  • @lucasok1185
    @lucasok1185 18 годин тому +47

    it felt odd seeing a sock add not for the awsome socks club

    • @kayliecarlino3030
      @kayliecarlino3030 17 годин тому +2

      Hhh? Right over my head

    • @Adam1984_
      @Adam1984_ 17 годин тому

      @@kayliecarlino3030 Awesome Socks Club is a subscription service that delivers socks with fun designs every month. It is owned by The Vlog Brothers, John and Hank Green, who also own the company that runs Sci Show.

    • @Ikxi
      @Ikxi 15 годин тому +1

      yea that was confusing xD

  • @CarleyGoshaw28
    @CarleyGoshaw28 4 години тому +1

    Remember when you see “whitefish” bring sold, it can be one or a blend of up to 60 species of fish.

  • @mm-yt8sf
    @mm-yt8sf 8 годин тому +4

    if the punishment is only fines against non-human constructs (companies) that are controlled by (gasp) humans. then that's not a real deterrent, just a cost of doing lucrative business.

    • @saltrifle9214
      @saltrifle9214 5 годин тому

      It's almost as if the way we organize the whole economy is incredible wasteful and cruel for no other reason than to enrich an ever shrinking circle of billionaires who believe they were chosen by God to lead us hordes of simpletons because we wouldn't know what's best for ourselves anyways.

    • @spindash64
      @spindash64 2 години тому

      It could be if the Fines were made larger than the theoretical profits of Fraud.

  • @EricCampbell-hx4hv
    @EricCampbell-hx4hv 6 годин тому +1

    Minor correction: sturgeon and paddlefish are not closely related, they're in different families and shared their last common ancestor 184 million years ago.

  • @LeahMcGrew-m2x
    @LeahMcGrew-m2x 17 годин тому +36

    I am a biological artificial maple detector. When I was 11 and going into 7th grade, I started to get sick every Wednesday. Throwing up sick. Now, if I even smell artificial maple, I get queasy. My wife was and my roommate is diabetic. My wife - before we got married - was on a weight lost thing and she had picked up maple flavoring. I had told her years before about what it does to me, but she had never seen it in action. She asked me to sniff it. I took just a whiff. She told me that even with her poor vision, and no color vision, she could see that my face went pale.

    • @Kittra.kaibyo
      @Kittra.kaibyo 16 годин тому +4

      I find this incredibly interesting. Thanks for sharing! I don't have any cool reason other than having pretty good taste buds I guess but I can always tell too, with that and honey vs the imitations.

    • @snowmiaow
      @snowmiaow 16 годин тому +2

      My BF is similar with Asiago cheese. Can't slip it past him.

    • @nothanks9503
      @nothanks9503 11 годин тому +1

      Im a biological fresh fruit detector I’m allergic to pollen found in many fruits and vegetables but the pollen is broken down by heat so I can detect if fruit is actually fresh or if something contains fresh fruit juice by if it makes my mouth itchy or not

    • @Kittra.kaibyo
      @Kittra.kaibyo 11 годин тому

      @@nothanks9503 Wow! Setting aside the unenviable discomfort, *that* is an impressive and useful trait to have!

    • @nothanks9503
      @nothanks9503 10 годин тому

      @@Kittra.kaibyo Yeah I think it’s because my ancestors were from a frozen wasteland and only at jam and jelly and stuff

  • @Chameleonradio
    @Chameleonradio 10 годин тому +3

    Subbing escolar for tuna is unfortunate--even if you don't have allergies the fish has an indigestible oil that will uh...come out liberally.
    I've seen sushi restaurants even label it as "white tuna" openly.

  • @Christopher-b1p
    @Christopher-b1p 4 години тому +1

    It's time for a separate US government agency that only does food.
    Similar to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Canada.

  • @Ihsnetad
    @Ihsnetad 9 годин тому +3

    Vanilin is a weird one:
    - There are absolutely no differences in taste between artificial and natural vanillin
    - Artificial vanillin absolutely 100% is safe for consumption
    - Artificial vanillin is cheaper
    - Artificial vanillin production has a negligible environmental impact
    And yet, people continue to waste money on "real" vanillin.
    😐

    • @kenrickman6697
      @kenrickman6697 5 годин тому +2

      Two points:
      - There is a great deal more in natural vanilla extract than just vanillin. The two products do indeed taste different, with the natural extract being more complex.
      - Artificial vanilla extract is actually superior for most baked goods, because it has a higher concentration of vanillin and therefore a more intense flavor in the finished product.
      For this reason, I keep and use both. Anything that will be heated gets the cheaper artificial stuff, and anything that will remain cold gets the more complex natural (usually homemade) stuff.

  • @sherrihaight2724
    @sherrihaight2724 2 години тому +2

    At least we're still safe from kinder eggs.

  • @screes620
    @screes620 9 годин тому +1

    My biggest issue with the whole olive oil "Scam" is that 1. Legit extra virgin olive oil is super expensive and incredibly hard to get, and 2. Not all knock offs are bad, some are exactly the same as the legit kind, it's just not made in the right part of the world. There really needs to be a 3rd category here, a "technically the same, but from a different part of the world".

  • @achen131
    @achen131 17 годин тому +39

    Science actually can’t solve greed

    • @thekaxmax
      @thekaxmax 16 годин тому +10

      Can study it and suggest solutions. But it's not science's job to do anything about it.

    • @bryb2644
      @bryb2644 15 годин тому +2

      Science and religion are a friendly Tom and Jerry on that problem.

    • @thekaxmax
      @thekaxmax 15 годин тому

      @@bryb2644 Religion is all about greed, even when it says it isn't. Science studies it, but isn't about it.

  • @marilynlucero9363
    @marilynlucero9363 11 годин тому +2

    Fantastic! So... when can we buy our very own scientist at the store to help us figure out all details whenw e buy everything?
    I know adopting a scientist is hard work, got to feed it, give it a bath and take them out twice a day, no worries!

  • @darkstarr984
    @darkstarr984 52 хвилини тому

    I love that mass spectrometry is commonplace enough a ton of places actually have one

  • @tylerlawson5923
    @tylerlawson5923 6 годин тому +2

    Do Hank and John run Sci Show? I was just surprised the ad was for socks other than their awesome socks club.

    • @saltrifle9214
      @saltrifle9214 5 годин тому

      Yeah, Hank founded the company that also owns PBS Eons, journey to the microcosmos, and a few others.

  • @adpirtle
    @adpirtle 5 годин тому

    This is one of those crimes that runs the whole gamut from relatively harmless to outright lethal, depending on the circumstances.

  • @Syco108
    @Syco108 8 годин тому

    Thanks for the heads up on the food scammers Niba

  • @EyeoIsis
    @EyeoIsis 6 годин тому +1

    I live in New England, where punched Skate has often been passed of as sea scallops to tourists. Most of us from the area know the difference..

  • @lacelace9331
    @lacelace9331 10 годин тому +4

    American wasabi is big for that

  • @kimmismith9174
    @kimmismith9174 5 годин тому

    We love Bombas!! ❤

  • @BrianMoon-u9t
    @BrianMoon-u9t 6 годин тому

    A while back I did the vanilla extract hack by ordering vanilla beans and dropping them into a bottle of cheap vodka. When it got about three quarters of the way down I added some dollar store vanillin to give a stronger flavor. A little goes a long way.

  • @keithmichael112
    @keithmichael112 18 годин тому +19

    That's why I pay extra for single source olive oil, from California, it's reassuring it hasn't been adulterated

    • @prognerite9447
      @prognerite9447 15 годин тому +2

      Fair trade is also a good option, cuz if it gets found out they were committing fraud, they’d lose their free trade license (which ultimately gives more than swapping olive oil for lamp oil would give them)

  • @Beaudunk
    @Beaudunk 6 хвилин тому

    THANK YOU for not using the heavyset girl to narrate this. Her voice is so unpleasant to listen to. I’ve been subbed since in the beginning and I’m so grateful for you diversifying the hosts so we can escape from the bad ones haha.

    • @Beaudunk
      @Beaudunk 6 хвилин тому

      The heavyset female*

  • @katbairwell
    @katbairwell 16 годин тому +11

    Niba!! It's been a real joy seeing you flourish as a SciShow host this year, I hope we'll get to spend many, many hours learning new and occasionally bizarre things with you in the new year. Wishing all the SciShow team, and all the Nerd Fighters in the comments, a wonderful Christmas if you hold it, and a wonderful couple of weeks if you don't. As always, it's been a real joy to spend time with you all in 2024.

  • @augustlizabethmoore
    @augustlizabethmoore 18 годин тому +39

    Idk who this new host is, but I love your vibe, you dress like kinda like a vampire and I'm down with it ❤

    • @KaitlinGaspar
      @KaitlinGaspar 16 годин тому

      @@swflracingbro get out of here

  • @TehPwnerer
    @TehPwnerer 9 годин тому +1

    I'm confused. How does 'Maple falling' have to do with syrup? Syrup is a spring thing

  •  4 години тому +1

    I'm fine with beet juice. At least it's not cadmium red.

  • @DomyTheMad420
    @DomyTheMad420 15 годин тому +9

    i'm not usually one to do this (especially on science videos!) but that outfit is amazing
    the lines, the details, the red that works so well with the purple hair
    and the earrings are just icing on the cake!

  • @realtalk675
    @realtalk675 18 годин тому +13

    Thank god i never bought olive oil , i make it every year here in croatia with my family. Even with a few threes you have enough for whole year.

    • @SayAhh
      @SayAhh 14 годин тому +1

      You should trademark the name "Three Trees "

    • @dougwilson4537
      @dougwilson4537 10 годин тому

      @@SayAhh 😂 You made my day, with the "Three Trees" comment. Very Good Sir!

  • @RobertCampsall
    @RobertCampsall 47 хвилин тому

    One of the more cynical realities of this type of fraud is that if a small producer fakes it, it's likely the fines will bankrupt him - in the case of maple syrup, that means if they have any licenses of maple - as production is extremely harshly regulated - those licenses will be taken and sold, usually to a big player. That's justice as far as it goes, but if one of those big agri-companies does the same thing, usually the fines don't even cost as much as the profit they made by breaking the law. Similar circumstances exist in most industries - in the 2008 bank crisis, sure one or two financial firms went under, but aside from that the only ones who suffered were the regular folks - the ones who had been defrauded by the banks unethical & criminal behavior - while the big banks got bailed out and their executives got huge bonuses despite the fact it was illegal to use the bail out money in that regard. Some executive were prosecuted, but once again their fines were less than their profits. If we can't get our gov't's to punish these large multi-national companies, the transfer of wealth that the richest 1% have been orchestrating will continue and in the not too distant future they will steal every bit of wealth every one else has - or near enough to that as to make no difference. We're well on our way there already, where the 300 richest people have more wealth than the 4 billion (yes, BILLION!) poorest people in the world combined. There's a reason why that fellow who, let's say, "cast out" a certain health industry executive was not seen as the bad guy by a majority of the public. Not saying that's right, but . . .

  • @marley7659
    @marley7659 10 годин тому

    I am glad that I don’t buy any meat or animal products anymore. There is rarely any food that I buy that I need to worry about. Only chocolate is a worry because so many brands add dairy and don’t write it on the ingredient list. Lots of people have been hospitalized due to this. Normally callbacks happen. Still scares me.

  • @macsnafu
    @macsnafu 7 годин тому

    I found a cheaper test for honey. Buy the honey container that's mostly crystallized! Corn syrup won't crystallize like honey does.
    Of course none of these things would be wrong if they weren't trying to pass them off as something they're not. If the label says "honey sauce" or "honey syrup", then it's not pure honey, but some kind of blend.

  • @garybyma7502
    @garybyma7502 9 годин тому

    In a slightly different vein, the demand for kopi luwak, one of the world's most expensive coffee varieties has led to the practice of keeping civets in cages and feeding them a diet of mainly coffee berries. This is problematic for a number of reasons. The poor treatment and welfare of these animals is significant. Civets are wild animals that require a diverse diet and space to roam, which is not possible in cages.
    The practice of feeding captive population a diet almost exclusively of peaberries can lead to health problems in the civets due to their restricted diet, as well as the poor living conditions experienced. Farmed or in this case, caged animals are more susceptible to disease.
    Greed and the profit motive leads to these inhumane practices.

  • @WatchThis2025
    @WatchThis2025 57 хвилин тому

    I ALWAYS check my vanilla in my Isotope ratio mass spectrometer before I use it

  • @LindaBforlorenhare
    @LindaBforlorenhare Годину тому

    Cool that there is finally a scientific way to detect olive oil fraud. But, if lower quality olive oil, like olive lamp oil, was mixed with EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil) from the same orchard, would that be detectable? I think that would pass the DNA tests.

  • @A3Kr0n
    @A3Kr0n 10 годин тому

    No way would I ever buy those overpriced socks. How can I trust a scammer?

  • @LilyoftheValeyrising
    @LilyoftheValeyrising 8 годин тому

    Most olive oil these days is cut with other types of oils and still labeled olive oil.

  • @kenthehobo
    @kenthehobo 10 годин тому +1

    Food fraud? Like oat milk?

  • @ericbartol
    @ericbartol 7 годин тому

    7:00 Are there a lot of vanillin villains?

  • @panzerveps
    @panzerveps 7 годин тому

    My GF's parents live close to a vanillin factory. You get really tired of the smell after a while...

  • @sea-abyssal
    @sea-abyssal 8 годин тому

    Reminds me so much of the story behind the Austrian Wine Poisoning situation

    • @HKduane
      @HKduane 4 години тому

      The Laos one too

  • @snowmiaow
    @snowmiaow 16 годин тому +6

    Most of this has been going on for decades.

  • @mm-yt8sf
    @mm-yt8sf 8 годин тому

    to get around dna testing for olive oil they just have to cut it with "slightly slutty olive oil". since people can't pre-taste a sealed bottle they just have to go on the promise of the label 😞

  • @mosescelica17
    @mosescelica17 15 годин тому +3

    Honey is pretty easy to tell apart from fructose addled ripoffs, honey is unlikely to remain sticky when you rub it between your fingers.

    • @vectorwolf
      @vectorwolf 14 годин тому +2

      Corn syrup laced honey also won't crystallize. If your honey goes solid, it's legit.

  • @wams112
    @wams112 18 годин тому +6

    Thank you for the advice SciShow.

  • @dianasthings729
    @dianasthings729 3 години тому

    You left off saffron, It's a real problem how one can't even get real saffron in the US

  • @memofromessex
    @memofromessex 8 годин тому

    There was a test done on some kebab meat from kebabery in Leeds. The meat was "unknown"...mmm unknown meat!

  • @eljanrimsa5843
    @eljanrimsa5843 2 години тому

    If you watch your mercury intake, or watch your unethical harvested food intake, you're better off not eating the last real bluefin tuna

  • @Ryan256
    @Ryan256 5 годин тому

    I like this new hostess! 👍🏻

  • @crimsonraen
    @crimsonraen 34 хвилини тому

    Huh, here's for more food transparency! :)

  • @pootis5938
    @pootis5938 30 хвилин тому

    Ehh a cheap fish with beet juice beats all the toxic compounds in our food

  • @MultiAbstrak
    @MultiAbstrak 46 хвилин тому

    Whenever I see an article like this and they mention that it is historic, I am reminded of the Bible story where Jesus advocated for this with the dilution of wine and fish.

  • @lizardmilk
    @lizardmilk 8 годин тому

    Wait, Bombas?! What about awesome dock club?

  • @FraktalPriest
    @FraktalPriest 10 годин тому

    how does any of that help me? I know about it but it's still sold and I can't tell, except when it comes to high quality expensive honey.

  • @kingarmorgator
    @kingarmorgator 6 годин тому

    sounds like we need to redefine labeling and packaging standards...

  • @erikarussell1142
    @erikarussell1142 11 годин тому +1

    Bone apple tea

  • @Calex55KH
    @Calex55KH 6 годин тому

    so many comments about how they have allergies and the substitute might be better. It really just goes to show they could still be selling some of these products if they were just honest about the ingredients, lol

  • @bglrj
    @bglrj 8 годин тому

    Vanillin actually tastes better in blind tests

  • @schuringleon3207
    @schuringleon3207 13 годин тому +3

    Lamp Oil? Rope? Bombs?

  • @whimsicalhamster88
    @whimsicalhamster88 18 годин тому +18

    Seems really messed up to kill a fish just to eat its eggs.

    • @heyy13
      @heyy13 17 годин тому +3

      Modern cavier farming doesn't usually kill the fish. They're given c- sections.

    • @sm5574
      @sm5574 16 годин тому +5

      Sturgeon meat is eaten.

    • @snowmiaow
      @snowmiaow 16 годин тому +1

      Yeah, no thanks.

    • @Daniko2
      @Daniko2 14 годин тому

      Ikura (salmon roe) doesn't have that problem.

  • @nancycurtis7315
    @nancycurtis7315 14 годин тому +2

    You did not say that vanilla flaver also comes from glands near bum of animals. Commonly used.... just a thought.😂

  • @LordMondegrene
    @LordMondegrene 8 годин тому

    Foodcrime?
    Like when my sister makes her Choking Hazard Curry?

  • @Bartholomeow141
    @Bartholomeow141 8 годин тому

    Scallops are easy.. a real scallops muscle is vertical.. skate wing muscle runs horizontally and skate is close in taste and texture

  • @roaldpage
    @roaldpage 2 години тому

    Tuna often is higher in bio-accumulated mercury than some other fish, so some of the tuna fakes might be safer than tuna itself if they are from fish lower on the food chain. Personally I don't eat tuna. In part because of the mercury content, and in part because I just don't like the taste or smell of it.

  • @3_letter_animal
    @3_letter_animal 8 годин тому +1

    Looks like an akatsuki dress :D

  • @theskilllessgamer5795
    @theskilllessgamer5795 13 годин тому +1

    Food crimes are not punished hard enough. Usually it is just some fines undoing the illegal profit.

  • @gokoo123
    @gokoo123 2 години тому

    This whole episode was like
    Tasty treat :)
    Or is it? :/
    There's a test for that :)

  • @NGBigfield
    @NGBigfield 17 годин тому +5

    Scishow advertising socks that are not "Awesome"?!
    I am shocked

  • @Ryan256
    @Ryan256 5 годин тому

    Good!

  • @Nazuiko
    @Nazuiko 6 годин тому

    Synthetic Vanilla is organically and molecularly identical to natural vanilla. Its really easy to grow the "extract" in a lab, and is in every way indistinguishable from the stuff harvested from a plant. Ultimately its just a chemical reaction, and if we understand the process well enough we can engineer it at mass production scale, which is great for something as useful and high demand as vanilla that is also quite rare and special in the natural world.
    Its like worrying that your water is synthetic lab made water from hydrogen and oxygen gases being mixed in tubes and not collected directly out of aquifers or rivers.

    • @saltrifle9214
      @saltrifle9214 5 годин тому

      This isn't about synthetically derived chemicals, this is about people using a completely different ingredient than what's on the label. Selling a completely different fish and calling it tuna could end very poorly for some people, unlike synthetic vs. natural vanilla.

  • @YuBeace
    @YuBeace 13 годин тому +2

    I am so sorry to all US citizens who will have to deal with an even further defunded FDA in the future.

  • @jamesschmitt9750
    @jamesschmitt9750 5 годин тому

    I miss Sci sho space yo