“I didn't believe something as repulsive could exist.”
Documentary look at how gutter oil is produced
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When I saw a video[1] about Chinese gutter oil, I didn't believe something as repulsive could exist. I was wrong. [1] this video
The Making Of 'Gutter Oil'
7.3M views · May 2, 2013 · 2:39 · 0 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2018–2025
A Radio Free Asia report from its China food safety series on how "gutter oil" is recovered from sewers and waste and sold on to cheap restaurants and street vendors.
Why Hacker News points people here: Cited as a documentary look at gutter oil and as an example of restaurant cost-cutting and food safety problems.
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“cooking oil is retrieved/derived from random unsafe sources such as sewers”
Shows gutter oil recovery from unsafe sources
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Such as using Gutter Oil (not limited to delivery), a practice where cooking oil is retrieved/derived from random unsafe sources such as sewers, a practice thought to be common in parts of China: link this video
“it shows a cost cutting measure (gutter oil)”
Shows gutter oil as a cost cutting measure
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This video is funded by he American government so I'm not sure how biased it is, but it shows a cost cutting measure (gutter oil): this video
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>It's not toxic per se, but you can't just dump it down the drain. That's what the gutter is for: this video