A popular sushi topping, "Tampico", is made by blending chiles, mayonnaise, and imitation crab.

Pollock has a very mild flavor, making it ideal for the processing and artificial flavoring of imitation crab.

I had gone "shopping" around the Dome and managed to find imitation crab with seafood sauce, cream cheese, and Triscuits.

One example that can be found in the West is kanikama (also known as kani kamaboko), or imitation crab.

Goodbye, imitation crab; hello "crab-flavored seafood made with surimi, a fully cooked fish protein."

Then the market collapsed for surimi, the imitation crab and lobster meat that is Arctic Alaska's biggest product.

Quality imitation crab is usually lower in cholesterol than real crab meat, but is also highly processed.

Angel hair with baby shrimp, scallops and lobster substituted surimi (imitation crab) for lobster.

They are also less wet and stringy than the imitation crab routinely used in sushi bars.

Pacific whiting (hake) is primarily made into surimi, a minced fish product used to make imitation crab and other products.