Those who've been partial to crabsticks, which are widely sold in UK supermarkets, have admitted they may never eat one again, after seeing how they're made.

A user posted a clip of the process on Reddit which shows how a factory in Thailand creates the sticks - which have a red dye casing and white 'meat' inside. 

Those who watched the footage admitted they were baffled after finding out how they are created - with one dubbing them 'fish hotdogs'. 

So, how are they made? First up, grey slabs of frozen fish meat go up a conveyer belt and into a machine where it is crushed.

 

 

It's then moved to another machine, where other ingredients - salt and egg white - are added to the now rather dull-looking blend of meat.

Many ice cubes are then poured into the mixture and then the factory worker adds sugar and vegetable oil. 

A gigantic blue rotating disk is then put into the machine, which prompts a thick, beige mixture - reminiscent of slime - to come out. 

The fish meat is then pureed and blended and rolled into a long, continuous strip, where it is then encased in it's distinctive orange coating, which is naturally pigmented surimi.

Surimi is a paste made from fish or other meat and it can come in many different shapes, forms and textures.

It's often used to mimic lobster, crab, grilled Japanese eel or shellfish.

The crabsticks are then wrapped in plastic and frozen as they are stuffed in boxes by employees, ready to be distributed to our shop floor. 

According to the original source of the video, which was posted on YouTube, the video was taken from inside the world's largest crabstick factory. 

 

First, numerous grey slabs of frozen fish meat go up a conveyer belt and into a machine where it is crushed

It's then moved to another machine, where other ingredients - salt and egg white - are added to the rather dull-looking blend of meat

 

A gigantic blue rotating disk is then put into the machine, which prompts a thick, beige mixture - reminiscent of slime - to come out

They produce 40,000 tons of the fishy food each year and distribute them to 37 countries around the globe.

Shocked viewers of the video expressed their disbelief on Reddit over what they had just watched. 

One person wrote: 'Watching processed food being made really puts you off.'

Another penned: 'So basically fish hotdogs.'

A third said: 'The only ingredient I could identify was the ice.'

A fourth commented: 'Yeah I don't want any f****** to do with that lmao.'

Another joked: 'Everything ok hun? You've hardly touched your grey.'  

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Shocked viewers of the video expressed their disbelief on Reddit over what they had just watched