TikTok video reveals how sliced ham is really made… and the result is turning stomachs
- TikTokers vow never to eat ham again after finding out how it’s made
- A shocking clip showing how the product is made has horrified viewers
A shocking video has surfaced showing shoppers how sliced ham is actually made, and many vow never to eat it again.
Claiming to be filmed in a food factory, the TikTok shows how pink sludge is seamlessly transformed into an everyday food item.
Horrified viewers, who initially thought the product was pink ice cream, wonder how their food is actually made.
A woman named Tantie dug up the clip and shared it on her TikTok account, @thatafricanchick2, captioning the post: “I don’t want to believe this.”
TikTokers vow never to eat sliced ham again after a shocking clip showed how the products are actually made
The everyday food item begins its journey as a pink blob, before being flattened and heated to reach the end result
The video begins with a large jar of assorted pink goo, which a factory worker scrapes into a yellow tub.
The contents are then dispensed in individual loaf-shaped tins by a masked man wearing a safety apron, bright white boots and a sprayer.
The cans are then flung onto a work surface to aerate and flatten the mixture before being placed in an oven.
After some time, the mixture, which has acquired a golden brown color and looks even more like a loaf of bread, is brought to temperature and taken out.
The contents are then stacked on a slicer, revealing the light pink interior of the product.
Accompanying the clip, Tantie wrote, “What in the world, watch to the end, this can’t be real,” alongside three surprised-looking emojis.
The video has been viewed 8.6 million times by curious TikTokers who couldn’t help but watch the horror.
More than 40,000 users flooded the comments section, with many admitting they initially had no idea what the mixture was.
One asked, “What’s in the Ghost Busters pink slime surprise?”
Others continued to wonder what had been added to the mixture at the factory. One user wrote, “What the hell kind of chemicals are they using to be so suitable!”
The sliced ham resembles a loaf of bread before it is sliced. After being placed in separate cans, the mixture is heated until golden brown
“They’re wrapped up like it’s highly contagious or poisonous,” another agreed.
An exasperated TikToker wrote: “I give up. I’m just going to be hungry.’
It is not the first time that people have been shocked by the contents of a household product. Earlier this year, Aussie’s discovered what vegemite is made of.
An episode of ABC’s Greatest Australian Stuff revealed that the polarizing seasoning is made from “brewer’s waste” – a by-product of beer.
In the episode, a brown liquid is poured into a factory tub, with the narrator adding, “This is the brown sludge at the bottom of your VB factory.”
After a clip of the episode was shared on Facebook, hundreds of Vegamite-loving Australians couldn’t believe they didn’t know the process.
‘Now I know why I like it so much,’ one commented, another said, ‘YUM! Especially now that I know I eat beer.’