Many people like eating snacks, especially the kind you find on the streets. Some steer clear of all street food after seemingly innocent chuanr left them with horrible intestinal distress. Many of the following snacks are rumored to contain hogwash oil.

Hogwash oil isn’t some kind of complicated way to indicate we’re pulling your leg – hogwash oil is actually refined, inedible waste oil which should never be eaten and if not disposed of properly can cause terrible pollution. It’s also becoming a big business in China. If you routinely enjoy street food, and want to keep it that way, you might not want to read on.

Stinky Tofu (Smelly Tofu) 臭豆腐

Hazard rating: ★★★★

Preference rating: ★★★

Rumored to contain: Ferrous sulfate, alum, scrap heap

Accusation: Chemical ferrous sulfate is used to dye the tofu black

Hot-hot-hot Malatang 麻辣烫

Hazard rating: ★★★★★

Preference rating: ★★★★

Rumored to contain: opium, hogwash oil, Hydrogen Peroxide, formalin, PPA

Accusation: Malatang is really opium soup

Embryo Egg 毛鸡蛋

Hazard rating: ★★★★★

Preference rating: ★★★

Rumored to contain: Parasites and germs

Accusation: Contains many harmful bacteria

Chuanr 烤肉串

Hazard rating: ★★★★

Preference rating: ★★★★

Rumored to contain: Stray cats, pigs, nitrite

Accusation: Selling cat meat as mutton. Is the kabob you eat really mutton?

Steamed Dumplings 包子

Hazard rating: ★★

Preference rating: ★★★★★

Rumored to contain: pork sarcoma, plaster

Accusation: Pork sarcoma are used by some bad sellers as the filling of the dumplings

Deep-Fried Pancakes and Deep-Fried Dough Sticks (You Tiao) 油饼、油条

Hazard rating: ★★★

Preference rating: ★★★★★

Rumored to contain: Too much aluminum, DDVP, hogwash oil

Accusation: Too much aluminum and DDVP are used in deep-fried dough sticks

Seafood Sidewalk Booth 海鲜排挡

Hazard rating: ★★★

Preference rating: ★★★★

Rumored to contain: Parasites, mercury, formaldehydeAccusation: There’s formaldehyde in the seafood

Jian Bing 煎饼果子

Hazard rating: ★★★

Preference rating: ★★★★

Rumored to contain: Hogwash oil, pigment of citron yellow and expired ham

Accusation: Some street sellers are using dirty hogwash oil to cook the think pancakes

Roasted Sweet Potato 烤红薯

Hazard rating: ★★★

Preference rating: ★★

Key words: Chemical barrel and Alternaria brassicicola

Accusation: The barrel they’re using to roast the sweet potatoes once held chemicals

Fried Chicken Wings 炸鸡翅

Hazard rating: ★★

Preference rating: ★★★★

Rumored to contain: sweet potato powder, rotten chicken wings

Accusation: Spicy chicken wings are made of rotten chicken wings in some fast food restaurants