the hawkers are dam honest with their answers here. respect for the honesty and help they offered the team. really respect to them as it helps with the research and adds to my knowledge (i'm gonna make some changes to the food i consume)
@vedd2603
13 күн бұрын
Why are they named hawkers?
@Lena-vw6ye
13 күн бұрын
@@vedd2603 makeshift stalls and cheap fried street food
@user-iw5yf2nn9w
13 күн бұрын
Lol u actually believe that
@harryharrison362
13 күн бұрын
@@vedd2603 They are selling hawks
@JoyJoy_Life
13 күн бұрын
@@IendleasereitRespect? what about feeding customers of cancerous stuff for a long time, is it "respectful" ?
@beedeebee179
13 күн бұрын
To be fair, many fast food restaurants reused their oil as many time as well. So, not exclusively hawker fried food. If that is a concern, cook at home , avoid eating out.
@grettzmendoza951
13 күн бұрын
No wonder why so many fat people
@RL-fj9jg
13 күн бұрын
the difference is, fast food restaurants change their oil every night.
@Iendleasereit
13 күн бұрын
Mos burger, long john silver, i got a shock when i saw my cheese black recently and it hit me they reused their oil like crazy
@Iendleasereit
13 күн бұрын
@@RL-fj9jg they also have extremely high volume
@OCK1995
13 күн бұрын
@@RL-fj9jg I used to work in KFC many years ago. and nope, at least KFC definitely doesn't change their oil every night. filter then yes.
@KCC22211
13 күн бұрын
These hawkers contribute to a smaller percentage. I like to know about the bigger restaurants and fast food chains like McDonald’s, BK, Popeyes and KFC
@Iendleasereit
13 күн бұрын
EXACTLY! the mos burger and long john is scary!
@bloodlove93
13 күн бұрын
you don't wanna know... some clips we've gotten occasionally are micro demonstrations in how horrid it is...don't eat there
@li5321
13 күн бұрын
I used to work in McDonald's and the oil can get quite dark like in the videos with the hawkers, but generally it gets changed a few times a day as there are different vats of oil to use so it's easier in that way. Also, it's more high tech so it drain the oil itself, the worker just needs to add new oil to it.
@MarioMariaMario
13 күн бұрын
They're no worse for sure. These joints change the oil multiple times a day and have probably cleaner kitchens than the hawkers. On the other hand their ingredients are toxic af. Avoid both and live better and longer :)
@arsenal_84
12 күн бұрын
Can include old Chang keng as well.
@apexcapital1328
13 күн бұрын
As someone who has been in the food industry for over 2 decades I’ll share some thoughts. Oil is expensive and you’ll be lucky to see them change it out once a week. With that said the most dangerous part is the chemicals used to clean out the fryer if not used correctly, so keep that in mind.
@gnz8v
13 күн бұрын
Absolutely. Cleaning those thick greases require some strong special chemicals. Rising with water only won’t really wash off. Scary.
@aaronlimeuchin7352
12 күн бұрын
@@gnz8v I second your comment. I once work at a five-star hotel kitchen. Every day sharp at 3 am, the cleaning team would come to clean the whole kitchen. They use potent and corrosive chemical detergents (more potent and corrosive than the brand Chlorox detergent) to clean the kitchen machinery like deep fryer, the steamer, the wok, etc. The hot water vapor plus the chemical would get my eyes red and itchy if I get close to the vapor.
@simonk5571
11 күн бұрын
why do humans eat fried food?
@lostandwastedtime
11 күн бұрын
@@aaronlimeuchin7352 can confirm. Worked same industry and you definitely don't want to breathe it in
@cyclopsvision6370
10 күн бұрын
If you expect a hawker to change the oil in the deep fryer after 3 orders, you are sadly mistaken
@kirksulu
12 күн бұрын
People are concern about oil being reuse multiple times, but when the oil is changed everyday, they complain why food prices have gone up.
@Choveck
8 күн бұрын
Are these people in the room with us right now?
@projekt84
6 күн бұрын
@@Choveck Have you read restaurant reviews? All people do is complain about price
@lars2894
Күн бұрын
People complain about price because restaurants generally act shady and refuse to disclose reasons behind them. You don't see a single person complaining about restaurants that they TRUST, when managers openly and calmly lay out the reasons and are willing to answer further questions. Besides, in order to change habit, they first have to acknowledge to the public that they were knowingly practicing all this unhealthy stuff for years and years. And most business owners have no interest in admitting fault.
@DTYY941
30 минут бұрын
Govt is able to subsidize and help on this. It is about health
@helloworld12
12 күн бұрын
I worked at a Japanese restaurant as a tempura guy. We changed cooking oil every end of the shift even if there was only single order of tempura for the whole day. Not only change cooking oil but wash the entire deep fryer until everything looks brand new and rinse out numerous times. The first thing I did at the beginning of the shift next day was refilling the cooking oil and heat it up. I thought every businesses were like this.
@poom323
12 күн бұрын
How much the food cost there?
@xcel5203
11 күн бұрын
I guess you guys don't have inflation.
@helloworld12
11 күн бұрын
@@poom323 it was just a normal Japanese restaurant that normal people can afford. Definitely wasn’t a fancy place and was owned by a couple in their 50s.
@helloworld12
11 күн бұрын
@@xcel5203 we do have inflation. Every economy has inflation. Without inflammation, economy wouldn’t be advancing. Rapid inflation is what society is trying to avoid.
@zerase84
11 күн бұрын
@@poom323 katsu curry rice cost less than SGD $10 or 1100 yen. dont believe just watch some videos, they have most of the ingredients home grown. sg imports everything, as long it isn't stuff from malaysia or indonesia its expensive.
@jag4064
13 күн бұрын
Dont blame the hawkers…. The cost of changing the cooking oil too frequent, is a bomb.
@warilban
13 күн бұрын
The cost is one thing, like the first guy said, he'd have to reheat a new freaking tub of oil every like 5 orders. That is completely unfeasible
@user-gl4ii4su4m
13 күн бұрын
Nobody blaming is just doing a research and hawkers are honest enough to reply… How about fast food? Like KFC, McDonald’s ,Aston etc all those restaurants?Will they be as honest as hawkers to reply?Which I don’t think so…
@JoyJoy_Life
13 күн бұрын
@@jag4064 yes, blame us too cheapo eat at hawker center. Not hardworking enough like those Atas people only eat at reputable restaurants
@sangeet9100
12 күн бұрын
blame the corrupt regulators or lack of regulations. If cost is more, the price will be more and the consumption will be less; so the general health will improve and you save on medical expenses. But then who wants strain their brains reasoning?!
@beedeebee179
12 күн бұрын
@@warilban Cooling down is another 4 hours. Not feasible at all.
@zuckmedic
13 күн бұрын
Love the fact they mention it is safe to reuse and giving tips on how to do it properly. Alot of other channels just straight out say discard the oil after single use. Not everyone is willing to throw away their money like that, yk?
@Vikingsroar
13 күн бұрын
Well better to throw away the used oil 🪔 than to harm our health right? In our house 🏡 we throw away any used oil after one use 😅
@juliangrinblat955
12 күн бұрын
@@Vikingsroar it's not only about the money, it's also about wasting perfectly usable oil. You know, it's a limited resource...
@gemmameidia8438
12 күн бұрын
@@Vikingsroarit would be different case when you use it in home scale compared to bussines one, like imagine thworing away a lot of oil in a day from bunch of hawkers
@brendon1689
12 күн бұрын
@@juliangrinblat955 what do you mean by that? i think you're confusing cooking oil with fossil fuels cooking oil of all types are produced by plants
@juliangrinblat955
12 күн бұрын
@@brendon1689 lol no, you're right, finite was not the right word there I guess, although technically we are limited in how much cooking oil we can produce, we can produce enough of it for everyone. All I tried to say is, no point in wasting perfectly usable cooking oil
@willmorris8198
12 күн бұрын
As someone who has worked in a restaurant and worked fry station, we reused our oil for 3-4 days before changing it and deep cleaning the fryer. However, every night we would drain the oil into a compartment below the fryer and do a light cleaning of the fryer (just getting all the food particles out), then there was a mechanism that sucked the oil through a filter which filtered out all the food particles and sucked it back into the fryer. Then the compartment would be taken to the dishwashers where it was cleaned and the filter changed. This was done on every night except for 2 days of a week on which we would empty and discard the oil, deep clean the inside of the fryer, and fill it with new oil.
@eva31s
13 күн бұрын
To be safe, just ignore fried foods. OR fried your food at home... Hawker's still need to control costing...
@yapj0002
13 күн бұрын
Think again. Hawkers scoop the oil from their frying oil pot to cook. They also never use fresh oil to cook.
@saupin002
13 күн бұрын
You are definitely not bright at all. Avoiding it isn't a solution. It's the same as telling people to avoid going out due to the fear of getting hit by cars or other moving vehicles. Can't believe your logic still exists!!
@lingfengge6666
13 күн бұрын
Or avoid eating at such food stalls. Eating fried food at a decent restaurant is much better.
@theotheleo6830
13 күн бұрын
@@saupin002 wtf are you on about? You have the ability to choose what you eat, do you not? The only person who is forcing you to eat fried foods is you. Talk about not being bright.
@theotheleo6830
13 күн бұрын
@@lingfengge6666 "Decent" restaurants also reuse their oil.
@KatJade269
13 күн бұрын
Frankly, how many hawker will change the oil after each round of frying. Just avoid deep fried food when eating out as much as possible.
@Vikingsroar
13 күн бұрын
U r absolutely right..deep fried food in itself is already very unhealthy 😅and I'm sure we've seen some oils that are black too ! Lol those for sure will turn us off eating their deep fried food altogether lol
@BlackCat-fg2zw
12 күн бұрын
But it's a shame for the sellers if no one buys, many of them support their families from the proceeds of their sales, sometimes the profit from sales is so thin that it's not enough to cover the capital.
@jiaxing4211
13 күн бұрын
Diana ser is the real mvp. working at an NH to experience it, scraping out the oils together with hawkers. kudos to her!
@EverythingArchitecture247
13 күн бұрын
Not afraid to get her hands dirty. Kudos. 👏 👏 👏
@EverythingArchitecture247
13 күн бұрын
Not afraid to get her hands dirty. Kudos. 👏 👏 👏
@JoyJoy_Life
13 күн бұрын
@@jiaxing4211Some of these store got grade A, B...... Big slap to HSA, food hygiene department.
@gnz8v
13 күн бұрын
If you are a journalist you will really know how impressive she is. It’s almost impossible to get stubborn and mostly unfriendly hawkers to even talk for a start. She’s really really good in persuading.
@Dell96kill
12 күн бұрын
real journalist work unlike other journalists going drama not talking about everyday life
@Tansel97
13 күн бұрын
i still feel that the hawkers were honest and upfront about their practices. Now since the authorities have these information in hand, they can work together with frying machine suppliers to allow easy oil change frying machines for the sake of the health of consumers and the lower cost of hawkers. We hope that this will bring some light to what we are eating.
@crosbyong
13 күн бұрын
An interesting, honest and fair report. Thank you, hawkers and Diana.
@Iendleasereit
13 күн бұрын
agree. the hawkers are super super honest here. really respect to them
@NavyBlue2020
13 күн бұрын
Honestly, I don’t want to make my problem their problem. They’re running a business, after all. If you’re not willing to take the risk, cook your own food or choose something else to eat instead.
@saupin002
13 күн бұрын
You are definitely not bright at all. Avoiding it isn't a solution. It's the same as telling people to avoid going out due to the fear of getting hit by cars or other moving vehicles. Can't believe your logic still exists!!
@NavyBlue2020
13 күн бұрын
@@saupin002 Yeah, I must be really dumb for getting into NUS. Clearly, you're the smart one here. By the way, the solution I described is actually considered accommodating, not avoiding. I guess you know it better.
@JoyJoy_Life
13 күн бұрын
@@NavyBlue2020 it is your telling us to keep our mouth shut?
@kees0913.
12 күн бұрын
@@saupin002Yep you are the brightest guy here. Go get a license and be a hawker and then use oil only once and charged accordingly. Let's see how it works out for you. Just be realistic businesses need efficiency and profit. Especially hawkers which depend on customer flow, more frequently a transaction is done more profit for living. Cheap and quick is the only way. Just avoid it if u can, if you can't just ignore it. Otherwise provide solutions not problems for hawkers. Solutions that keep them living not only u getting healthy. U are such a "bright" guy should have solutions right ?
@aaronlimeuchin7352
12 күн бұрын
@@JoyJoy_Life he is being logical here, who so salty with his answer? And yes, you should just stfu, no offense, man.
@alleneng
13 күн бұрын
theres not one single restaurant/kitchen on this planet that uses oil just once, that would be stupid
@everykneeshallbowzao
12 күн бұрын
True. But changing your oil once a week is insane.
@SmartDumbNerdyCool
12 күн бұрын
Once is the cleanest
@t-.-t.
12 күн бұрын
In India they change once a year and clean once in hundred years 😂
@everykneeshallbowzao
12 күн бұрын
@@t-.-t. nonsense.
@shiraishi1
12 күн бұрын
Real bro@@t-.-t.
@zlfdhlyslaimn
13 күн бұрын
Baik ah Haryadi. Tak sia2 email CNA suruh buat investigation..👍🏻
@rikiyaaragaki
9 күн бұрын
his name is very indonesian, i've met someone who's named haryadi aswell
@nkiruokon3547
8 күн бұрын
@@rikiyaaragakiso?
@rikiyaaragaki
8 күн бұрын
@@nkiruokon3547 I'm just saying tf
@wileamyp
6 күн бұрын
Here in Indonesia, we joke around reused oil (minyak jelantah) and fried foods in general. Have you heard about adding plastic bags to make the fritters crispier?
@zlfdhlyslaimn
6 күн бұрын
@@wileamyp siak ah!!!🤮
@tarunleft123
11 күн бұрын
It is unbeleivable that this episode has come out so late in Talking Point series despite being how prevelant deep frying in oil is in our food these days. Thank you and keep up the good work on making the public more informed about the choices that they have as consumers.
@kohzhixiong3932
13 күн бұрын
Worked part time in fast food during my schooling days. They aren't any better
@TheRattyBiker
13 күн бұрын
Also... I've spoken to a local takeaway before and it turns out "oil purifiers" are a big money business - these are basically multilayered filter systems, black oil goes in clean "new" oil comes out - in actual fact it's just heavily filtered well burned oil.
@JoyJoy_Life
13 күн бұрын
@@TheRattyBiker please disclose those company
@SaBoTeUr2001
13 күн бұрын
My dad used to keep a perpetual deep fat fryer. We'd skim the debris from it every time we used it, and if the oil level looked low, added more oil. That oil never got changed! Anyway, after he died (heart failure, no surprise), I retired that frying pan. I almost never deep fry anything now, just air-fry or oven bake.
@ab-hi-sh-ek-l4x
13 күн бұрын
Oil reuse wasn't defined at all. I think cycling the oil cold to hot to cold counts as one use. Not frying each batch of food.
@SVURulez
13 күн бұрын
I thought that too. If it's constantly in use then that has to count as one use.
@peter65zzfdfh
12 күн бұрын
@@SVURulezyeah for sure, otherwise why would 1 chip be as bad a 1 thing of fish etc. I think places like this should change with every heat cycle. Every 2 pieces of food would be absurd and wasteful.
@brendon1689
12 күн бұрын
i'm not going to agree or disagree but here is an explanation for all of you let's say you have 2L of oil you don't actually have 2L of oil, instead you have whatever millions of molecules of chains of sugar when you cook, just like when you eat, you break open these sugars to release energy so whenever you have any heat exposure, you are using these up even if the liquid volume has not changed that much the oil as a whole becomes weaker and weaker as you use it up and as the amount of impurities increases this is why oil is labelled with directions to store it in a cool and dry place
@ChiiSiAn
11 күн бұрын
the amount of food you cook with the oil is the most important factor, if you cook the same amount of food in one day as someone else in five days. the oil will turn out to be about the same quality after.
@kizarumelon2477
10 күн бұрын
Nah. We change it based on color. When it gets dark change it. If not dark keep it
@anonanon7235
13 күн бұрын
Back in the early 1990s, I used to work at McDonalds. They used to have a special guy come in every MONTH to drain the oil vat and refill with new hydrogenated oil. During that month, we just ADDED oil as needed (there was a minimum oil line). Oh, and don't try to see the smoke at the fry station, above it is a VERY powerful exhaust fan, and it just hurls any smoke out VERY quickly. But I will tell you this, the oil color is quite dark.
@vivagusto1072
13 күн бұрын
I have to put up with smoke spewing out of the kitchen exhaust of a popular fast food joint every time I use the park 😖
@peter65zzfdfh
12 күн бұрын
In the 1990s I worked there. We didn’t use oil at all, it was all beef tallow.
@xcel5203
12 күн бұрын
That's quite incredible - that means the sediments in the fryer are being not repeatedly fried but actually continuously fried . That means you're frying carbon - I shudder to think what will be the chemical composition of the sludge at the bottom of the fryer .
@noproblematallmate
12 күн бұрын
As a western hawker to all other hawker, please filter and boil out your fryer everyday. Oil no need to change everyday. But filter and boil out is a must. No sludge in your oil please for the good of public health. I myself filter using cloth bag everyday. It is easy if you have the right process.😊
@Livelovelaughes
13 күн бұрын
This open my mind i will not want to eat fried stuff as often anymore 🤮 🤢 the uncle is very nice showing us such a shocking tideous process of cleaning oil
@duskshadow25
11 күн бұрын
Most of these oil restaurants or fast food uses seed oil, and seed oil are not meant to be consumed (vegetable oil, canola oil, corn oil, etc.) Seed oils are called polyunsaturated fatty acids. Poly -> Many Unsaturated -> Fragile oil or unstable oil These oils are considered as part of altering food category, which they use in industrial processing where they're heating, adding hexane, which is a solvent that's gasoline. They go through all these process where you as consumer see on a shelf inside a supermarket as a very refined oil, and the reason they do this is because they can sit on the shelves for long period of time. We consume about 25%-30% of our calories from these oil. If you start reading the ingredients, it's pretty much in almost everything. When you're frying food in these oil, you're essentially frying other altered process ingredients in this altered process ingredients. For example, when you're frying doughnuts, which is a pure alter process ingredient, you're heating starch or sugar with fat, which create sticky protein in our bodies. This process is called glycation. This sticky protein that enters our body is going to clog everything up and cause dysfunction. Let's say you're eating fried chicken. People don't just fry the chicken only as it is because they're going to coated it with starch, which is an alter process ingredient, flour and many other ingredients. Now we're combining heat + fat + protein = more sticky substance in your body. Think of these as toxic sugar, and you'll notice it very clearly because people who have an aged skin that looks like tree skins with cracks in between. When you go to these restaurants, as the video mentioned above, they're not going to change oil after every few usage because it's not cost effective and also very time consuming. So it's very common for them to use it for the entire day and often few days to a week. Essentially, they're reheating it hundreds of times day after day cooking your food. The more they heat these oil, the more toxic the food becomes. When they found the process to develop these seed oils back in 1865, it was not meant for human consumption. These polyunsaturated fatty acids are meant to support our membrane. Inside these cells, they have more little things that do all the work, and each thing has a bag around it, which is a membrane. Mitochondria is also in here. Mitochondria is important because they're the powerhouse of cells, and nearly every disease is related to dysfunctional mitochondria. Seed oils can get into these membranes and replace the membranes. And the biggest damaging effect from these seed oils are what they do to your mitochondria, which is why seed oils lead to insulin resistance. Then the after effects are fatty liver, obesity, heart disease, increase your risk of cancer, and the list goes on. Seed oils already heated by the time you purchase them. This is what cause them to have byproduct, which is what we called oxidation. You can think of oxidation as rusting up, but the seed oils are not being burned up by the bodies, and instead they're clogged up in our bodies. There are more healthy oils out there such as coconut oil, avocado oil, palm oil, olive oil, and even butter and ghee are fine too. But just keep in mind that it doesn't matter how good of oil you use, if you heat it too much and bring it to a smoking point, it still will become toxic. And the longer you bring it to that smoking point, the more toxic it becomes. Instead of deep fried food, you can opt for pan fried or stir fried or even air fried.
@maozedong7536
11 күн бұрын
Deserves more likes
@yolandaray6862
5 күн бұрын
❤
@UberBaby168
13 күн бұрын
Do we know how many times oil is reused in McDonald’s, KFC, BK, Four Fingers, etc? Their frying volume is enormous.
@annelin6376
13 күн бұрын
i actually think the big fastfood chains probably change their oils more frequently because they are big companies with more economies of scale and more quality control in place
@Ahmed-gg4oz
13 күн бұрын
@@annelin6376 Their oil is also used a lot compared to others
@JoyJoy_Life
13 күн бұрын
@@annelin6376 really you think they are safe. There is a listed company selling curry puff , go and check their oil, then you will be shocked
@paparoti4006
12 күн бұрын
Sure got foteign trash RMs from mec kfsee watching this. Can comment or afraid lose job ?
@RizkhyDestatama
12 күн бұрын
it should be daily. also they fried at lower temperature because they use pressure fryer.
@wakingmoments2023
13 күн бұрын
Kudos to the hawkers for being honest. Big fast food chains change the oil 3-5 days later. I was told directly by the operation manager when my fish burger was very very dark, prior to Covid. After that incident, I cut fast food down drastically.
@amyschneidhorst1384
13 күн бұрын
Thank you very much for this report! I have often wondered how many times it is safe to use oil in home cooking. Discerning the quality of fast food is much more difficult. As we cannot control the cooking conditions, it is up to us to limit our consumption.
@Creamypie626
12 күн бұрын
Once a week is child's play. I once worked at fastfood. We replace our oil once a month. We cook several hundred batches of chicken in our fryers but we only change our oil once a month. We keep the oil "clean" by adding a filtering powder into it and then running it through the filter in our machine.
@richardmurphy555
13 күн бұрын
I still remember when i used to work in a bubble milk tea shop at my town i have this experience. Since the shop does offer fried food like fried hotdogs, fried calamari squids, etc, we change the frying oils when it turns cloudy or dark depending on how much we use it. Typically, if there are not many fried orders (since we only fry it when the customers order it), we change the oils once every 7 to 14 days, usually on Mondays since there is not a lot of fried food orders during that time and most orders are on the weekends, so the oils get darker quicker on the weekends. But on certain rare occasions where the customers order fried food constantly, we might change the oils after 2 or 3 days. I do find that fresh oils tend to cook faster, and the food is more fragrant, but the overly used oils tend to take an extra few minutes to fry the foods properly. Side note, we only turn on the frying stove when used, so it might take a while for the fresh/used oils to be heated up properly. The seniors of the shop taught the newbies a trick to use starch flour (while the oils are boiling) to collect the residue from previous frying when we are cleaning the frying stove or whenever we have free time and no fried orders. The starch collects some of the residue that is floating and the ones that already sunk down. We only clean it on cleaning day. This trick saves us a lot of time cleaning the sediment gunk 😂
@Iendleasereit
13 күн бұрын
thanks for sharing
@judychuang1241
13 күн бұрын
You mean throw starch flour into the hot oil?
@alwaabdrashid8644
12 күн бұрын
Do you mean just drizzle starch flour all over or starch flour that has been mixed with water?
@xcel5203
11 күн бұрын
Won't that cause the starch to get fried ?
@knockitdown20
6 күн бұрын
Ok may I suggest ministry officially allow hawkers to voluntarily register that they change oil daily? Then give these good hawkers a green label to display at their stall so that customers can see it, like an SG trust label. Good for business. Then government only need to spot check these few hawkers every once in a while to verify that their oil is recently changed. This simple measure will go a long way to protect the millions who eat hawker food every single day
@vivagusto1072
13 күн бұрын
I learned from video that oil can be "cleaned" with cornstarch and water; to judge oil degradation by its color is unreliable but what options other than to make our own or abstain from fried food altogether.
Ah yes, the biggest impact for my health in eating oily deep-fried food is how old the oil is.
@1chooOne
13 күн бұрын
Since I learned an about the effect of reusing oil a few years ago: we don’t reuse our oil or if we do no more than twice. Yes always filter oil if you are reusing and oil store in jars. But over all we also significantly reduced the number of times we cook deep fried foods
@lucretius8050
13 күн бұрын
Pity they didn't compare tupes of oil as well, i think the higher smoking point oils should fair better i think.
@Jeb9221
13 күн бұрын
Oh dear, this is so shocking. I had no Idea they changed their cooking oil only few times a week or even once a week!
@celestialstar124
13 күн бұрын
Scary that some only change after more than 10 days.
@JoyJoy_Life
13 күн бұрын
@@Jeb9221 Too late.....for the last 3 years lock down, all of us happily order and eating this KFC, hawker food....many kena cancer in this year 2024.
@Jeb9221
9 күн бұрын
@@JoyJoy_Life I work in oncology and there are, indeed, more and more people getting cancer. We have teenagers walking into our clinic 🥺
@itsalltakenup
9 күн бұрын
This is a great and balanced approach to the story.
@matt9445
13 күн бұрын
9.46 looked like I could see to the bottom of the stove. Didn’t know it was a reflection of the ceiling😅
@xcel5203
11 күн бұрын
Nice 😊
@mysisterisafoodie
11 күн бұрын
I worked at a restaurant we changed our oil once a week. And these were HUGE deep frying machines. But we would have a dedicated fryer for separate things, to avoid flavor mixing. Two fryers for French fries and potatoes only, one for fish, two for chicken, one for beef/lamb and one for vegetarian stuff
@tnductai
12 күн бұрын
Not many people know that the vegetable (seed) cooking oils are already highly processed and inflamatory, they look dark and thick after being extracted from the seeds with chemical, so they were processed to become ordorless, yellow. You all must avoid these oils, opt in for extra virgin olive oil, organic avocado oil, or any saturated oil (coconut, lard, tallow, duck). It is best to eat at home if you want to be healthy, if you eat out, then absolutely avoid frying food.
@peted3637
11 күн бұрын
True. Polyunsaturated oils are the WORST for frying as they oxidise very readily. Palm kernel oil is also another good saturated oil for frying.
@samsalot6115
11 күн бұрын
Dr berg follower?
@tnductai
11 күн бұрын
@@samsalot6115 dr. berg, dr. ekberg, bobby parish! ftw!
@moonstarsun633
13 күн бұрын
Should investigate those pasar malam stalls' cooking oil. That's really next level!
@Mao2Di2
13 күн бұрын
Absolutely agree! I don’t buy deep fried foods or cooked food in general from pasar malam stalls. The oily smell is nauseating most of the time unless they change the oil.
@moonstarsun633
12 күн бұрын
@@Mao2Di2 the vadai, the chicken skins, chicken wings, finger food are big no no
@moonstarsun633
12 күн бұрын
@@Mao2Di2 I'm not surprised the vendors don't change oil until the event is over!
@HurricaneBacklash
12 күн бұрын
@@Mao2Di2 Yeah, on top of that, you can literally smell the reused oil without even entering the pasar malam
@eymaslacker
13 күн бұрын
Does the type of oil affect this? Like soya bean, corn, peanut, vegetable? If there is a more effective oil, the hawkers might be more open to changing to that type. This type of video information is the type that really helps and we can see effort was put into it
@bunchklesy
12 күн бұрын
Wow! Kudos to Diana for actually trying the hand grime thing. Such professionalism. 👍👍👍
@MrRazorteeth
13 күн бұрын
McDonald's also used the oil until it turns black like kopi-o
@wnose
13 күн бұрын
Can you guys do an investigation into man made oils like canola oil, corn oil, etc versus natural oils like coconut oil and peanut oil? Dr. Kate Shanahan claims that man made oils, after exposure to high heat, are toxic to the human body. She says it's worse than smoking.
@Iendleasereit
13 күн бұрын
i second this
@jonathanpeters4240
13 күн бұрын
The best oils to fry in are animal fats. Vegetable oils are heavily processed poly unsaturated oils that oxidize quickly. It’s this that causes them to destroy your arteries and build plaque. Canola (rapeseed) oil was initially used as a substitute for whale blubber in lamps. Because it’s toxic it had to be heavily processed. Cottonseed oil is also toxic and must be processed. Corporations once had to pay to get rid of seed oils as waste products, so they decided to make it food and profit off of causing heart disease. There’s a reason why studies show eating more causes earlier death.
@YellowBunchofBananas
13 күн бұрын
Canola and corn are plants, same as peanuts.
@wnose
13 күн бұрын
@@YellowBunchofBananas Nightshade and castor beans are also plants but not so good for you.
@YellowBunchofBananas
13 күн бұрын
@@wnose I totally agree. Naive appeals to nature suggesting natural is better represent a fallacy. However, you were the one that drew the distinction by suggesting that seed oils were "man made" and not "natural". Care to explain yourself?
@u2ng-ny2us
13 күн бұрын
Thanks so much for filming this, no more deep fried food for me when eating out lol, not to forget outside food is so salty/ sweet, I don't know if I'm eating food or seasonings
@BTjs321456
13 күн бұрын
"Food Scientist" Mr Richard did not give an accurate enough explanation on why the oil used to fully cook the fried chicken wings has higher concentration of harmful substances. The oxidized fatty acids which contributes to arteries blood clots & harmful cancer-causing aldehydes formation are driven mainly by chemical reactions between water molecules(H2O which also maybe vaporizing into its hydrogen & free radical oxygen atom form when heated) & fatty acids(oil) in the presence of heat. The chicken wings need to be cooked & exposed to heat longer to be thoroughly cooked compare to his potato chips which is sliced thin & needs a shorter cooking time. The key culprits that determines the resultant concentration of harmful substances are the amount of water(including presence of other chemical additives you use in your seasoning, batter etc.) present in your volume of food which is available to leak into the deep fried oil for more massive chemical reactions & the duration you are heating your oil on high heat(bringing it nearer to the smoking point thus more unstable reactive breakdown temperature of your oil) to completely cook your food of choice. Oh & FYI, whether it is the delicious fried food smell everyone loves or the rancid smell of old oil can be broadly referred to as aromatic carbon ring compounds, the aldehydes mentioned in the program are aromatic carbon ring compounds.
@xcel5203
12 күн бұрын
Very interesting and disturbing.
@sadafmo7363
10 күн бұрын
this was so helpful, thank you for typing it up!
@wileamyp
6 күн бұрын
Aldehydes (characterized by R-CH=O) normally don't have carbon rings. Try getting a refresher on organic chemistry...
@BTjs321456
5 күн бұрын
@@wileamyp My bad. Thank you for pointing out my mistake.😜 I should have instead said that the bulk of the harmful compounds that remained after repeated high heat smoking point reactive process should be the more stable aromatic carbon ring compounds which include the food-aroma compounds like aldehydes.
@rielfamily
13 күн бұрын
CNA : "Uncle, your oil how long you change?" Uncle: "about 2 - 3 days.." Me : "Uncle, your oil how long you change?" Uncle. "Bloody hell, you trying to be funny is it??! You want buy then buy la, ask so much for what!"
@ggg9gg
11 күн бұрын
Can you pretend to be CNA too
@pierreti
13 күн бұрын
Great investigative journalism. But what's defined as used once or twice or three or 10 times? I think it might be a combination of how long the oils been heated, at what temperature, and how much volume of foods it has been used to cook.
@peter65zzfdfh
12 күн бұрын
It’s both the temperature and the number of cycles. But yes, the piece implied 1 use was one piece of food which would be absurd.
@jonyongkkkl5119
9 күн бұрын
it doesn't matter if a food is fried using fresh oil or reused oil, it's unhealthy either way. As always my answer to every Talking Point video, EVERYTHING IN MODERATION.
@SilentHillFetishist
9 күн бұрын
Lucky, if it´s actually food oil and hasn´t been in a sewer or mineral oil tanker chamber before.
@semerahpadi4484
13 күн бұрын
My mom also reuse the cooking oil. Some sediments still okay. I never had stomach upset from eating home cooked food. As long as it doesn't turn bad, still okay.
@Iendleasereit
13 күн бұрын
stomach ache is not a good gauge of whether it is harmful
@theotheleo6830
13 күн бұрын
The issue is the build-up of cancer causing agents, not upset stomachs.
@celestialstar124
13 күн бұрын
This have nothing to do with stomach upset or unhygienic food. It is related to cancer and inflammation.
@epicka
13 күн бұрын
What does 5 times mean, like 5 batches of fries? What is the standard?
Those who care for their health will avoid eating out on regular basis especially cutting out on deep/fried items, and those who care less like the host(in her closing statement), will continue eating out those fried foods.
@That7Days79
12 күн бұрын
Worked in Fast Food Restaurant before.They filter their oils every night but changing the entire batch of oil, no. They just add more if it's lesser in the fryer. For hawkers ,its cost. With rising rental, raw materials cost, they wont be able to change oils after few times of frying. Like the brother in the video say, if customers willing to pay abit more, he dont mind changing the oil frequently. But increasing prices wont go down our throats that easily with the already increasing cost of living in singapore.
@FelonMusk2021
13 күн бұрын
Why target hawkers? What about fast food restaurants?
@nicekit
13 күн бұрын
because they probably wasnt given permission to film...... major fast food restaurant require a lot of permission
@AbsoluteFidelity
13 күн бұрын
Fast food chains will NEVER change their oil after 1-2 times of usage. In fact, it is a well known fact that used oil produces better tasting fried chicken.
@itsbonkerjojo9028
13 күн бұрын
It's not a target thing here . They were very gentle with there approach and whole bit. This was an interesting watch considering how honest hawkers were with their filthy oil.
@celestialstar124
13 күн бұрын
This is because the person asking want to know hwaker. What have this got to do with fairness? Just some low class people mindset to drag others down. 😂
@felixchan2081
13 күн бұрын
Simple answer. You'll go to hawker center to eat more than at fast food chains, daily.
@NavyBlue2020
13 күн бұрын
8:47 Politically right answer 😂
@badgerbun
12 күн бұрын
The guy has a pretty bad Poker face 😑
@shuu4869
11 күн бұрын
Part of this problem can be avoided using saturated fats (palm, coconut, tallow, even lard) but also i think something that was missed was the factor of heating time. The potato chips are fried for 3-5 minutes per batch, the chicken is fried for almost 20, unless they were previously frozen pre-fried, which would already have a lot of aldehydes in it. I appreciate the video, and the honesty of everyone involved. Very high quality.
@dk_mrkz
13 күн бұрын
Interesting Topic! I love to cook and I sometime reuse oil if used for mild-tasting food, really informational indeed
@user-ec3rm9wr1n
13 күн бұрын
Probably leaving emails is the aim I would have them wrong but nah 🙂
@vidx9
13 күн бұрын
Regardless of the number of times oil is reused, fried food is unhealthy and should be avoided.
@AkPK369
11 күн бұрын
Singaporean hawker or kopitiam dishes includes kaya toast, chilli crab, fish head curry, laksa, roti prata and Hainanese chicken rice, which is widely considered to be one of Singapore's national dishes
@jillclarke7264
13 күн бұрын
Are they willing to pay the cost of first time oil? I don't think so.
@SmartDumbNerdyCool
12 күн бұрын
Customers might. We could even call it "organic fish n chips".
@solver55
4 күн бұрын
this needs to be on every new channel in the world
@LaiKaoPeh
13 күн бұрын
I think its great that CNA ran this piece on hawkers and let the hawkers explain why they can’t keep changing oil just because some consumers want to enjoy fried food everyday without getting cancer. It would be a different sort of coverage when it comes to fast food restaurants.
@eyebeebak
10 күн бұрын
I used to work for McDonalds and I worked at the french fry station. Trust me, when the oil level was low, I just poured new oil in. That means the oil that was already in the frying machine was never changed and it could be years old and been reheated for thousands of times.
@Logic807
10 күн бұрын
Aarghh…. Vomit
@wl6020
13 күн бұрын
At many restaurants and hawkers, if they change the oil every 3 days, it means the oil is used for at least 60 times. Think about how many orders a restaurant has per hour during lunch and dinner time. If a place changes it once in 10-12 days like the dude changing the oil, it means its been fried at least 200 times.
@JoyJoy_Life
13 күн бұрын
Many of these stores get high grades from NEA for food hygiene.
@KP-xi4bj
9 күн бұрын
This documentary is an eye opener.
@nikwakin
13 күн бұрын
I find it problematic that after learning about the factors why hawkers cant change oil as often they would like they even made an experiment to say that fresh batch of oil is better. Its being stubborn and insensitive to their situation. I am generally sure that hawkers know when to change oil (the hawker interviewed said this) and using bad oil affects their food. Even sit-down procey restaurant even admit reusing oil. So its not necessarily a habit that cannot be changed just because this docu has been made. Costing, time and other factors should be considered. Another thing with this is that the ending is vague... After acting and doubling down saying "reused oil is bad" to almost scaring the public they didnt even give consolidated tips to manage/deal about reusing cooking oil.
@accountdeleted1898
13 күн бұрын
it isnt practical for the hawkers to always change oil, it greatly reduce their profit and they have to make a living. hawkers arent that well paid already and asking them to reduce the no of times of reusing the oil? such initiatives should start from bigger corps first
@Irshard911
13 күн бұрын
Not to mention where hawkers/food establishments can discard the oil especially those with large amounts of cooking oil. They will have to call those used oil collection company, adding another cost to their operations. Kinda one sided.
@nikwakin
13 күн бұрын
@@Irshard911 exactly.
@JoyJoy_Life
13 күн бұрын
@@nikwakin they save cost n time. customers kena cancer.
@HKim0072
13 күн бұрын
Worked in a seafood restaurant when I was a teenager. Can't remember how many times we would re-use the oil, but I remember filtering it. We would empty / filter it at night and then clean the fryers.
@tenga3tango
13 күн бұрын
The big fast food operators like McD , Kentucky and Others . How come Diana never push the mic in their face for answers.
@peter65zzfdfh
12 күн бұрын
You’d be hard pressed to find one of those that don’t change the oil at least daily if not a few times a day. And one that wants to be on camera. They do the sort of volume that it’s not so much of a problem and many have $$$ equipment that makes changing oil easier.
@edthelazyboy
12 күн бұрын
This is an eye opener. I guess I'm eating fried foods less often when going out to eat. I already air fry at home most of the time. If I deep fry on rare occasions, I only used the oil twice at the very most with filtering in between the frying.
@Jeff79z
13 күн бұрын
I think the black oil used for 10-12 days in the video is worse than "gutter" oil.
@celestialstar124
13 күн бұрын
Same here
@JoyJoy_Life
13 күн бұрын
@@Jeff79z This is what we are proud of our hawker food traditions.
@muhmin7
12 күн бұрын
Really? You think the 12 days old oil are worse than oil that have been sitting in drain and mixed with who knows what inside there? Not to mention the gutter oil is most probably used oil too?
@HurricaneBacklash
12 күн бұрын
Nah, gutter oil is worse. The stench is overwhelming, you can literally smell it from over 10 meters away.
@ptg01
12 күн бұрын
Fascinating... so educational ! Thanks ! I've always wondered about the best way to store used oil at home, besides a dark corner... That's one of the reasons I do not deep fry anymore.. the messiness of handling and storing used oils !
@edwardv7991
13 күн бұрын
Don forget they just want to survive and cut cost to make a profit. Living in SG is not cheap.
@PINKALIMBA
12 күн бұрын
Can't blame the hawkers. Managing cost is the key to their business survival. As a consumer just don't consume fried food regularly and only order them as a treat once in a while. Also if you can see into their kitchen or fry station, pick the hawkers who fry different dish in different fryer, rather than those that fry every dish in the same wok / fry station. If you are a regular customer and you know the owner very well, you can always ask him his oil change schedule and pick those fresh-oil-day to order his food.
@ocswoodlands
13 күн бұрын
If these guys admit to changing oil once a week then the ones that dont dare to say probably mean they are changing once every 2 or 3 weeks. And if that is in SG, then the food in China, TH, VN probably change their oil once every few months 😢
@reavl6494
13 күн бұрын
no ones changes their oil that seldom, the food taste like crap then and they would have no customers. 1-2 times per week is common
@yomofo3504
13 күн бұрын
sinophobia and racism
@Kpophdvidfan
13 күн бұрын
Ughhh seriously generalising like this? 🙄 I’m sure around the world it depends on the individual business…your bias is showing lol
@organizedchaos4559
13 күн бұрын
@@yomofo3504u know Singaporeans are Chinese lol
@veo16
12 күн бұрын
My personal belief is to change oil every shift. One oil for lunch, one for dinner. That makes it easy for the restaurants to abide by. This needs to be a food safety concern that's enforced.
@usa2342
12 күн бұрын
Did you ever work in a restaurant?
@leefamily3559
13 күн бұрын
Avoid fried food totally in the hawker’s centres.
@Iendleasereit
13 күн бұрын
go for stews, curries, or steam chicken rice
@vister6757
13 күн бұрын
Deep fried. Not fried food.
@JoyJoy_Life
13 күн бұрын
@@leefamily3559 Don't forget.... there is a popular store selling fried curry puff, chicken , chips.....check and see how dark is Thier oil. It is one of our "make us proud " listed company,
@wanemy14
7 күн бұрын
Dr Jue selalu nasihat bahaya aldehyde dalam minyak recycle. Punca keradangan, punca penyakit 🔥 Thank you CNA buat kajian pasal minyak ni ❤️
@WillyYoung-hx5jq
13 күн бұрын
When i was in Singapore all the hawkers are selling fried foods, but I don t know if they reused their cooking oil. It is really detrimental for our health , TALKING POINTS must revealed these hawkers who reused cooking oil many times just to save expenses on purchasing cooking oil.
@KatJade269
13 күн бұрын
Not every hawker sells fried food. So, don’t use the word “all”.
@jj96432
13 күн бұрын
this guy living in a ideal world lol
@byteme9718
13 күн бұрын
More important than how many times it's used is how hot it gets, how many times and how efficiently its filtered. When I deep fry at home I skim until all particles are removed before the next batch. Doing that keeps it clean, it's all the old crap floating around that burns and causes the problems. There's no reason this can't be scaled up at hawker level just as it is in larger kitchens.
@AmazingWonderFlicks4U
13 күн бұрын
This investigation on cooking oil is pretty stupid. U can't expect hawkers to change oil just because some laboratory says it can cause cancer. U have to consider costs of product, people buying higher priced product, time to change oil.
@jugiery
12 күн бұрын
It's about gathering opinions and having balanced view. Rather than judging people for being stupid, understand why they do what they do.
@AmazingWonderFlicks4U
12 күн бұрын
@@jugiery its like u know what answer you will get even before you make the vlog. The hawker owners are just nice n polite and honest not to make the vlogger look like a kid.
@hcm9999
11 күн бұрын
I never fry food. I never use or buy oil. I always boil in water. So it is soup every day.
@QWERTY28875
7 күн бұрын
The TV program "Talking Point" is the best rate educational program. Long live CNA. Best of the best
@AlbertY-wj1iq
7 күн бұрын
Deep fried foods aren't healthy to begin with. Assessing the health impact of reusing frying oil is a moot question
@Usamakhalil86
7 күн бұрын
Cook at home if you want healthy food. Nobody can guarantee your health , even hospitals just see you as customer
@noonynoonynoo
10 күн бұрын
Excellent segment. It's so well researched and presented, and I love that it shows everyone's different perspectives--business standpoint of the hawkers, consumer health, and even includes practical safety techniques and tips from a professional chef. More journalists should aspire to be this balanced, fair, thorough, and helpful! I will definitely use a thermometer now when deep frying!
@JLeeLovesYou
12 күн бұрын
i love how you document and the story telling style, very FAIR AND PROFESSIONAL!! a big respect to the hawkers and Diana!!
@user-wisely707
12 күн бұрын
Personally I have never ever reuse my cooking oil at home, I always have this mentality to discard after each use even if I am deep frying my food. Now, I am really really shock to see how tedious just to change oils, and the sediments left over for oil that has been repeatedly used for 10 days was horrible. I didn’t expect to see this much of carbon burns left behind. It is indeed tough for the hawkers to sustain for their business, I totally understand. Hence, I will only buy deep fried food during the day of oil changing next time 😂😂
@alexanderkinzel3371
8 күн бұрын
As someone who worked in fast food, at the last place I worked at, we changed out the oil once a week. However, our fryer had this industrial filter where we ran all the basins one by one through it every few hours, making sure to wash as much debris out as possible, which did improve the oil's life. The negative I have to voice, though, was how rarely we deep-cleaned the fryer. Unfortunately, with how few people we usually had, and how few of us knew how the designated cleaning products worked, unless the facility manager decided to do a deep clean, we couldn't even if we wanted to. Before the last deep clean, all the basins were outright black from all the buildup.
@ethantay
12 күн бұрын
Btw, if hawkers promote their food as “we don’t reuse oil”, more customers will definitely buy. Cos right now, we customers don’t know how many times hawkers reuse their oil. If I know how many times they reuse their oil, I will get disgusted 🤢 and not even buy.
@arampan
12 күн бұрын
I am very disappointed that the focus was only on hawkers. How about mega chains like McDonald’s and KFC where they literally fry tons of stuff every month ? How often do they change their oils and with the level of food output they have, wouldn’t they be more carcinogenic than the humble hawker ???
@lequinntessential
12 күн бұрын
I have been dying to learn more about the practices of hawkers regarding their use of cooking oil. Thank you CNA! I am definitely steering clear of fried foods outside from now on. The oil changing scene was horrifying, and I am certain big companies like Old Chang Kee is reusing their oil for more than 5 days as well, given how dark their frying oil generally is whenever I peek into their frying stations
@zoickn
8 күн бұрын
I always have this question. This video makes me salute to Ms. Ser
@xcel5203
12 күн бұрын
Just talking about the sludge at the bottom of the fryer - it is being continuously fried everyday for hours 10/12/14 . By the time the fryer is cleaned the sludge would have chemically metamorphised into something unthinkable . That itself should be food for thought.
@rtxnonlhr
5 күн бұрын
i am very surprised with cooperation given from the hawkers. if in Malaysia.. i don't think you can casually ask them about what is happening in the kitchen Also the Diana face when helping changing the oil is priceless
@douglastseng8205
7 күн бұрын
Are the authorities going to do anything about this? Since, according to this episode, there is no official guidelines on how many times cooking oil can be reused.
@Nowseemypoint
8 күн бұрын
Take time to cook your own food at home especially when it's fried or don't buy fried foods on fast food. If you can't avoid eating outside, choose steamed, soups, sauce or veggies instead to make sure you're eating healthier food
@kenx9984
12 күн бұрын
There is one time I saw hawker oil was extremely black and dark colour selling fried fritters!! This video oil was much much better than I saw 😂
@letterZach
10 күн бұрын
6:55 the hawker absolutely does not understand the difference between "choosing to eat deep fried food" vs food that's dried with the oil thats been reused repeatedly...
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