Fish balls and crab sticks are usually made from minced fish.

Crab stick, also known as crab foot stick, simulated crab meat, crab flavor fish cake, is a traditional product of minced fish processing. Crab stick is simulating the texture and flavor of crab leg meat of Alaskan snow crab, the meat is firm and tough, with salty and slightly sweet fresh seafood flavor, very simulation effect.

Crabstick is a novel simulation product developed by Japan in 1972 with pollock surimi as the raw material, which is very popular in the international market.

The crab stick belongs to the category of surimi (also called marine bionic food). Surimi products, is a variety of saltwater fish surimi or freshwater fish surimi as raw materials, after a series of processing made of a high-protein, low-fat, nutritional structure is reasonable, safe and healthy a class of deep-processed marine food, the type of food crab sticks, fried flowers, surimi bread, fish ham, fish sausage and shrimp cakes and other simulated food. Such products can be eaten directly, can also be used as a platter, sushi, hot pot raw materials, loved by domestic and foreign consumers.