The footage below claims to show proof that factories in China have been using white pieces of scrap plastic to pass on as rice.

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In the clip you can see the worker feeding a shredding machine with masses of plastic, which it grinds up into small, rice-sized pieces. The rumour that China has been making fake rice has been circulated in the country’s media for years. However, now a journalist at the Blue Ocean Network allegedly has exposed this idea by showing that Wuchang rice is mostly fake. Shocker.

The reports state that the rice is made from a mixture of potatoes and plastic that looks very much like actual rice. It is then mixed with a very small amount of the real deal and sprayed with a scent to make it smell legitimate. One report from back in 2011 even claimed:

Eating three bowls of plastic rice is the same as eating one vinyl bag.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_r66gcMVC0

Well that certainly looks like what it purports to be doesn’t it? If this is the case, then that’s completely disgusting that a food company would have such a disregard for its customers’ health. Then again, this wouldn’t be the first time China has pulled a few tricks with regards to culinary cover ups.