It's the 300g smaller box. Price tag photo here.
It's $2.63 in store ($8.77/kg) but $5.25 online.
Probably discontinued product.
Made in China with wild caught Southern Blue Whiting from New Zealand.
I took the last 2 boxes at my local store.
you may wanna check your local asap.
I have recently noticed my McKenzie’s Bi-Carb Soda “Proudly packed in Australia from imported ingredients”.
How does one pack proudly in what is surely an automated process?
Proudly pressed the button on the (imported)machine
I made the mistake of buying 'new Zealand whiting' fillets before. It's bland and the texture is mush, they should be ok breaded like this.
It's much better than basa/catfish grown in filthy water and stuffed with antibiotics
According to Winnie the Xi, he owns every ocean and every land, from whatever years ago.🙈
Made in China with wild-caught Southern Blue Whiting from New Zealand, sourced from illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in New Zealand waters.
Melamine coated yummo!
Melamine should not be in food. Melamine is a chemical used in plastic products and construction materials, not a food additive.
However, there have been cases of illegal melamine contamination in food. For instance, in 2008, melamine was illegally added to milk powder in China to falsely increase the protein content. This caused major health problems, as melamine can lead to serious issues like kidney stones.
In short, melamine is not food-safe and should never be ingested through food.
I read that as "dynamited somewhere within NZ's EEZ", so technically true, albeit probably illegal.
maybe from ocean farms.. fed with human waste… remember that story coming out years ago from China.. tasty…
Believe it or not, this is indeed the case. The fish will be caught in NZ waters by NZ fishing vessels. It will be frozen at sea and sent to China for conversion to the finished product. Despite the concerns around quality, Asia (China, Vietnam particularly) are far better equipped to produce a quality product at an affordable price. If you look in your supermarket freezer then the coated frozen fish products from Asia will almost always be superior to anything Australian made.
Sick of all this made in China rubbish. Have to check the label of everything you buy nowadays.
100%
I got caught out with Munchme almond blueberry snacks on clearance at Woolworths the other day. Bought 4 bags. Got home and saw made in China. Seems all of a sudden everything is being made in China..
The massive concern is that FOOD now seems to be coming more and more out of China. Huge food safety concerns right there but profits rule all!
Anyway, you have to be careful criticising China here lately as it seems many OzBargainer's like to suck from the Chinese teet or maybe it has become infiltrated ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You only need to look at the discussions around Chinese cars here lately to see what's happening.
@bboz: The 100+ upvotes on all the no-name & low quality EVs from China, and flights to China are suspicious.
@bboz: Is it possible that Aussie food regulations are too weak so any low quality food can be imported?
@FatTofu: Or Woolworths and Coles war such large employers and influential businesses that their putting profits before health concerns , and using New Zealanld as some kind of heathy hook to catch shoppers.
@FatTofu: It's more complicated than that.
Australia can demand XYZ regulations are followed. China is not a third world country, they have similar regulations and a factory will be able to present documents showing that they meet them. Most regulations in any industry don't even require a 3rd party to audit them, they are self enforced.
It does nothing to address corruption. Being able to meet strict Australian regulations doesn't mean anything unless you bring in outsiders to do the plant inspection. Only the largest companies in the world who take an interest in controlling their entire supply chain do that.
@greatlamp: Can the gov not just randomly check the quality of imported food products at the border?
Given that border control does do lab assays to catch drugs, I think it's technically and financially possible to catch illegal chemicals in food too.
@FatTofu: Just like with everything else, the government and border control are only interested in going after individuals and not companies.
All of a sudden?
1,000,000%
Agreed, check the ingredients before buying MIC food
Ingredients might not be listed or may not be human grade, even if we are accustomed to thinking that.
I know of a supplement company that is forced to buy from China (some nutrients are pretty much only available from China) and they go through thorough testing of each batch for impurities.
I guarantee most companies do not, beyond an initial sample chosen from the company. If a short cut can be taken in China, it will be.
Watch The China Show on Youtube. Your mind will be enlightened.
Agree, but All brands of fish fingers sold in Coles, WW and Aldi are caught here but made in there. Because labour is too expensive here.
I never bought KBs before, but at this price, I am happy to take 2 boxes.
Domt not trust many foods made in China, if you still remember the baby formula incident!
Right! We are killing our local industries! The only rice crackers you can find these days that are australian are a select few at aldi.
Coles have pulled their brown and multigrain australian ones, sakata have all gone chinese and peckish/homebrand are all the same too, if not thai.
Yep I check the back and if it's made in China or poorly labelled and China is likely then it goes back. Any other country is fine.
For me it's the food made in china
caught in NZ and made in china….. sure buddy
I do not subscribe to the Sinophobia so many are pushing these days……..however, I do have legitimate concerns with food stuffs made in china and their adherence to quality standards. Google "gutter oil" or "meat glue" or "petroleum tankers not washing out for food" or "china baby formula scandal"
What you have listed is more than enough to justify the "Sinophobia" you refer to, even though I don't subscribe to that term at all.
"Sinophobia" hmm. Sounds just like the Russian invented Russophobia ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Why would low quality food be allowed to enter Australia for sale?
They must be relying on the labels and do not check what's in it
Profit.
Sorry,don't trust China's food standards if their own people don't.
I thought these where pretty bad. very small and has that "frozen fish" texture
Wheres Robert F Kennedy when you need him
Have to wait until January next year.
free antibiotics
Is it "real" fish? Made in China with wild caught Southern Blue Whiting from New Zealand. Sounds a bit "fishy"
Southern Blue Whiting (50%)
It's made in China for removing bones and coating.
The other 50% of the fish is carp from the nuclear power station cooling ponds
Cause then repacked In China with whatever little left that is called fish and not plastic, won't take my chances even if free.
depends whats made I suppose, Electronics ok Food.. hmmmm Its pretty much own fault though want everything cheap.. somethings gotta give.
Aldi have Ocean Royale - Southern Blue Whiting Bites that are Made in New Zealand 50% Fish 50% Crumb - The only frozen fish I can find not made in China…
Her husband got 2 and she 1
Becareful since it is made in china. You never know what ingredients they put inside
username checks out. heed the warning
There is a difference between Chinese and China.
are you chinese with experience of china?
@yanlianglee: good for you. that's not objective however
all i supposed if a countryman is criticising their country, then it holds a bit more weight
@capslock janitor: Same logic goes to someone criticising a country where the majority of race is the same as the criticiser
Despite most of the comments above ("made in China"), these products, and any others ("made in China") in the frozen sections of all our supermarkets are still selling well :)
Selling so well in fact that they reduced the price by 75%. Supply/demand.
Sick of all these made in China comment. You got you paid for.
Stabilisers (341,475)
Which is better? And what would happen if they weren’t added?
That's a lot of a stabilisers.
And what would happen if they weren’t added?
The fish would wobble and rattle.
Sounds fishy
I bought a Paddle Pop cyclone twister recently. It was very expensive and made in China.
But complaining about it is racist , so watch out.
Eat your poisoned garbage food and shut up so we can make bank.
It does say clearance At my local coles but the prices at $5.25. Scanned $5.25 as well.
It does not value the full price. May be thats why they put them on sale frequently. Fish bites are very badly made, very bad quality. Fish content is somewhere around 50% as well.
Not sure how can our government let those "Proudly pack in Australia from imported xxx" not require to listed what from where or and if less than certain amount banned the word Australia please. It's like taking off your pant to fart, what else is not pack in Australia if you're buying from here ?
Guys, be careful with this product and a lot of the KB seafood i have bought in these types of sales from woolies and coles. when i cook them up, they taste really weird / oily and the texture is very mushy, i have tried different types of cooking them thinking i was doing something wrong. Then realise the product itself is the issue.
“Made in China with wild caught Southern Blue Whiting from New Zealand.”
You mean caught in the South China Seas?