Mock duck is a

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-based

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. It is made of wheat gluten, oil, sugar, soy sauce, and salt, and is high in protein. Its distinctive flavor and artificial "plucked duck"

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distinguish it from other forms of commercially available gluten products. Mock duck along with other wheat gluten meat substitutes has origins in the Chinese

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, dating back to the Middle Ages. Mock duck can be found in some Chinese grocery stores or retail outlets providing international selections of food. It is most often sold canned. Similar products may be labeled as "Mock

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" or "Cha'i Pow Yu" ( 齋鮑魚; pinyin: zhāibàoyú). Typically, mock duck gains its flavor from the stewing of the gluten product in

soy sauce Soy sauce (sometimes called soya sauce in British English) is a liquid condiment of China, Chinese origin, traditionally made from a fermentation (food), fermented paste of soybeans, roasted cereal, grain, brine, and ''Aspergillus oryzae'' or ''A ...

and MSG. A variation of mock duck made from

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is also popular, and is known as ''tofu duck''.

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