Shark Fin Soup
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Key facts
- Alternative names
- Shark's fin soup
- Type
- Soup
- Place of origin
- China
- Main ingredients
- Shark fins, broth
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- soup
- Part of
- Chinese cuisine
- Country of origin
- Ming dynasty
- Material used
- shark fin
- Image
- Chinese cuisine-Shark fin soup-01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Shark fin soup
- cuisine
- Chinese cuisine
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Encyclopedic overview
Shark fin soup is a soup or stewed dish served in parts of China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. The shark fins provide texture, while the taste comes from the other ingredients. As one of the four sea delicacies, it is commonly served at special occasions such as weddings and banquets, or as a luxury item.
It has been condemned by the Humane Society International, which states that approximately 72 million sharks are killed each year for their fins. Currently, international concerns over the sustainability and welfare of sharks have impacted consumption and availability of the soup worldwide. Recently, health concerns about the high concentration of BMAA in shark fins have arisen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shark Fin Soup” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.