The term is used in a number of ways. It may simply mean minced or fragmented fish flesh. It may refer to flesh mechanically disintegrated to such a degree that the type and previous form of the fish cannot be visually identified, or it may mean similarly disintegrated material from which someprotein has been extracted in a salt solution, as in the preparation of surimi. It may refer to fish fillet, minced after the removal of bones and skin. Composition The constituents of a product and their amounts in unit mass or volume.