It is actually plastic mixed with meat and will do great damage to your internal organs. We already got duped at our local grocers with one. Wouldn't turn color even outside the fridge, was bendable but would return to it's original shape like modern plastic plumbing Pex rubing. $15 spent on something that eventually went into the garbage. We learned with all the FB and Amazon spyware. never discuss your shopping list around the phone, they have cronies everywhere.