mmm chemicals and cardboard makes me hungry... seriously though, I believe I would be able to tell the difference between real meat and mushy cardboard flavored with heaps of msg. Mushy cardboard is just that, mushy cardboard, very bland and yucky. There is a textural difference between real meat and cardboard filling.
Hoax or not, I wouldnt be suprised if there are other stories like that around the world. I have been hearing a whole bunch of stories about nasty rotten food coming from Asia lately.
I just had a steamedbun for a snack, and fortunately it was made out of real pork filling. I'll get my fiber content elsewhere
