Unsettling footage showing meat spasming - turning carnivores into vegetarians

An 'unsettling' video is currently doing the rounds on social media of a butcher showing freshly cut meat leaving some viewers to claim they would change their diet after watching the clip.

The resurfaced video, which has recently gained over 430,000 views since it was reshared on Twitter on January 10, shows a slab of meat erupting into spasms after being coated in salt, making it look as though it were still alive.

The video was recently posted online via the Twitter account @weirdterrifying and users took to the comments to discuss the twitching meat.

In the clip, the anonymous butcher is seen holding the meat up to the camera so viewers could see the surface of the meat, which looked like it was pulsating as it reacted to being covered in salt.

Salting meat is a crucial step used to draw out water and helps to preserve it in order to keep it fresher for longer while seasoning the meat.

The video of the meat recently resurfaced and was shared on social media (Twitter/@weirdterrifying)

The meat can be seen twitching in the video (Twitter/@weirdterrifying)

However, viewers were noticeably taken aback by the nine-second clip and the sight of the meat twitching.

One user wrote: "I could have done without this knowledge..."

Another added: "Well, this could make me give up eating meat."

A third said: "Planning a vegetarian diet from now on. That's horrible!"

A fourth declared: "I'm going vegan."

Experts have since weighed in on the video, which originally went viral on Facebook in 2020, and say it only happens with the freshest of meats.

The meat begins to move when it is covered in salt by the butcher (Twitter/@weirdterrifying)

Lv Suwen, an expert in the Philippines animal health department said at the time: "You can rest assured, this piece of meat is very fresh and is from a freshly slaughtered animal.

"The central nervous system is dead but the nerve-endings in the muscles are still firing resulting in the jumping, because the nerves are not yet dead. This will stop after a short time."

The resurfacing of the video comes just two months after food tech company Eat Just showcased a new version of its GOOD Meat "lab cultured chicken" for the first time at the COP27 climate conference.

Delegates at the conference nibbled on chicken satay without a single chicken being killed as part of GOOD Meat's mission for people to eat meat without costing a life.