Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 21-25 February 2011 (1866-1870)
Carl-E:
NO.
Adding salt and preservatives to something that's identifiably meat is one thing...
Something that's less than 40% meat (by analysis) and the rest additives is quite another!
Elysiana:
:psyduck: I don't know where they came up with all that nonsense to begin with, but most of it is untrue, especially the "40% meat" part. And there are no secret additives - it's oats. Many companies use that as a bulking ingredient.
Odin:
--- Quote from: Elysiana on 24 Feb 2011, 10:13 --- :psyduck: I don't know where they came up with all that nonsense to begin with, but most of it is untrue, especially the "40% meat" part. And there are no secret additives - it's oats. Many companies use that as a bulking ingredient.
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--- Quote from: Taco Bell ---The "seasoned ground beef" contains less than 35 percent beef - the other 65 percent of the meat-like mixture is: water, isolated oat product, salt, chili pepper, onion powder, tomato powder, oats (wheat), soy lecithin, sugar, spices, maltodextrin, soybean oil (anti-dusting agent), garlic powder, autolyzed yeast extract, citric acid, caramel color, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), silicon dioxide (anti-caking agent), natural flavors, yeast, modified corn starch, natural smoke flavor, salt, sodium phosphate, less than 2% of beef broth, potassium phosphate and potassium lactate.
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Elysiana:
I have not seen anything that says that Taco Bell themselves have admitted to 35% beef. From what I understand, nobody else has checked it except the people bringing up the lawsuit.
--- Quote from: Taco Bell ---Our recipe for seasoned beef includes ingredients you'd find in your home or in the supermarket aisle today:
* 88% USDA-inspected quality beef
* 3-5% water for moisture
* 3-5% spices (including salt, chili pepper, onion powder, tomato powder, sugar, garlic powder, cocoa powder and a proprietary blend of Mexican spices and natural flavors).
* 3-5% oats, starch, sugar, yeast, citric acid, and other ingredients that contribute to the quality of our product.
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DSL:
Sheesh. Good thing I'm long past being amazed at what starts an argument in an online forum.
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