Saturday, January 29, 2011

The Gradual Awakening To The Absurdity of Factory Meat

“At Taco Bell, we buy our beef from the same trusted brands you find in the supermarket, like Tyson Foods. We start with 100 percent USDA-inspected beef. Then we simmer it in our proprietary blend of seasonings and spices to give our seasoned beef its signature Taco Bell taste and texture. Our seasoned beef recipe contains 88% quality USDA-inspected beef and 12% seasonings, spices, water and other ingredients that provide taste, texture and moisture.”
Chanstay said...
Bullshit. Taco Bells "ground beef" actually contains only 35% beef.

Here are the ingredients list on their website: Seasoned Ground Beef Beef, Water, Seasoning [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, Natural Flavors, Yeast, Modified Corn Starch, Natural Smoke Flavor], Salt, Sodium Phosphates. CONTAINS SOYBEAN, WHEAT

They must consider the other 65% of the ingredients seasoning.

Here's a little side note about the lovely USDA: any food labeled as "meat taco filling" should at least have 40% fresh meat

4 comments:

chanstay said...

Bullshit. Taco Bells "ground beef" actually contains only 35% beef.

Here are the ingredients list on their website:
Seasoned Ground Beef
Beef, Water, Seasoning [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, Natural Flavors, Yeast, Modified Corn Starch, Natural Smoke Flavor], Salt, Sodium Phosphates. CONTAINS SOYBEAN, WHEAT

They must consider the other 65% of the ingredients seasoning.

Here's a little side note about the lovely USDA: any food labeled as "meat taco filling" should at least have 40% fresh meat

Anonymous said...

And you care about this why?

Denmark Vesey said...

Because I'm not a peasant.

Anonymous said...

do you eat at Taco Bell?