Wednesday, January 26, 2011

You can't beat Taco Bell's meat . . .

. . . because it's not meat! (Via SF Gate):
From Montgomery, Ala., comes the sad, shocking news:

Taco Bell tacos' "seasoned ground beef" is mostly not beef.

The Montgomery law firm of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles is suing the fast-food company for false advertising after attorneys had the Taco Bell "meat mixture" tested and found it contained less that 35 percent beef.

The nation - which until now had considered a Beefy Crunch Burrito? stuffed with Flamin Hot? Fritos? and slathered in nacho cheese sauce to be part of a nutritious diet - is appalled.

So what exactly is Taco Bell "meat"?

"Beef, water, isolated oat product, salt, chili pepper, onion powder, tomato powder, oats (wheat), soy lecithin, sugar, spices, maltodextrin (a polysaccharide that is absorbed as glucose), soybean oil (anti-dusting agent), garlic powder, autolyzed yeast extract, citric acid, caramel color, cocoa powder, 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."

"Polysaccharide absorbed as glucose." Mmm-mm.

But look at ingredients #3 and #8 - isolated oat product and oats. Nothing wrong with oats, is there? Oatmeal is a significant sources of dietary fiber, which helps lower LDL (bad) cholesterol. Any doctor will tell you that oats are better for you than red meat.

So while Taco Bell may be fudging on their "ground beef" with cheap filler, that filler could actually be healthier to eat. Taco Bell could doing its customers a favor by deceiving them.
The good news is there's less danger from E. Coli, because bacteria don't eat all that shit!



More ground than beef . . . .

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