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I wouldn't eat this McRib in the first place even if didn't have all these chemicals in it.
You know that old anti-smoking joke that kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray?
It turns out, wrapping your lips around a McDonald’s McRib is somewhat like eating a yoga mat.
Reports that among the McRib’s 70 ingredients are azodicarbonamide, ammonium sulfate and polysorbate 80
Oh, those ribs are ... well just horrible!!
What's the meat made of?
Pig innards and plenty of salt. Typically, "restructured meat product" includes pig bits like tripe, heart, and scalded stomach. These parts are cooked and blended with salt and water to extract salt-soluble proteins, which act as a "glue" that helps bind the reshaped meat together.
But is the bun that contains 34 ingredients. In addition to chemicals like ammonium sulfate and polysorbate 80, the most egregious may be azodicarbonamide — "a flour-bleaching agent most commonly used in the manufactur[ing] of foamed plastics like gym mats and the soles of shoes." According to McDonald's own ingredient list, the bun also includes calcium sulfate and ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides, among other chemicals.
It turns out, wrapping your lips around a McDonald’s McRib is somewhat like eating a yoga mat.Reports that among the McRib’s 70 ingredients are azodicarbonamide, ammonium sulfate and polysorbate 80
You just repeated a misleading headline. That, in fact, is not an accurate representation of what the article says.
What is DOES say is that a common commercial baking ingredient that is used to improve doughs, and is used in the bun of a McRib sandwich, is also useful for certain foamed plastic applications.
I'm not saying it's great stuff, and I'm not buying any McRib sandwiches myself, I'm just saying the headline is sensationalistic and inaccurate.
Panera Bread and Subway also use ammonium sulfate in their breads, by the way. This particular chemical is used in breads, and in fertilizers. Chew on that for awhile ...
Panera Bread and Subway also use ammonium sulfate in their breads, by the way. This particular chemical is used in breads, and in fertilizers. Chew on that for awhile ...
Actually, it's on the GRAS list (Generally Recognized As Safe) for use in food in both the US and Europe, and is widely used in commercial baking, for regulating the acidity of flour and bread.
Personally I'm worried about all the Sodium Chloride being used in foods, because now I've heard the ocean is already full of it, and that it's what killed the Dead Sea. And the amount of Dihydrogen Monoxide in the ocean is simply staggering!
Kind of off topic but I worked at McDonald's the summer they introduced the McRib. I worked the front. One day I walked through the kitchen and saw a McRib on the floor, minus the sauce. It was GRAY. I asked the kid at the frier if this is what they always looked like and he said yeah until we cover it with sauce, pretty gross isn't it?
I have NEVER taken one bite of a McRib and never will.
Bleeech! Yet another reason to avoid that mystery meat covered in barbecue sauce!
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