Things about the McRib you may not know

[Texashiker]

The McRib contains:

ammonium sulfate
polysorbate 80
azodicarbonamide - used in the manufacture of foamed plastics. azodicarbonamide has been banned in Europe and Australia as a food additive.
980 mg of sodium
10 g of saturated fat

http://healthland.time.com/2011/10/27/why-lovin-the-mcrib-isnt-a-heart-smart-idea/

It never ceases to amaze me how far behind the US is behind the rest of the world. Why are companies allowed to use chemicals like azodicarbonamide in our food, when its been banned in other countries?

 

[Miramonti]

Most of these products are much more expensive when bought independently on Amazon.com.

 

[Newbian]

Because we are not said countries and if it tastes delicious who cares?

 

[etrigan420]

It never ceases to amaze me how far behind the US is behind the rest of the world. Why are companies allowed to use chemicals like azodicarbonamide in our food, when its been banned in other countries?

Because it is fucking delicious, that's why.

I actually keep my Azodicarbonamide in a little shaker at work, so that I can sprinkle it on *all* my food.

 

[alien42]

Why are companies allowed to use chemicals like azodicarbonamide in our food, when its been banned in other countries?

just imagine what we would be eating if all the regulatory agencies were non-existant like some would like to see.

 

[Newbian]

Most of these products are much more expensive when bought independently on Amazon.com.

 

[Printer Bandit]

it's also made in china and shipped here frozen.

 

[spaceman]

look im not caring about clark w"not preservatives" griswold
but the mcrib isnt delicious
its skank
id say spam is 100x better but that soils spams good name
id rather eat ramen

 

[drebo]

Spam is tasty.

 

[spaceman]

that it is
underrated

 

[BrokenVisage]

Perhaps wrong thread, but perhaps not...

 

[M0RPH]

Azodicarbonamide is a flour-bleaching agent and is found in the bun, not in the McRib meat as you would lead us to believe.

 

[Genx87]

just imagine what we would be eating if all the regulatory agencies were non-existant like some would like to see.

Right, because it is good business to kill your consumers. Nothing sells McRibs faster than stories of people being killed when eating them.

 

[Wreckem]

1. Europe bans a lot of stuff. Plenty of which isn't harmful/isn't harmful unless you eat a shit ton of it.
2. Europe has much higher food prices.

 

[waffleironhead]

If you bought some Mcribs for your grandkids and they fed them to the dog, would you be pissed?

 

[Miramonti]

ammonium sulfate
polysorbate 80
azodicarbonamide

It's tough to purchase these products independently without paying much more than the cost of 1 mcrib. Just sayin'.

 

[BudAshes]

Right, because it is good business to kill your consumers. Nothing sells McRibs faster than stories of people being killed when eating them.

Killing them immediately may be bad but slowly is just fine. Ask the tobacco companies.

 

[Anubis]

Spam is tasty.

grill it over charcoal
its fing great

 

[BudAshes]

If you bought some Mcribs for your grandkids and they fed them to the dog, would you be pissed?

 

[NetWareHead]

From this article, also about the same thing: http://theweek.com/article/index/220866/whats-the-mcrib-made-of-anyway

"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, says Whet Moser at Chicago Magazine, citing a 1995 article by Robert Mandigo, a professor at the University of Nebraska. 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."

While I've eaten stuff like heart and tripe and other offal, this sandwich sounds disgusting and unbelievably unhealthy.

 

[Dirigible]

It never ceases to amaze me how far behind the US is behind the rest of the world. Why are companies allowed to use chemicals like azodicarbonamide in our food, when its been banned in other countries?

Regulating what companies do is socialism!

 

[HardcoreRobot]

i fear for the day the US starts using europe as an example of how to do things

 

[JS80]

From this article, also about the same thing: http://theweek.com/article/index/220866/whats-the-mcrib-made-of-anyway

"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, says Whet Moser at Chicago Magazine, citing a 1995 article by Robert Mandigo, a professor at the University of Nebraska. 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."

While I've eaten stuff like heart and tripe and other offal, this sandwich sounds disgusting and unbelievably unhealthy.

Offals are the best part. Which is why the McRib is so awesome.

 

[Miramonti]

i fear for the day the US starts using europe as an example of how to do things

We could learn a lot. Boobies on prime time is nice.

 

[Wreckem]

Also note, unless you buy organic bread, the odds are the bread you eat contains the exact same ingrediants. Almost all commercially made(Mrs. Bairds, Sara Lee, etc) bread has those chemical compounds.