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> The majority of the remaining DNA? Soy. The headline got me sorta terrified, imagining what sort of repugnant, monstrous creature was being grinded and mixed
by TheCoreh 10y ago
> The majority of the remaining DNA? Soy.
The headline got me sorta terrified, imagining what sort of repugnant, monstrous creature was being grinded and mixed into my Subway sandwich. Good to know at least it's just soy.
- oxide 10y agoAt least it isn't sawdust.
- whyenot 10y agoApparently dairy cows are perfectly happy and healthy eating a diet that is mostly sawdust. At least, that's what I learned when I took a course on ruminant nutrition and digestion when I was a graduate student at UC Davis.
- blackguardx 10y agoThat makes some sense. Cows should be able to live on anything that is mostly cellulose. Whether they are "happy" about it is another question.
- skissane 10y agoInteresting article I just found: http://www.thegazette.com/2013/02/25/northeast-iowa-cattle-herd-thriving-on-sawdust-based-feed http://www.thegazette.com/2013/02/25/northeast-iowa-cattle-h... Apparently, cattle digest cellulose fine, but the lignin in the wood interferes with their cellulose digestion. Treating the sawdust with nitric acid and heat breaks the cellulose-lignin bond and makes it more digestible. (Due to onerous government regulation of nitric acid, the farmer in question went on to develop an alternative method of sawdust processing which doesn't use it, but the article doesn't provide any details on that.)
- sporkologist 10y agoOr melamine.
- ilamont 10y agoMe too. Reminds me of The Simpsons episode that charts out what different foods are made of, including Hot Dogs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CptWCSreg_w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CptWCSreg_w
- AndyNemmity 10y agoNot good for low-carb/keto eaters. Soy has carbs, chicken doesn't. There has been some discussion regarding subway and carbs in the chicken, because their nutrition shows far fewer than some app trackers do. If it's 50%, that's a serious level of carbs, and makes Subway not an option.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoWho on a low carb / keto died eats a sandwich?
- MichaelApproved 10y agoThey also make wraps and salads with that chicken.
- maxerickson 10y agoOr just put the chicken on the outside of the sandwich. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Down_(sandwich) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Down_(sandwich)
- jessaustin 10y agoHaha here's one I've had recently: https://www.tacobell.com/food/new/naked-chicken-chalupa https://www.tacobell.com/food/new/naked-chicken-chalupa
- ClassyJacket 10y agoNobody. You can buy salads. They're awful, but I've done it when Subway was the only thing around.
- a3n 10y agoI will often order a hamburger and leave the bun aside. The bun is just filler. I've done the same with other kinds of sandwiches.
- curun1r 10y agoYeah...I don't see too much to be outraged about here. If you want to be upset about adding soy to the chicken you eat, be upset about the soy they add to the chicken before they kill it. Soy isn't part of the natural diet for chickens, so feeding it to them means also feeding them antibiotics. If anything, lowering the percentage of chicken that's raised in that way would make it healthier.
- jplasmeier 10y ago> Soy isn't part of the natural diet for chickens, so feeding it to them means also feeding them antibiotics. Do you have any more info on this? I was under the impression that giving chickens antibiotics was illegal and so feckless that it isn't even worth breaking the law for. I could be wrong as well, honestly.
- pilsetnieks 10y agoNo, it's growth hormones, not antibiotics that are illegal, and would be quite pointless even if legal - that's the urban myth you're thinking about. Antibiotics are legal and are still being used with abandon.
- dredmorbius 10y agoAntibiotics can be used in poultry feed, but must be phased out prior to marketing such that there are no detectable levels in the meat. This addresses concerns over antibiotics in the consumed product, but not the problems of antibiotic resistance promoted through use in animal feed, which really must stop. https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm378100.htm https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm378100.h...
- Johnny555 10y agoI think there's still something to be outraged about if they are selling "chicken" that is only 50% chicken. When they advertise something called "oven roasted chicken", it should be nearly all chicken.
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- Kenji 10y agoOr like Soylent Green. We are not there yet, luckily :)
- djsumdog 10y agoStill you're paying for a chicken patty and you're getting 50% filler. I mean, remember when TacoBell was called out because their beef was only 30% meat?
- bediger4000 10y agoGlad I'm not the only one. Just like with the Ikea meatballs, I have this creeping fear that one of these tests will have "HUMAN DNA" in the meatballs or "chicken" or what have you.
- graycat 10y agoRelax! With the rumor that some fast food hamburgers had ground up worms, an answer was that the fast food place wanted to make money and keep down expenses, and per pound worms were more expensive than beef. So, no ground up worms in the hamburger! Well, for human DNA in the hamburgers, sure, likely "more expensive than beef"! :-)
- gech 10y agoPlus preservatives. Preservatives lead to cancer.
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- bencollier49 10y agoSoy is an endocrine disrupter in men. Teenaged boys in particular would do extremely well to avoid it.
- odiroot 10y agoHow is it better? I'd even prefer it was some random (assuming clean) meat tissue than soy.