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Why should I believe that "mechanically separated meat" is any worse for me than any other meat? Clearly the act of separating parts of an animal is not adding
by dolni 5y ago
Why should I believe that "mechanically separated meat" is any worse for me than any other meat?
Clearly the act of separating parts of an animal is not adding unhealthy compounds to your food.
Which then makes me think: if they are willing to include that, how low is the bar for considering something "ultra processed"?
- LegitShady 5y agobecause mechanically separated meat isn't actually muscle meat like you think 'other meat'. They remove most of the muscle meat, large fats, organs, and bones from a carcass, and then grind the carcass into a paste. The paste is then passed through a sieve under pressure. nutritionally it likely has nothing to do with 'meat' as you know it from a grocery store or butcher.
- dolni 5y agoThat's a fair point. Thank you for clarifying the distinction.
- otikik 5y agoI have visited a sausage factory. I think that's the kind of meat you are going to get when it's "mechanically separated"; you are not getting ham, because in that case they would put "ham" on the list of ingredients. I think they did the right thing in marking that as "ultra processed". I am not willing to go into details on this. I will just say that "meat" does not mean the same for everyone. Do your own research if you must. I don't recommend it.
- Dylan16807 5y agoI'll just say it. They blender it and then filter out the bone bits. It looks unpleasant. But the description of the process is no problem at all.
- otikik 5y agoBut "it" isn't only muscle and bone.
- unixhero 5y agoNo problem to feed this to your kids?
- Dylan16807 5y agoIf I'm already feeding them animal flesh? No, not really.
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