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DR JIM RIVERA · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:17 pm Post subject: Frankenfoods

Diet & Fitness: Nutrition
Whatï¿½s Really in Your Food?
Learn the truth about these four fast-food favorites.
By David Zinczenko & Matt Goulding, Men's HealthFind more

Ever wonder whatï¿½s actually in a McDonaldï¿½s Chicken McNugget? Turns out, the ï¿½chickenï¿½ alone contains seven ingredients. And thatï¿½s before you even get to the breading. Sadly, many of our favorite foods (especially fast foods) werenï¿½t merely crafted in kitchens, they were also designed and perfected in labs. We uncovered the ugly truth when doing research for Eat This, Not That! Restaurant Survival Guide. What we found wasnï¿½t prettyï¿½or appetizing. Before you mindlessly chew your way through another value meal, take these mini-mysteries (conveniently solved below) into account. Sometimes the truth is tough to swallow.

Whatï¿½s in a Chicken McNugget?

Youï¿½d think that a breaded lump of chicken would be pretty simple. Mostly, it would contain bread and chicken. But the McNugget and its peers at other fast-food restaurants are much more complicated creatures than that. The ï¿½meatï¿½ in the McNugget alone contains seven ingredients, some of which are made up of yet more ingredients. (Nope, itï¿½s not just chicken. Itï¿½s also such nonchicken-related stuff as water, wheat starch, dextrose, safflower oil, and sodium phosphates.) The ï¿½meatï¿½ also contains something called ï¿½autolyzed yeast extract.ï¿½ Then add another 20 ingredients that make up the breading, and you have the industrial chemicalï¿½we mean, fast-food mealï¿½called the McNugget. Still, McDonaldï¿½s is practically all-natural compared to Wendyï¿½s Chicken Nuggets, with 30 ingredients, and Burger King Chicken Fries, with a whopping 35 ingredients.

Whatï¿½s in a Wendyï¿½s Frosty?

Wendyï¿½s Frosty requires 14 ingredients to create what traditional shakes achieve with only milk and ice cream. So what accounts for the double-digit ingredient list? Mostly a barrage of thickening agents that includes guar gum, cellulose gum, and carrageenan. And while thatï¿½s enough to disqualify it as a milk shake in our book, itï¿½s nothing compared to the chemistï¿½s list of ingredients in the restaurantï¿½s new line of bulked-up Frankenfrosties.

Check out the Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty, for instance. It seems harmless enough; the only additions, after all, are ï¿½coffee syrupï¿½ and ï¿½coffee toffee pieces.ï¿½ The problem is that those two additions collectively contain 25 extra ingredients, seven of which are sugars and three of which are oils. And get this: Rather than a classic syrup, the ï¿½coffee syrupï¿½ would more accurately be described as a blend of water, high-fructose corn syrup, and propylene glycol, a laxative chemical thatï¿½s used as an emulsifier in food and a filler in electronic cigarettes. Of all 10 ingredients it takes to make the syrup, coffee doesnï¿½t show up until near the end, eight items down the list.

Whatï¿½s in a Filet-O-Fish?

The worldï¿½s most famous fish sandwich begins as one of the oceanï¿½s ugliest creatures. Filet-O-Fish, like many of the fish patties used by fast-food chains, is made predominantly from hoki, a gnarly, crazy-eyed fish found in the cold waters off the coast of New Zealand. In the past, McDonaldï¿½s has purchased up to 15 million pounds of hoki a year, each flaky fillet destined for a coat of batter, a bath of oil, a squirt of tartar, and a final resting place in a warm, squishy bun. But it seems the worldï¿½s appetite for this and other fried-fish sandwiches has proved too voracious, as New Zealand has been forced to cut the allowable catch over the years in order to keep the hoki population from collapsing. Donï¿½t expect McDonaldï¿½s to scale down Filet-O-Fish output anytime soon, though; other whitefish like Alaskan pollock will likely fill in the gaps left by the hoki downturn. After all, once itï¿½s battered and fried, do you really think youï¿½ll know the difference?

Whatï¿½s in my salami sandwich?

Salami, the mystery meat: Is it cow? Is it pig? Well, if youï¿½re talking Genoa salami, like youï¿½d get at Subway, then itï¿½s both. Most salami is made from slaughterhouse leftovers that are gathered using ï¿½advanced meat recovery,ï¿½ which sounds like a rehab center for vegans but is actually a mechanical process that strips the last remaining bits of muscle off the bone so nothing is wasted. Itï¿½s then processed using lactic acid, the waste product produced by bacteria in the meat. It both gives the salami its tangy flavor and cures it as well, making it an inhospitable place for other bacteria to grow. Add in a bunch of salt and spicesï¿½for a total of 15 ingredients in allï¿½and youï¿½ve got salami. But now that you know whatï¿½s in there, you might need to check yourself into an advanced meat recovery center.

Of course, salami isnï¿½t the only sandwich ingredient thatï¿½ll sink a sub. See our list of the 30 Worst Sandwiches in America for more examples.
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edwin-j · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:52 pm Post subject:

Gracias por la info, muy interesante Wink

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benjamino · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:31 pm Post subject:

Todo lo que es fast food es comida de embuste, hasta los vegetales estan alterados geneticamente, y la gente es tan boba que se cree que estan comiendo saludable en algunos restaurantes. Laughing