Post by Stearmandriver on Jul 17, 2019 18:51:08 GMT -5
Jun 15, 2019 21:28:26 GMT -5 @lonecoyote said:
toshtego ........What beef? Are you referring to that blend of sawdust and flour with beef fat drippings? They are the only outfit which has been able to reproduce the taste of the burgers I remember from Junior High School.I remember when McDonalds stated 100% pure beef, I don’t remember seeing that advertised on my last few visits with my granddaughter’s.
This has been discussed on 20/20 and 60 Minutes. Another article also mentions Wendy’s. So, unless you know a good butcher what’s in your beef you purchase in your local supermarket!!!
“ McDonald’s Uses Worm Meat Fillers But Can Legally Call It 100% Beef. Large companies have been the subject of rumors that they substitute unusual or unethical substances in their products, usually to decrease costs. McDonald’s is not immune to such claims. McDonald’s has been accused of using everything from worms to cow eyeballs in its burgers. Dating far back to at least 1978, there have been rumors that McDonald’s restaurants use earthworms in their hamburgers.
The fact that McDonald’s uses cow eyeballs and worm fillers does not stop them from legally using the claim that they served 100% beef. McDonald’s has assured its consumers that its product contains 100% beef. They are allowed to do this because McDonald’s buys their “beef” from a company called “100% Beef Company”, making it possible for McDonald’s to call beef byproducts and soy products “100% beef”.
McDonald’s then ships the beef to their grinding facility in Oak Brook, Illinois where they then take the ground worm filler and add it to their “100% beef patties”. McDonald’s serves billions of people around the world every year. This allows them to produce a higher profit margin by increasing the amount of patties that can be made, by increasing their product load with the worm filler. The worm filler is ground and packaged in a facility next to McDonald’s corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois. The employees must sign a confidentiality waiver to never discuss the ingredients of the McDonald’s food products or face termination and legal repercussions. However many employees have stepped up over the years with the truth and have created a huge controversy over the quality of food that the company produces.
McDonald’s has also been accused of using mutant laboratory meat, and pig fat their milkshakes and ice cream. Considering that one quarter of Americans eat McDonald’s every single day, although nutritionists recommend you do so only once a month, they are doing so unaware of the products they are putting into their body. If everybody truly knew what they were consuming, they definitely would not be eating this “.
This rumor is literally almost as old as I am, and it's been debunked so many times I can't even count them. Here's a good summary:
www.snopes.com/fact-check/worm-meat-used-mcdonalds-hamburgers/