Thursday, February 3, 2011

Beef, It's What's For Dinner....Are You Sure About That?

     Like any college student, when midnight rolls around, my stomach gets to rumbling. The average college student would refer to this hunger as the need for "Fourthmeal," a term made famous by Taco Bell. For me, it was a perfect meal...cheap, quick, and close to my dorm. I always knew that eating that late at night was not necessarily healthy, much less eating Taco Bell late at night. However, I never realized how bad Taco Bell was until here in the last few days. The Taco Bell website provides an Ingredients Statement  full of things that the average person, much less college student, would have no idea what it really is. I know that I have no clue what "sodium alginate" is, do you?
     Like the average college student would, I just brushed off the accusations I heard about how awful Taco Bell really was until I saw a FoxNews article about a lawsuit over the quality of the Taco Bell beef. First off, it grosses me out that the USDA only requires the beef to be 40% actual beef. Much less the fact that the beef from Taco Bell was only 35% beef. Of course Taco Bell then tried to cover up and published a statement saying, "Of Course We Use Real Beef!" I know that I would believe FoxNews way before I would believe Taco Bell. The lack of information on what the beef taco filling is horrible. It makes me wonder what is going on in my body with all of the "mixture containing just 35 percent beef, with the remaining 65 percent containing water, wheat oats, soy lecithin, maltodrextrin, anti-dusting agent and modified corn starch." Frankly, I want nothing to do with Taco Bell after finding out the truth. It also raises questions about what other fast food meals contain. I for one am going to cut back if not totally cut out fast food. If I never touched a Taco Bell taco again, it would be too soon.



Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/01/25/wheres-beef-taco-bell-sued-ingredients/#ixzz1CxjLh3h9

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  1. Barn SwallowFebruary 15, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    Dear, christinegibson
    It is crazy that Taco Bell's meat is only 35% real beef! Its really disgusting to think about putting that into your body. I feel that you were right on the dot with what you were talking about, because if Taco Bell says that they are serving real beef, they are on something because 35% is not real beef!
    I always liked Taco Bell because it was cheap and tasted good just like you. But now that I know that the meat is less that 50% artificial, now that is just gross. I will just have to find a different cheap, late night snack by the university. I totally agree with you on cutting back on Taco Bell and other fast foods. If Taco Bell is lying about their beef, no telling what other fast food chains are lying about.
    Thank you for informing me about this. I look forward to seeing what else you write.

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