Hamburger chef Jamie Oliver has just won a battle against one of the largest fast food chains in the world. After Oliver showed how McDonald’s hamburgers are made, the franchise announced it will change its recipe.
According to Oliver, the fatty parts of beef are “washed” in ammonium hydroxide and used in the filling of the burger. Before this process, according to the presenter, the food is deemed unfit for human consumption.
According to the chef and presenter, Jamie Oliver, who has undertaken a war against the fast food industry: “Basically, we’re taking a product that would be sold in the cheapest way for dogs, and after this process, is being given to human beings.”
Besides the low quality of the meat, the ammonium hydroxide is harmful to health. Oliver calls it “the pink slime process.”
“Why would any sensible human being put meat filled with ammonia in the mouths of their children?” asked the chef, who wages a war against the fast food industry.
In one of his initiatives, Oliver demonstrates to children how nuggets are made. After selecting the best parts of the chicken, the remains (fat, skin and internal organs) are processed for these fried foods.
The company, Arcos Dorados, the franchise manager in Latin America, said such a procedure is not practiced in the region. The same applies to the product in Ireland and the UK, where they use meat from local suppliers.
In the United States, Burger King and Taco Bell had already abandoned the use of ammonia in their products. The food industry uses ammonium hydroxide as an anti-microbial agent in meats, which has allowed McDonald’s to use otherwise “inedible meat.”
Even more disturbing is that because ammonium hydroxide is considered part of the “component in a production procedure” by the USDA, consumers may not know when the chemical is in their food.
On the official website of McDonald’s, the company claims that their meat is cheap because, while serving many people every day, they are able to buy from their suppliers at a lower price, and offer the best quality products.
In addition, the franchise denied that the decision to change the recipe is related to Jamie Oliver’s campaign. On the site, McDonald’s has admitted that they have abandoned the beef filler from its burger patties.
According to Oliver, the fatty parts of beef are “washed” in ammonium hydroxide and used in the filling of the burger. Before this process, according to the presenter, the food is deemed unfit for human consumption.
According to the chef and presenter, Jamie Oliver, who has undertaken a war against the fast food industry: “Basically, we’re taking a product that would be sold in the cheapest way for dogs, and after this process, is being given to human beings.”
Besides the low quality of the meat, the ammonium hydroxide is harmful to health. Oliver calls it “the pink slime process.”
“Why would any sensible human being put meat filled with ammonia in the mouths of their children?” asked the chef, who wages a war against the fast food industry.
In one of his initiatives, Oliver demonstrates to children how nuggets are made. After selecting the best parts of the chicken, the remains (fat, skin and internal organs) are processed for these fried foods.
The company, Arcos Dorados, the franchise manager in Latin America, said such a procedure is not practiced in the region. The same applies to the product in Ireland and the UK, where they use meat from local suppliers.
In the United States, Burger King and Taco Bell had already abandoned the use of ammonia in their products. The food industry uses ammonium hydroxide as an anti-microbial agent in meats, which has allowed McDonald’s to use otherwise “inedible meat.”
Even more disturbing is that because ammonium hydroxide is considered part of the “component in a production procedure” by the USDA, consumers may not know when the chemical is in their food.
On the official website of McDonald’s, the company claims that their meat is cheap because, while serving many people every day, they are able to buy from their suppliers at a lower price, and offer the best quality products.
In addition, the franchise denied that the decision to change the recipe is related to Jamie Oliver’s campaign. On the site, McDonald’s has admitted that they have abandoned the beef filler from its burger patties.
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gross I think i'm giving up fast food
ReplyDeleteGross.........
ReplyDeleteNot ate the shit for years.
ReplyDeleteGlad now I have celiacs and have given up fast food.
ReplyDeleteThat does it for me ! So gross. Goodbye McDonald's !!! The end of a very long relationship. Bought my first Mc hamburger for 10 cents !
ReplyDeleteI stopped eating McDonald's food about a year ago-- made me sick to think of eating fillers and had heard of ammonia being used.Revolting.
ReplyDeleteFAST FOOD MAKE YOU ILL ... so the doctors have more work.
ReplyDeleteEAT SHIT BE SHIT
EAT HEALTHY BE HEALTHY !!
hey! you're a McAsshole
DeleteSissys
ReplyDeleteyea, lol!
DeleteEhhhhh..... Been eating that crap for yrs.... Im alright!
ReplyDeleteNo you're not. Its eating away your health, whether you know it or not. Drink a bottle of Ammonia and see if you are alright.
DeleteDrinking a bottle of ammonia wouldn't prove anything because you'd be consuming a heavily concentrated dose in a very short time frame. With that said, eating fast food very often still isn't a good thing to be doing.
DeleteYeah, North America is dying from these chemicals. That's why our life expectancy is longer than it's ever been.
DeleteFast food isn't the greatest thing in the world, but it's pure hyperbole to say that it's killing us.
Our life expectancy is longer because of all of the drugs we pump into our elders! Just ask a 70 year old person how many pills they take each day. Fast food is horrible for our health and just because we live longer these days, it doesn't mean its because we are healthier, it just means we are finding ways to artificially prolong life thru means of drugs! Think next time before you try to use some "argumentative statistic". Try living to the age of 80 withoutthe assistance of drugs . That's right, you rarely can.
DeleteLike we all didn't already know that fast food is nasty and bad for your health. If this is news to you, you are either living under a rock,or in denial. Wise up, people! Quit being lazy, and cook your own food!
ReplyDeleteTwo thumbs up!
DeleteDo they have McDonalds under rocks?....LOL!
DeleteNo more!!!!!.....Im done with McDonald's...
ReplyDeleteAnd we wonder why the cancer rate in this country is so high. smh.
ReplyDeleteAlmost makes a hot dog look good....
ReplyDeleteThat's just not good never going again ever
ReplyDeleteÇhildren put pressure on the parent to buy a burger for them. Its now time for me to put pressure on the child and say no. Kids need to be educated on the food they eat...its time to change. ..
ReplyDeletelol
DeleteI think kids are ripe for being educated, as you recommend. My kids would not eat fast food burgers if I begged them. At first I didn't know why but then realized, it's because they eat mostly unprocessed food at home. So now they balk at processed food. They'll actually say, "This meat is not real meat." Or "this cake definitely came from a mix."
DeleteI swear, I am no mother of the year, but kids ARE smart and this is one good thing we can do for them.
Americas fast food habit, no wonder why we are fat and unhealthy. Maybe we should eat dog food since it has better ingredients.
ReplyDeleteYou know as disgusting as mcdonalds is... they abandoned ammonium hydroxide nearly 7 years ago. I saw this in 2009, 2010, 2012... and now a claim that JO did it. Cripes people at least get the story straight... they've not used filler or binder since the mid 2000s.
ReplyDeleteI went to an advertising seminar years ago and I was amazed ...McDonalds spends so much money on advertising that when a family goes out to eat they have to make a decision NOT to eat at MickeyDees...that's powerful
ReplyDeleteMcDonald is real-estate company and that their investment model. they dont care about food..
ReplyDeleteAnd yet the Food and Drug Administration allows this process to occur!
ReplyDeleteNo wonder children and adults alike are dying from cancer!
I wonder what's in the special sauce?.....never mind..lol
ReplyDeleteHadn't been to mcdeath's for over 20 years lol..avoid it like a plague.
ReplyDeleteWe've known about this for YEARS. I mean LOOK at a McD's burger - sh1t doesn't even look like real meat! I'd sooner eat the urinal cake in the men's bathroom than eat one of their processed chemical patties.
ReplyDeleteHa ha!
ReplyDeleteYup Muckdonalds alright... gave it up years ago... along with the toilet cleaner /rocket fuel cigarettes and alcohol. Definitely notice an improvement ... not going back there because of the likes of Monsanto either...
ReplyDeleteReally great to see some of the amazed looks on those kids faces... finally a breakthrough from this social American (fast food) scurge that has held an entire generation addicted... so nice to know the next generation will return to something better... way to go Jamie.. kudos!
ReplyDeleteQs at mcdees at weekends at the drive through for meals also makes u wonder how they can aford it these families with 3/4 kids always crying hard up on benefits yet shove this crap down there kids
ReplyDeleteI like their ice cream cones a couple of times in the summer, only thing I will eat there.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder so many of us are sick with health issues. We've been poisoned by our food industry.
ReplyDeleteThe good thing about maccas is that it cuts out the digestive system.IT IS ALREADY SHIT!!!
ReplyDeleteNO MORE MAC DONALDS. I BUY MY KIDS MAC DONALD ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK.. OMG CANT BELIEVE IT NO MORE FROM NOW. SORRY GIRLS BUT NO MORE FAST FOOD. EW EW EW.
ReplyDeleteWow. Disgusting.... never again.
ReplyDeleteI call them Someburgers They have some meat somewhere
ReplyDeleteBeefisbeef.com ... nothing wrong with the ammonia process. Get a clue people.
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