The world of meat-eaters got a rude awakening earlier this year when
it was found that meat passed off as beef in the U.K. was actually horse
meat. But, if you thought meat in the U.S. was safe from secret
ingredients, the bliss of your ignorance may soon be shattered. A recent
analysis into several different fast food hamburgers found relatively
little meat, and a whole host of other “stuff”.
According to GreenMedInfo, the study was to determine what exactly
Americans are eating when they consume their 5 billion hamburgers
annually. The burgers, from 8 different fast food establishments, were
analyzed by weight and then microscopically for tissue types.
Their analysis found that water constituted about half of the weight
of the burgers, with water content ranging from 37.7% to 62.4%, with an
average of 49%. Meat, what you’d expect to make up the majority of the
burgers, was found to be as low as 2.1% in some cases, to the maximum of
14.8% in others.
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