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When a lawsuit filed last week claimed that Taco Bell meat was pretty light on the actual meat (and heavy on the fillers), those were fighting words to the company that stakes its reputation on meaty burritos, tacos, and chalupas. According to an ABC News report, Taco Bell is now running defense.
Taco Bell President Greg Creed called the lawsuit "bogus and filled with completely inaccurate facts," says ABC. "There is no basis in fact or reality for this suit, and we will vigorously defend the quality of our products from frivolous and misleading claims such as this."
How much beef is "in fact" in Taco Bell's "seaoned beef recipe?" According to Creed, it contains 88 percent USDA-inspected beef, along with ingredients that provide "taste and moisture." And don't forget those "extenders" that pump up the meat's volume. To be continued, folks. And may the best meat evidence win.
Check out all the ingredients, listed at Taco Bell's website.
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1-28-2011 @8:29AM Janice said... Maybe less beef is a good thing.
Consider the alternative.
Most fast food beef is created out of the trimmings and detritus shipped from slaughterhouses around the country and has to be put through a pathogen killing process to get it clean enough to eat.
Fake Beef in Taco Ball Tacos. Why all the fuss?
http://gigabiting.com/?p=7413/
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1-28-2011 @11:43AM Bob said... Well.............thare goes any chance that I might eat at Taco Bell ever again................lol
1-28-2011 @1:54PM k said... If you're not smart enough to know what is wrong with selling beef and delivering saw dust, than you're far beyond reasoning.
1-27-2011 @6:42PM gobo said... Not a big surprise, really -- there's nothing wrong with "extended" beef. It's actually healthier than pure beef: less fat, more fiber. And yes, cheaper!
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1-28-2011 @7:27AM Lena said... Stay away from the beef Http://www.vegancookingtipsandsecrets.com and eat more veggies.
1-27-2011 @8:24PM tom said... There is a reason that "meat" is ground up so fine. They dont want you to see/taste what's actually in it. Witness the lowly hot dog. Have you ever seen what the government lists what you can put into this mixture? Many foods can have a couple per cent of insect parts. With the right mix, and seasonings, I could make sawdust taste good in a taco.
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1-29-2011 @5:02AM rick said... so they put soy in the hamburger at taco bell
don't you rember back in school their hot dog's and
hamburgers were soy dogs and soy burgers
when i was in elementary my 5th grade princible
let the school use kangaroo meat in the burgers
was cheeper than beef....
1-28-2011 @7:31AM John said... That's why we only buy Hewbrew National Hot Dogs. At least you know there's no garbage in them. As far as Taco Bell: if they were able to make this meat mixture with this low a percentage of actual meat as is alleged, they could make a lot more money selling healthy beef alternatives than tacos. Stupid lawsuit.
1-27-2011 @8:26PM carol said... I like Toco Bell but hate the rice they use for fillers. If I wanted rice i'd do Chinese.
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1-27-2011 @8:36PM Mary said... Yes my husband says if he wants rice he will do chinese
1-27-2011 @10:59PM Kalvin said... The plastic rice? The Chinese are making rice from potatoes, sweet potatoes and a plastic mixture. Yum yum.
1-28-2011 @8:01AM gobo said... Gee, that's culturally ignorant. Try going to Mexico. See what you eat. Bet it's rice!
1-28-2011 @12:41PM Butch said... Rice happens to be a staple in more places then China. Its used a LOT in Mexican cooking as well!
1-27-2011 @8:30PM SHABBY SHERRY said... HEY GOBO, YOU MUST WORK FOR TOCO BELL. EXTENDED BEEF COULD BE ANYTHING. THEY WOULDN'T NEED TO THINK UP EXTRA WORDS WITH THE WORD BEEF IF IT REALLY WERE BEEF. EXTENDED BEEF COULD BE ANYTHING FROM ROAD KILL TO SLAUGHTERHOUSE RUNOFF. AND OH.. COMES FROM CHINA DOESN'T IT ????
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1-27-2011 @10:22PM tara said... All it means is that a soy filler is added. That is something that used to be available in grocery stores when I was a kid. My mom would add it to hamburger when she bought it to make it go further, and yes it is healthier and cheaper than 100% beef. It really seems like you are letting your imagination run wild with this one.
1-28-2011 @7:58AM Ray said... What happened to the Taco Bell DOG?
1-28-2011 @1:06PM Butch said... For Ray. They dropped the dog from ads because of the PC(politically correct) people that said it was racially offensive to a certain group! Not only that.....the cute little thing died not all that long ago, of old age!
1-27-2011 @8:35PM Mary said... This stuffing comes in already cooked frozen, and they boil it in a bag
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1-27-2011 @9:15PM Digi said... lol 'stuffing' huh. English much? Actually 95% of any fast food consumed by ants like yourself COMES FROZEN. This is so little tools like you dont get sick from contaminated food, and so it lasts longer. Secondly they dont 'boil' the meat. It does come frozen in a special plastic bag WHICH THEY THEN PUT INTO BOILING WATER (WHILE ITS IN THE BAG) to heat the meat. I know this cause I use to work for taco bell in my teens. You lovely little whiners need to get off your high horse and DEAL WITH IT, or shove off. NO ONE IS HERE JUST TO SERVE YOU.
1-28-2011 @1:04AM Stick said... Wow Digi, you sit here and talk down to all these people and tell them, "to get off your high horse." You're a pathetic individual whose greatest strength is anonymity, so you can sit here unknown to the real world handing down your decrees from your pathetic, little virtual throne. Grow up, get a life and quit talking down to people you would be too afraid of to speak to in the real world. A bully is a bully and you are the worst cause you don't even have the balls to do it to someones face. Come yell at me about taco bell fillers and we'll see where your fat mouth gets you.