Taco Bell Demands an Apology After Beef Lawsuit Dropped

4-21-2011 @3:50PM Chase said... You DID read the story, right?

4-21-2011 @7:19PM gobo said... They don't use either oatmeal or dextrose in their beef.

4-21-2011 @7:45PM elky999 said... Actually there is dextrose in the food, and maybe not oatmeal, but oats, yes.

http://www.tacobell.com/nutrition/ingredientstatement

So with that said, did you research anything before trying to calling someone out?

4-22-2011 @5:56AM gobo said... There's dextrose in the bacon, yes. Not in the beef. And yes, they use oat flour ('isolated oat product') as a binder to keep it moist. Not oatmeal.

4-22-2011 @12:18PM puevigi said... Even if it was in there why on earth would that be bad? Twelve percent is pretty reasonable for seasoning content especially for a taco meat mixture. Let's not encourage them to start using the gunk no can pronounce and may or may not be a cause of cancer in lab testing. The fact they picked Taco Bell makes me think this is backed by competitors trying to draw attention away from the really nasty stuff those places are using. Let's start taking an in depth look at that other stuff out there please.

4-22-2011 @6:23PM nestmission said... Do you all not think that there is filler put in your food? Then don't eat out. The filler in the hamburg is put there to keep it moist. If it weren't there you would complain about how dry it was. Commercial food has to be processed a little different than the food we put on our table. Remember, when food is cooked at home you eat it right away...this does not happen in resturants. I think Taco Bell is do an apology. What was said almost destroyed their business. How does one deal with that?

4-22-2011 @5:23PM JAXnVilleGal said... I used to buy tacos from Taco Bell and they were really GOOD. I hadn't bought one in years and did last week......AWFUL !! I looked at the "meat" and it was the strangest looking stuff....I just threw it away. It was like tasting cardboard. No I don't eat cardboard ! LOL But, I have held a piece in my mouth trying to wrap a box, so I do know what it tastes like !! They use to use just plain hamburger meat and now I have no idea what's in that mess !! I won't be buying anymore !!!!!!!

4-22-2011 @5:39PM poot said... Looks to me like you completely missed the point, Crider... and I'm sure you don't mind citing your sources... but you probably don't have any, hell, you don't even know what the article is about.

4-22-2011 @6:00PM Visconti24 said... I don't care what they use in their tacos. They might even use ground filet mignon. The fact is, whatever they use, the tacos taste nasty, awful, vile, a salty mess! The problem is not the ingredients. It is the taste. Greasy, salty, inedible!

4-22-2011 @7:30PM a man said... Does anybody really care about Taco Bell? I have never been in a clean one in my life. The food is always over-cooked. The staff is always rude. And the prices are too high. I think that about says it all.

4-21-2011 @3:54PM putz said... Ha! The only bottom feeders in this story are the Taco Bell customers.
Zing!

4-21-2011 @7:16PM gobo said... Wait... you don't like them telling the truth, fully disclosing their ingredients, and proving the lawyers wrong? And now you don't trust them because they're honest? Okaayyy.....

4-22-2011 @7:11AM John said... Roger has a comprehension problem. Poor reader. Someone needs to explain this to him using two syllable or less words. But it does point out why Taco Bell is so upset. Even a stupid lawsuit with no merit and incorrect "facts" do damage to idiots like out boy Roger here. I hope they do get their legal expenses back.

4-22-2011 @12:00PM Rogerchrane said... It's pretty obvious that the two posters who replied to me work for Taco Bell in some capacity. You are taking this WAY TOO PERSONALLY.

It's pretty sad.

4-22-2011 @1:34PM W D Stromire said... For those of you wishing Taco Bell ill, I think you should educate yourselves a little. I don't go there much but, they serve more than 2 billion consumers each year in more than 5,800 restaurants in the U.S., more than 80 percent of which are owned and operated by independent franchisees. Employing over 175,000 people in the United States alone, they have outlets around the world. They produce jobs in a world lacking them, they give back to communities with scholarships supporting over 500,000 at risks teens, and they produce tax revenue. Where do you think everyone would be, without their business as part of the KFC and Pizza Hut family of Yum Brands and the US economy! Every company has problems and moves to solve them in order to better serve their customers. Taco Bell seems to be doing an outstanding job and in my book deserves an apology from the lawyers who decided their kids needed braces that week and they a new BMW each.

4-22-2011 @4:08PM Rogerchrane said... Seriously, quit.

W D, do you really think your employers are fooling anyone? 75 posts on this one article for a website that may be lucky to get 10 most days on the average article.

HMMMMMM...