Study Shows Fast Food Burgers Can Contain As Little As 2 % Actual Meat

[formercia]

August 3, 2013 by Arjun Walia

A study recently published in the journal Annals of Diagnostic Pathology determined that some fast food hamburgers may contain as little as 2 % actual meat(1). If that’s the case, what makes up the rest of it?

The purpose of the study was to assess the content of 8 fast food hamburger brands using histologic methods. Americans consume about 5 billion hamburgers a year, and most of the people eating them assume that they are comprised primarily of meat. Researchers also found the need to search for brain tissue, fortunately they didn’t find any. Truth is, meat content within fast food hamburgers is very low. Here is a breakdown of what you might find in a fast food hamburger, according to the study:

Water content by weight ranged from 37.7 to 62.4 percent, an average of 49 percent
Meat content in the hamburgers ranged from 2.1 percent to 14.8 percent, an average of 12.1 percent
Electron microscopy revealed the existence of preserved skeletal muscle
Connective tissues
Blood vessels
Peripheral nerves
Adipose Tissue
Plant material
Cartilage
Bone

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http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/08/03/study-shows-fast-food-burgers-can-contain-as-little-as-2-actual-meat/

[MrNJ]

1. mmmmm, terrible

[Rex]

2. Whatever happened to 100% ground beef?

Just in the grocery stores? I wonder how much meat is in a fuddruckers hamburger? Probably don't want to know.

[tridim]

5. The article is talking about "meat" not "beef"

I guess "meat" means muscle tissue, which would mean no beef/pork/chicken product contains anywhere near 100% "meat".

[Rex]

8. Oh I didn't really catch that thanks.

I always think of them as one and the same, should get out of that habit.

[CBGLuthier]

3. "Billions of animals are murdered" Kind of shows a wee bit of bias by this bullshit "study."

I rarely eat meat and I never eat fast food meat but to complain because meat contains blood vessels, water and fat is really damned stupid.

[hobbit709]

4. This was already posted two days ago

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023397166

And as I said then what a crock of partial truths.

[HockeyMom]

6. Gross

If they were putting soy or veggies instead, that probably would be better.

[formercia]

7. Bullshit is mostly Water and Vegetable Matter.

So much for Fast Food Advertising.

The World needs to go Vegetarian and stop using Grains for Animal Feed: Grain that could feed the World.

[RebelOne]

9. Yes, I am a vegetarian and the world would be a better place without meat. n/t