McDonald’s 49c hamburger day, 2
by CarolineGraphically, here’s the breakdown of the lowest and highest meat contents from the study I previously posted.
2.1% meat, 48.4% water, 49.5% other:
14.8% meat, 37.7% water, 47.5% other:
Even in the best case, 47.5% of nonmuscle tissue forms the largest portion — fatty, connective, bone, and the not-insignificant plant matter found in both of these examples.
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I’m curious about the definition of “peripheral nervous tissue”–BSE prions lodge in the brain but also parts of the nervous system. The inclusion of some nervous tissue in ground meat is inevitable, but i do wonder what the threshold is.
That being said, i’m still a huge fan of McDonalds’ cheeseburgers.