“White boneless chicken, water, food starch-modified, salt, seasoning (autolyzed yeast extract, salt, wheat starch, natural flavoring (botanical source), safflower oil, dextrose, citric acid, rosemary), sodium phosphates, seasoning (canola oil, mono- and diglycerides, extractives of rosemary).
Battered and breaded with: water, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, food starch-modified, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat starch, whey, corn starch.
Prepared in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness). Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent.”
In the above list of ingredients from a popular fast food meal I can understand and know what the vast majority of ingredients are. There are some ingredients that I need to further investigate to understand (even with my educational background in healthcare): TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone), and Dimethylpolysiloxane? What are these ingredients that have been introduced into this "food"? I certainly can't buy them in the cooking aisle of the local grocer. It turns out that:
· Tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) is a petroleum-based product with synthetic antioxidant properties
· Dimethylpolysiloxane is a type of silicone with anti-foaming properties used in cosmetics and a variety of other goods like Silly Putty
Hum? Silly Putty? In chicken nuggets? Certainly seems questionable to me. Here's a little more information on just a few of the side effects from the "ingredients" listed above:
TBHQ can cause Nausea, Vomiting, Ringing in the ears (tinnitus), Delirium, Sense of suffocation, and Collapse.
To add to this toxic mélange of ingredients the bun upon which your "meal" has been placed also plays havoc with ingredients like: calcium sulfate (aka Plaster of Paris), calcium carbonate (Antacid medication), ammonium sulfate (According to MSDS,“harmful if swallowed”), ammonium chloride (Causes irritation to the gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea), calcium propionate (Preservative), sodium propionate (Mold inhibitor). Yum!
All these chemicals might just explain the shelf life of these burgers and chicken patties. Don't believe me? Check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYyDXH1amic
To read the full article go to the Source: http://docakilah.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/do-you-have-any-idea-of-the-chemicals-used-in-fast-food-chicken/
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