Yum...Taco Bell Meat Contains Only 35% Beef, 57% Fat

Honestly, it was pretty obvious that Taco Bell wasn't serving high quality beef in it's products. Lets be serious...it's Taco Bell. What's actually surprising though is that Taco Bell's "seasoned beef" is not only fatty as hell, but it's barely beef at all.

Taco Bell was recently sued by an Alabama law firm for "falsely advertising" that its products contain seasoned beef. According to the USDA, taco filling has to contain at least 40% fresh meat to be legally marketed as beef...Taco Bell's meat only contains 35% beef, short of the requirement. What's even worse is that 57% of that beef is fat. The next time you go to the grocery store check the meat section, the lowest protein-fat ratio you'll find is probably something close to 65% protein-35% fat or 70% protein-30% fat...but 57% fat, really!?!? Yuck. So if only 35% of Taco Bell's meat is actually beef, what's in the other 65%? Stuff like isolated oat product, maltodextrin, soy lecithin, autolyzed yeast extract, modified corn starch, anti-dusting agent, sodium phosphate and seasonings. Basically artificial food additives, preservatives, and chemicals. If you're opting for fast food Mexican, at least have some regard for your body and go for Chipotle or Qdoba...they have real beef. You'll save your stomach some misery and torment.

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