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3 Mar, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Fast Food Fun—It's Not The Meat

Which meal has the longest list of ingredients?

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Big Mac Combo

The Colonel's Bucket Meal

Taco Bell Nacho Fries Box

Pizza Hut Big Dinner Box

Had to substitute a little bit because of missing ingredient lists for some items. I don't think it makes much difference.

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4 Mar
The problem with this Pizza Hut meal is not the meat (I think there's meat in here somewhere).

There is also "pan oil" preserved with TBHQ, and there is that DATEM again. Sugar cane fiber👀 and VITAL wheat gluten. "Vital!" to whom? 🙄
The alphabetical list of ingredients of this ONE MEAL is similar to the others, but with a few twists: TBHQ and "pan oil" come to mind. And get a load of that "chicken fritter" …🥴

ascorbic acid
autolyzed yeast extract
beef
bleached wheat flour
1/
bone-out uncooked chicken breast chunk fritters with rib meat containing up to 20% of a solution
caffeine
caramel color
carbonated water
cheese culture
cheese cultures
chicken broth
chicken fat
citric acid
corn maltodextrin
corn syrup solids
datem
dehydrated onion
dextrose
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3 Mar
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dvm360.com/view/paleontol…

"[C]ats have been hypercarnivorous, ambush predators for at least 29 million years.

"None of these cats evolved to digest food with more than 10% carbohy-drates,
"[D]uring World War ll when the pet food industry was forced to stop using metal to package pet food in cans

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3 Mar
I don't know where to start with this one, so it's all red.

The problem with this Taco Bell meal is not the beef (if you can find it).

Mountain Dew Baja Blast
Beefy 5-Layer Burrito
Crunchy Taco
Seasoned Fries
Nacho Cheese Dip

~100 ingredients ImageImage
The alphabetical list of ingredients of this ONE MEAL is simply astounding. 🥴

aged cayenne red peppers
annatto (vc)
annatto and oleoresin paprika (vc)
anti-caking agent
baking soda
beef
beet powder (vc)
blue 1
caffeine
calcium carbonate
1/
calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor)
calcium propionate
canola oil
carbonated water
carrageenan
cellulose
cellulose gel
cellulose gum
cheese whey
chili pepper
citric acid
cocoa
corn flour
cornstarch
cream
cultured pasteurized milk
dextrin
dextrose
dipotassium phosphate
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2 Mar
The problem with this KCF bucket meal is NOT the chicken. Image
The alphabetical list of ingredients of this ONE MEAL is simply astounding. 😖

Apple Cider Vinegar
Baking Soda
Beta Carotene (Color)
Butter (Cream)
Buttermilk
Calcium Stearoyl-2-Lactylate
Calcium Stearoyl-2-Lactylate)
Caramel Color (Contains Up To 20 PPM Sulfites)
Carrots
1/
Chicken
Chicken Fat
Chopped Cabbage
Citric Acid
Colonel's Secret Original Recipe Seasoning
Contains Less Than 2% Of
Corn Vinegar
Datem
Dextrose
Disodium Guanylate
Disodium Inosinate
Distilled Vinegar
Egg Whites
Enriched Flour Bleached
Enriched Wheat Flour
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The alphabetical list of ingredients of this ONE MEAL is simply astounding. 😖

Alum
Ascorbic Acid
Caffeine
Calcium Chloride
Canola Oil
Caramel Color
Carbonated
Cheese Cultures
Citric Acid
Color Added
Corn Oil
Corn Syrup
Cream
Cucumbers
Dextrose
Diced Pickles
Distilled Vinegar
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Egg Yolks
Enriched Flour
Enzymes
Extractives of Paprika
Extractives of Turmeric (Color)
Flour
Folic Acid
Garlic Powder
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
Hydrolyzed Corn Soy and Wheat
Hydrolyzed Wheat And Hydrolyzed Milk
Iron
Lettuce
Malted Barley
Milk
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