7 MYTHS You Still Believe About FAST FOOD!

 7 MYTHS You Still Believe About FAST FOOD

So many of us know that, in general, fast food really isn't that great for you. Good food takes time to make, baby.

But the truth is, your opinion of it may have been based on some false information. Like, remember the famous McDonald's chicken nugget "pink slime picture" that went pretty viral?

Yeah, that was not what you think it was. Well, in this article, we're going to take the seven most commonly believed myths that you likely still believe about fast food and explain the truth behind them.

Well, today, we're going to tackle some of the biggest lies about some of the biggest companies in fast food that you've ever heard.

This is Seven Myths You Still Believe About Fast Food.

There's pink slime in chicken nuggets

For many years, people have been asking "What's in McDonald's chicken nuggets?" and more specifically, at what point is that pink slime added? Well, this pink slime is, in reality, a meat-based product referred to as lean, finely-textured beef or LFTB. It is actually used as a food additive to lower the fat content in ground beef.

While McDonald's readily admits they've used LFTB in the past for their beef, they haven't used it since 2011 and McNuggets have never contained it. Rest assured, burger lovers, that the pink slime was, at the time, considered perfectly edible. Still, though, I'm pretty glad they got rid of it.

It looks like unicorn poop

Taco Bell doesn't use real meat. Speaking of meat, did you ever hear that Taco Bell's ground beef is actually unfit for human consumption and contains only 35% Grade-D meat?

I'm not gonna lie. I've heard that but it never stopped me.

Well, if so, you're just like millions of people including Alabama firm Beasley Allen, who, in January of 2011 decided to sue the company over the misleading claim that they were serving beef which wasn't truly beef at all. But, the firm had to withdraw their case after only three months when, in April 2011, Taco Bell proved that their product was 88% genuine beef and only 12% filler ingredients, which were all completely safe to eat. Still, man, 12% filler? How about 0% filler?

Slow food restaurants are a healthier option

Many people still ask, "Why go out to a fast food place "like McDonald's or Burger King "when you could go to a sit-down restaurant "and eat a real meal that's healthier for you?"

Next time somebody asks you that, answer them with this fact. The healthier option dine-in thing is totally a myth. A study done by Drexel University in Philadelphia revealed that the average full meal consumed at a "real restaurant" consisted of 2020 calories, 28 grams of saturated fat, and 3512 milligrams of sodium.

Just to put that into context, a Big Mac combo with fries and a Coke has 1090 calories, 12 grams of saturated fat and 1220 milligrams of sodium. Now, neither are exactly a healthy option, but in that scenario, believe it or not, McDonald's is the healthier option.

"Big Macs for everybody."

Arby's roast beef is made from gel

This is yet another ridiculous accusation against another fast food giant.

The rumor here is that Arby's roast beef arrives at the restaurant in gel, liquid, powder or paste form,
which is completely absurd. The most popular rumor says that the product is gel but before it's used has to be heated until it resembles meat. What actually happens is the meat arrives at each restaurant sealed inside plastic bags with only a thin layer of basting solution on it.

Now, yes, that solution is gel-like, so that may be where the rumor comes from, but the fact remains that the roast beef itself is real meat.

There's more caffeine in dark roast coffee

If you're looking to get a bigger buzz out of your morning cup of joe, whether it's from Tim Horton's,
Starbucks, McDonald's, Dunkin Donuts, whatever, rest assured that simply ordering dark roast blend
isn't going to be any buzzier than a regular cup.

Where exactly the rumor about dark roast containing more caffeine started is anybody's guess, but the idea spread very quickly, especially with the bold flavor that the roasts have. The truth is, coffee beans are green to start and then go dark in the brewing process, losing caffeine as they darken.
So, believe it or not, lighter coffee actually has more caffeine.

KFC changed its name because it's not real chicken

When Kentucky Fried Chicken changed their name to KFC in 1991, rumors began flying as to why. The most incredible and sadly, the most prominent one is that the company was forced to change their name, dropping the word "chicken" because they use artificially modified animals that were too genetically changed from real birds.

And, unbelievably, this rumor is still being spread 24 years later. Of course, it's total nonsense, as not only does KFC not raise their own chickens at all but they changed their name due to wanting to step away from the negative connotation that the word "fried" has with consumers. KFC is absolutely real chicken.

McDonald's food never spoils

Thanks to a certain documentary that was released in 2004 and hundreds of social media posts since,
a myth has spread that claims that McDonald's Big Macs never decay, due to, of course, all of the harmful industrial chemicals that the company pumps into them as preservatives.

And back to reality. The truth is, this myth has been busted by a number of food bloggers and backyard scientists who independently performed the same experiment, leaving Big Macs in different settings to rot. And rot they did.

McDonald's burgers, just like the ones you make at home, tend to dry out during the cooking process
and extended exposure to the air just dries them out even more. So, decomposition is harder to determine with eyes alone, but I still wouldn't eat the end result of that experiment.

"I am suddenly really hungry."

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