Meat and Poultry Ingredients
Unless you live on or near a farm that provides animals for food, the meat and poultry that you eat contains some ingredients other than the meat. Virtually all meat and poultry that we buy has been processed in some way. Many of the products contain significant amounts of added ingredients. Kosher meats and poultry for example, are usually … Keep Reading → prepared with high amounts of sodium; much higher than non-kosher meat. Other producers of meat and poultry may use their own versions of what the industry calls meat or poultry “product extenders.” Products such as sausages and hot dogs use many types of “fillers” in the preparation of the product. It is often not clear what the fillers are made from. Other items such as phosphates and water are among the ingredients that are commonly added to different types of meat and poultry. It can be very challenging trying to determine exactly what ingredients have been used in our food.
