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In the UK this meat is typically sold frozen in discount or bargain lines. Here in the UAE you can find a similar product as 'frozen' or 'marinated' chicken breast. It's not a marinade I'd choose to consume, I can tell you. These pumped breasts can contain anything up to 50% water. Bargain!
Hydrolised meat protein is extracted from bones, skins and other scraps of cows and, where permissible, pigs. This is accomplished using acid to break the meat down into its component amino acids. When it comes into contact with food, hydrolised protein naturally forms MSG or monosodium glutamate - so that watery chicken breast also packs an (unlabelled!) MSG punch.
So there's horse in your beef and beef in your chicken! Yum!
1 comment:
Isn't that just yummy.
I still point people to your post on ketchup from Philly if they want to read something scary.
We have noticed that the chicken we buy locally in Jakarta gives off a lot less 'juice' (read pumped in water) when cooking than the stuff we used to buy in Dubai.
Happy days
HMHB
Ps greetings from the east!
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