Question About Meat?

[mommaof4]

I know meat is suppose to be safe but all of the meat I find says x% solution. Is this still ok, how do you know what the solution is?

Thanks

[Juliebove]

I could swear I just answered this question last night! Anyway...

What kind of store is this? I have heard that Walmart puts a solution in their meat but our Walmarts here don't have a grocery.

Try shopping somewhere else. You don't want that crap in your meat. Also, look for organic meat.

[CMG]

I read recently about companies using a salt-water solution to "plump" meat for packaging. It looks like there's no harm in it other than that you are paying a price per pound for meat when some of that weight actually is salt water.

[mommaof4]

I could swear I just answered this question last night! Anyway...

What kind of store is this? I have heard that Walmart puts a solution in their meat but our Walmarts here don't have a grocery.

Try shopping somewhere else. You don't want that crap in your meat. Also, look for organic meat.

I did post this before but when I came back I couldn't find it.

Thank you for your reply. I have been to walmart, harris teeter & farm fresh. I just found an organic grocer not sure if they offer meat but I am going to check it out.

Thanks again

[mommaof4]

I read recently about companies using a salt-water solution to "plump" meat for packaging. It looks like there's no harm in it other than that you are paying a price per pound for meat when some of that weight actually is salt water.

I wish if it were just salt water they would say, it would make my life easier.

Thank You

[mamaesq]

I try to avoid it (I see it mostly with chicken), but that's mostly because I don't think it tastes as good as normal chicken. Now that I am gluten-free, I am even more conscious of it since they don't label what the solution is.

[Lisa]

Any form of gluten must be listed if used in meat (ie.broth) according to FDA regulations.

[ang1e0251]

I have to admit I have been lukewarm over the organic thing. I felt organic was the way to grow things but I didn't always believe that what growers were allowed to sell as organic fit my definition.

Recently my cousin who works for a chicken company offered us to buy his company's meat with his family discount. We've been eating this chicken for about 3 months. Wow, I didn't know at first it was organic but it's much more tender and flavorful than the other chicken I was buying. Now I'm hooked and will have to buy organic forever! It really is better, so I stand corrected.

[OptimisticMom42]

I try really hard not to buy meat from anyone but the butcher. I like that the meats are locally raised and not processed with a million other animals from all over the world. No plastic wrap, no foam trays.

[Nancym]

I think with kosher chickens they don't use any plumping solutions.

[lovegrov]

OK, in the U.S., the USDA REQUIRES that any grain added to a meat be listed. This mean wheat, rye, barley, oats or whatever. This is separate from the requirement that the top 8 allergens be listed. If your meat says solution or flavoring or broth or whatever, but does not list a grain, it's gluten-free. All you have to do is read the ingredients.

richard

[ang1e0251]

Of course you're right but that's not really the point. I never read a lable on plain meat until this was brought to my attention. I think it is important to point out because newbies to this diet may not know about the additives and also may not read the label. It's just sharing the info for the safety of us all.