James_Fortis@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoTIL chicken sold in supermarkets are often "plumped" with a salt water solution to increase sell weight, making up as much as 30% of the total weight, and can contain up to 500mg of sodium per servingen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1568arrow-down14
arrow-up1564arrow-down1external-linkTIL chicken sold in supermarkets are often "plumped" with a salt water solution to increase sell weight, making up as much as 30% of the total weight, and can contain up to 500mg of sodium per servingen.wikipedia.orgJames_Fortis@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square132fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up207arrow-down1·13 days agoI remember growing up seeing Foster Farms commercials saying they don’t do this. It was the main theme of nearly all their ads. When I was a teenager, I got a job at the local Foster Farms plant. My job was part of the process of injecting the chicken with saline. 😬
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down5·13 days ago My job was part of the process of injecting the chicken with
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 days agoWere those the commercials with the chickens in the convertible coming to California from the Midwest?
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·13 days agoI think that was one. It was a whole series of a couple of chickens trying to pass themselves off as Foster Farms chicken but they always got called out for being plumped and not natural.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·13 days agoteenage you:
I remember growing up seeing Foster Farms commercials saying they don’t do this. It was the main theme of nearly all their ads.
When I was a teenager, I got a job at the local Foster Farms plant. My job was part of the process of injecting the chicken with saline. 😬
Bruh
Were those the commercials with the chickens in the convertible coming to California from the Midwest?
I think that was one. It was a whole series of a couple of chickens trying to pass themselves off as Foster Farms chicken but they always got called out for being plumped and not natural.
teenage you:
