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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 84 points 2 months ago

Well if McDonald’s wins this one, then the meat industry should keep its mouth shut about “soy milk” and “impossible burger”.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 55 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have you ever eaten one? I'd be surprised to learn it was mostly meat.

[–] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Hahaha, now that you say that, I'd also be surprised. It tastes and feels more like a meatloaf kind of product, like finely ground meat with the maximum amount of filler product before you actually start to taste sawdust. Mmmmmmmmmm

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 51 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Enshittification has reached all processed food. Take Totinos pizza rolls, they don't even use real cheese anymore, they use "Imitation Mozzarella Cheese". The knockoffs aren't any better, the Walmart Great Value brand pulls the same crap. Only the Aldi version (Mama Cozzi) uses actual cheese.

Gets off soapbox

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Domino's pizza uses "cheese made with 100% mozzarella cheese"

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 47 points 2 months ago

For those playing at home, "made with" doesn't have an FDA definition, so it only means there was a nonzero presence of mozzarella cheese in the manufacturing process. Basically, homeopathic cheese.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

But that's the great thing about capitalism, it gives you so much choice. You can buy the pizza rolls with imitation cheese in the red packaging, or the blue one, or even yellow!

[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Or you can pick up the one made that day in house and packaged up fresh. Or even but the raw ingredients it you are feeling brave.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, that's how it works today, but not how it used to be. We keep forgetting the option to not buy crap, which is how this house operates.

So weird hearing all the bitching about capitalism when we collectively buy garbage. Yes, we're screwed in many unavoidable ways, but our consumption is 98% controllable.

Reminds me of my crack whore (most literally) neighbor back in the day. She was making fun of me for buying decent toilet paper when she got the single-ply shit for cheap. "Yeah, but you're using twice as much for more money." "Sucker!"

My wife and I buy almost nothing new and shop Aldi for food. I can walk out of Aldi with almost twice the food as the most expensive grocery 1-mile down the road. Guess which store is swamped with customers and which is nearly empty. For context, this is a redneck suburb of a poor American city.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I thought the fediverse doesn't have ads?

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pointing out which brands don't fool the consumer is an ad? The bar seems really low nowadays.

[–] dumbass@piefed.social 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

I thought the fediverse doesn’t have ads?

If you're asking whether you thought that, we can't answer for sure.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

So is it an ad for Totinos or Aldi?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Which one do you want to buy?

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[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Who told you that?

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

To be fair the McRib was shit from the beginning. I still crave one every few years.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've never had one, but I assume it tastes like the 90's elementary school "rib" sandwich from the cafeteria. Maybe worse.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

I had one, or more accurately one bite. The best way to describe it is boiled meat coated in a sugar sauce. Fucking disgusting.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can't compare, I never had yours. It's minced pork, a very strange BBQ sauce it's been heated in, some pickles and raw onions. The sauce is mainly acidic/sweet IIRC and the onions only provide texture. It's very strange, but somehow it scratches an itch. I haven't had one in years, but maybe I'll get one later and update the description.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That description is pretty accurate, you're just missing the weird melty texture of the not-quite-meat.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah. If only I could explain why I enjoy it sometimes.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but the animal they originally made it from went extinct.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They are allowed to. Not here. Named cheese, must contain cheese. Named sausage, looks like sausage, must be sausage. Stuff like that.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Damn, I had some random off brand pizza rolls I bought a few months back. Just checked the label. Sure enough. Imitation cheese. Guess I need to start checking that before I buy them in the future.

[–] ericatty@infosec.pub 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I bought some pizza rolls a couple years ago for nostalgia. They didn't taste anything like I remembered.

Did they change more than the cheese since the 80s and 90s?

[–] WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Keep in mind you also aren't a child/teenager anymore. I used to love Doritos and mountain dew 15 years ago, but I never touch either anymore.

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[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Foodstuff-like product ^TM^

[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

meat flavored reprocessed byproduct slurry.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Stop it you two. I'm getting hungry.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Homogenised meat-flavoured protein disc

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Boiled gelatinous meat product with ligaments and tendons removed.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

Removed? No, no, no. I don't want that. I want it blended.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Another lawsuit filed claiming the McFlurry contains zero flurry.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 2 months ago

I actually think they stopped stirring them. It always seems like the ingredients aren't mixed properly. At least in Germany.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Shamrock shakes contain no vegetable product.

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Watch this go the same way as boneless wings with bones in them

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Boneless wings is just chicken nuggets sold at a premium.

[–] WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

He is referring to the Ohio Supreme court ruling that boneless wings can have ~~wing~~ bones in them summer 2024

But I also want to point out that chicken nuggets are different than boneless wings (or chicken chunks as well call them in my area). Nuggets are chicken scraps that are processed and molded into shapes. Chunks/boneless wings are chunks of chicken breast and are 100% actual meat plus breading.

[–] xep@discuss.online 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The complaint states the McRib is made from restructured pork using various cuts, none of which are actual rib meat

So it's still mostly or entirely pork, maybe?

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, its release coincides with pork prices.

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[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago

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[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I'd die of embarrassment being a part of this. Just an absolute waste of time and a cash grab.

[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

They never said it was a rib sandwich they said it’s a McRib sandwich. Those are two completely different things

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Was it ever? Also, haven't they been sued for this before?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago
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