White meat

With the market for white meat drastically increases, the chicken farms have to produce chickens that meet the demand. But today quality of white meat drastically falls due to the bad conditions of life that the chickens have in farms. The farms are producing fast growing chickens that are constantly eating without the worries of what will happen next. About nine billion chickens raised in the U.S. each year are selectively bred to grow large, in a short amount of time. This problem matters because about 8 billion chickens are consumed every year in us alone and many of these chickens could once be infected with chemicals or diseases. The chicken today are 4x bigger than those in the 1950s and they living conditions that are filled with filth.…

Real White Meat 5. “I don't eat meat,” Tim told me after I stretched my arm across the table and offered him a bite of my burger. The meat peeking out from under the bun, was moist, rare and topped with blue cheese. It was our second date. I put the burger back on my plate, trying to hide it behind our water and beer glasses. I looked at Tim’s meal. A whole-wheat wrap filled with chickpeas and lettuce. It began to make sense. He had suggested Life Alive, a vegetarian…

For years we’ve been told that, when it comes to our health, we need to pay attention to the kinds of meat we’re eating. Red meat or white meat… which is better? There have been numerous studies that have linked red meat consumption to increased health risks including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and certain cancers. While this information can help us make healthier choices, we still have to be able to identify red meat from white. But it’s not that easy. For instance, dietary resources will…

McDonalds is known for fast, highly processed meats on their menu. Consumers are seeking more and more the nutritional benefits of meat and poultry products, while eating less processed meats. “While there has been a shift toward increased poultry consumption in the U.S., red meat still represents the largest proportion of meat consumed” (McNeil, S., 2014). Consumers increasing preferences for leaner cuts of red meat is on the rise. McDonalds marketing campaign for offering higher quality/leaner…

frankfurters include grinding the lean pork meat and backfat separately, then the Quick cure and seasonings are mixed with the lean pork, in the presence of ice, the fat is added and the mixture is chopped to a desired temperature. The mix is then stuffed into links and smoked. For the regular frankfurters, the initial mixture was chopped to a temperature of 6°C before adding the fat and chopping until 13°C was reached. The overchopped frankfurters…

such as meat recalls which may be the cause to 9,000 deaths a year in the United States due to foodborne illnesses.(McGrath) Cancer is another get cause of death leaving 595,690 people in the United States.(Cancer Facts and Figures) How is cancer related to meat recalls? Studies show a strong relationship between red meat consumed and cancer in people. But why? Red meat contains some nutrients the human body needs, but meat is not necessary for humans. Humans might not have been made to eat red…

PORK, BACON, HAM AND GRAMMER: Define Pork: • Pork is the meat from the domestic pig which is most commonly consumed meat worldwide Define Ham: • Ham is the salted or smoked meat of upper part of a pig’s leg which has been preserved through salting, smoking, or wet curing Define Bacon: • Bacon is the beck or belly part of pork meat which is sliced into thin strips. • And the curing process consists of salting by dry method or by soaking in brine solution. Then it is smoked. • It is mainly…

Meat was once a necessity, yet over time consumption has now come to represent the meal of the elite. Meat was once required to provide energy to the high activity of our ancestors, yet through the development of agriculture and nutrition, we no longer require it. Yet even though meat is not a necessity, we still desire it, and place a price on different styles of meat. Meat holds power, being seen as a luxury item staple of the first world. Not all parts of the animal that the meat was taken…

To Meat or Not to Meat, That is The Question: The Indecisive Conclusion to Steiner and His Responders In Gary Steiner’s article, “Animal, Vegetable, Miserable”, Mr. Steiner states that the majority of people eat meat because it has been moralized and made allowable through various rationale like the idea that animals are incapable of comprehending pain or that it is justified to eat meat because by raising them free range, they at least had a good life, finally stating that all people should…

. Knowing where your food comes from and how it was raised concerns people, because how some stock yards are not always the healthiest most safest places to get your meat from. Stock yards use many types of steroids and boosters to make their product (cows, chickens, pigs, turkeys) grow faster so they can get them to the market faster. This way of raising your livestock is dangerous not only to them but the consumers of the meat that comes from the animal. With as many viruses going around…