Reply With QuoteI'm sure the protein content is fine, its probably just packed with sodium.
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02-07-2006, 11:21 PM #1...And justice for all.
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Odd (processed?) chicken i bought
I bought this huge bag of skinless chicken breasts and thought it was a great deal. But when I cooked it up, it had the consistancy of chicken that would be half way between a fresh breast and a piece of subway chicken.
Anyone know what I'm talking about? Should i stay away from this kind of chicken? I imagine the protein quality isn't too great.
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I got a bag of chicken breasts from my local supermarket, the breasts looked fine, until I cooked them, I must of got 500ml of water from them, I had to have two per meal. Thats prob why they were cheap
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Try getting the uncooked frozen skinless boneless chicken breast in the big bags from Costco, Sams, BJs, etc.
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I just go to my local butcher and get £20 with of chicken breast and £10 worth of beef steak. Done
, unless money is tight then I buy canned tuna. I dont realy have access to costco, sams etc
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If it was unprocessed chicken breast then it couldn't be anything but chicken breast - so I doubt it had anything added to it...
But quality of meat is influenced by a lot of things - eg: age of the chicken, food it was given, conditions it was slaughtered in, storage and handling of the meat, age of the meat etc etc...
So maybe it had just been lying in the back storage area of the supermarket for 3 months and they had found it and put it on special!
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Ahh this is the thing. The bag didn't indicate whether it was processed or not. Do they have to say if it is or not? Originally Posted by Emma-Leigh
If it was unprocessed chicken breast then it couldn't be anything but chicken breast - so I doubt it had anything added to it...
But quality of meat is influenced by a lot of things - eg: age of the chicken, food it was given, conditions it was slaughtered in, storage and handling of the meat, age of the meat etc etc...
So maybe it had just been lying in the back storage area of the supermarket for 3 months and they had found it and put it on special!
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Look at the ingredients (did it say 100% chicken breast?) Originally Posted by ST240
And what did it look like?
Unprocessed Chicken Breast:
Or something like a Loaf or roll:
If it is the first, then can't really mess with that too much... but the second can have all sorts of things added to it.~
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All kinds of stuff can be going on to get the chicken to asorb water:
The water chilling process uses circulating water in a community-style immersion bath. During the procedure chickens absorb this water, which can then account for up to 12% of their total weight at retail. USDA labeling rules do require producers to state the actual percentage of absorbed water on their packaging.
Some manufacturing plants actually inject a solution into the breast, to pump it up even further.
Yes it is supposed to be stated on the label but some companies get around that for periods of time....lots of dirt bag manufacturers out there.
You get what you pay for....somtimes the bargain isn't such a deal after all.
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