James_Fortis@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-square126fedilinkarrow-up1544arrow-down15
arrow-up1539arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up205arrow-down1·1 day 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-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·18 hours agoteenage you:
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down4·1 day ago My job was part of the process of injecting the chicken with
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoWere those the commercials with the chickens in the convertible coming to California from the Midwest?
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 day 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.
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. 😬
teenage you:
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.