- pass that bucket of chicken. so many of us know that, in general, fast food really isn't that great for you. good food takes time to make, baby.
which has more caffeine light or dark roast coffee, but the truth is, your opinion of it may have been based on some false information. like, remember the famous mcdonald's
chicken nugget "pink slime picture" that went pretty viral? yeah, that was not what you think it was. well, in this video, i'm going to take the seven most commonly believed myths that you likely still believe about fast food and explain the truth behind them. well, today, we're going to tackle some of
the biggest lies about some of the biggest companies in fast foodthat you've ever heard. this is seven myths you stillbelieve about fast food. there's pink slime in chicken nuggets. for many years, people have been asking "what's in mcdonald's chicken nuggets?" and more specifically, at what point is that pink slime added?
well, this pink slime is, in reality, a meat-based product referred to as lean, finely-textured beef or lftb. it is actually used as a food additive to lower the fat content in ground beef. while mcdonald's readilyadmits they've used lftb in the past for their beef, they haven't used it since 2011 and
mcnuggets have never contained it. rest assured, burger lovers,that the pink slime was, at the time, considered perfectly edible. still, though, i'm prettyglad they got rid of it. it looks like unicorn poop. taco bell doesn't use real meat. speaking of meat, did you ever hear that taco bell's ground beef is actually unfit for human consumption and contains only
35% grade-d meat? i'm not gonna lie. i've heard that but it never stopped me. well, if so, you're justlike millions of people including alabama firm beasley allen, who, in january of 2011decided to sue the company over the misleading claimthat they were serving beef which wasn't truly beef at all. but, the firm had towithdraw their case after
only three months when, in april 2011, taco bellproved that their product was 88% genuine beef andonly 12% filler ingredients, which were all completely safe to eat. still, man, 12% filler? how about 0% filler? blech. slow food restaurantsare a healthier option. many people still ask,
"why go out to a fast food place "like mcdonald's or burger king "when you could go toa sit-down restaurant "and eat a real mealthat's healthier for you?" next time somebody asks you that, answer them with this fact. the healthier option dine-in thing is totally a myth. a study done by drexeluniversity in philadelphia
revealed that the averagefull meal consumed at a "real restaurant"consisted of 2020 calories, 28 grams of saturated fat, and 3512 milligrams of sodium. just to put that into context, a big mac combo with fries and a coke has 1090 calories, 12grams of saturated fat and 1220 milligrams of sodium. now, neither are exactly a healthy option,
but in that scenario, believe it or not, mcdonald's is the healthier option. big macs for everybody. arby's roast beef is made from gel. this is yet another ridiculous accusation against another fast food giant. the rumor here is that arby's roast beef arrives at the restaurant in
gel, liquid, powder or paste form, which is completely absurd. the most popular rumor saysthat the product is gel but before it's used has to be heated until it resembles meat. what actually happens is the meat arrives at each restaurant sealedinside plastic bags with only a thin layer ofbasting solution on it. now, yes, that solution is gel-like,
so that may be where the rumor comes from, but the fact remains thatthe roast beef itself is real meat. there's more caffeinein dark roast coffee. if you're looking to get a bigger buzz out of your morning cup of joe, whether it's from tim horton's, starbucks, mcdonald's,dunkin donuts, whatever, rest assured that simplyordering dark roast blend
isn't going to be anybuzzier than a regular cup. where exactly the rumor about dark roast containing more caffeinestarted is anybody's guess, but the idea spread very quickly, especially with the boldflavor that the roasts have. the truth is, coffeebeans are green to start and then go dark in the brewing process, losing caffeine as they darken. so, believe it or not,lighter coffee actually
has more caffeine. kfc changed its name becauseit's not real chicken. (squawking) when kentucky friedchicken changed their name to kfc in 1991, rumors began flying as to why. the most incredible andsadly, the most prominent one is that the company wasforced to change their name, dropping the word "chicken" because
they use artificiallymodified animals that were too genetically changed from real birds. and, unbelievably, thisrumor is still being spread 24 years later. of course, it's total nonsense, as not only does kfc not raise their own chickens at all butthey changed their name due to wanting to step away from the negative connotationthat the word "fried"
has with consumers. kfc is absolutely real chicken. mcdonald's food never spoils. thanks to a certain documentary that was released in 2004 and hundreds of social media posts since, a myth has spread that claims that mcdonald's big macs never decay, due to, of course, all of theharmful industrial chemicals
that the company pumpsinto them as preservatives. and back to reality. the truth is, this myth has been busted by a number of food bloggersand backyard scientists who independently performedthe same experiment, leaving big macs indifferent settings to rot. (gagging) and rot they did. mcdonald's burgers, just likethe ones you make at home,
tend to dry out during the cooking process and extended exposure to the air just dries them out even more. so, decomposition is harder to determine with eyes alone, but i still wouldn't eat theend result of that experiment. i am suddenly really hungry. anyway, that's all for this video, guys. i hope you enjoyed it and ifyou got something out of it,
other than getting hungry, be sure to subscribe to my channel
so that you can catch my next video and i will see you next time. bye. nope. don't know what that was.
