/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.5573160]

Enjoy your McDonald's woodburger, /ck/.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-03/how-fast-food-providers-beat-inflation-add-wood-pulp-burgers

http://qz.com/223742/there-is-a-secret-ingredient-in-your-burgers-wood-pulp/

There may be more fiber in your food than you realized. Burger King, McDonald’s and other fast food companies list in the ingredients of several of their foods, microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) or “powdered cellulose” as components of their menu items. Or, in plain English, wood pulp.

McDonald’s ranks highest on the list with cellulose integrated into 14 of their menu items including their renowned fish fillets, chicken strips and biscuits, with Burger King ranking second on the list with 13 menu items containing cellulose. Moreover, many cellulose-laden ingredients (such as honey mustard, bbq sauce, and cheese blends) can be found in multiple items throughout the menu making the filler difficult to avoid.

[Anonymous No.5573163]

>>5573160
thanks, i will

with large fries and a coke

[Anonymous No.5573167]

>>5573163
That's "woodfries" now.

[Anonymous No.5573168]

and here i was thinking mcdonalds was a healthy choice.

[Anonymous No.5573211]

McDonalds, making the Chinese look like amateurs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kea87ILzOpQ

[Anonymous No.5573221]

They should put more and make the prices lower. I don't mcdonalds for the nutritional value. I eat it when I'm piss drunk for the greasy goodness.

[Anonymous No.5573385]

>>5573160
Don't worry even modern Top of the Line Gastronomy uses Cellulose.

Nothing to see here...

[Anonymous No.5573395]

You mean I'm eating something that is grows from the earth! Like... like... a plant?! Oh lawd help me, now I'm eating plants. They grow in dirt. And sunshine, y'know! That's just completely sick. How could they do that to me? I feel much safer eating my ammonium hydroxide pellets.

[Anonymous No.5573418]

>>5573160
Those are some credible sources OP.

[Anonymous No.5573424]

>>5573160
That is a beautiful tree OP. I'd eat the fuck out of that tree.

[Anonymous No.5573431]

>>5573160
>zerohedge
>qz

You're not even trying

[Anonymous No.5573446]

>every dish with cinnamon ever is putting tree bark in your food!

[Anonymous No.5573475]

>>5573431
You'd prefer the L.A. Times?
http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-wood-pulp-cellulose-burger-taco-20140630-story.html

>ooooh, dat real news source
>not just some web thing
>dey's gots real papers
>dey's gots real journalists
>whassa journalist?
>some idiot who went through a college degree on how to write
>like most people don't learn dat by 5th grade

[Anonymous No.5573480]

>>5573418
See >>5573475

Also,
http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Wood-pulp-ingredient-found-in-fast-food-meals-5593064.php

>oooh, dat Houston Chronicle
>deys got real journalists too
>whoa, dey just be rippin off dat QZ.com bro
>fuck dat shit

Seriously, isn't the issue that these companies are putting WOOD PULP in your goddamn burger? Who cares whether it's "safe" to eat (for a given value of "safe"), the larger issue here is whether you want to pay them sox bucks for a Happy Meal for your kid when your kid is getting fed WOOD PULP by them.

You could just feed your kid PAPER at home (preferably unbleached, as it has less dioxins in it) and come out way ahead.

[Anonymous No.5573481]

>>5573418
See >>5573475

Also,
http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Wood-pulp-ingredient-found-in-fast-food-meals-5593064.php

>oooh, dat Houston Chronicle
>deys got real journalists too
>whoa, dey just be rippin off dat QZ.com bro
>fuck dat shit

Seriously, isn't the issue that these companies are putting WOOD PULP in your goddamn burger? Who cares whether it's "safe" to eat (for a given value of "safe"), the larger issue here is whether you want to pay them six bucks for a Happy Meal for your kid when your kid is getting fed WOOD PULP by them.

You could just feed your kid PAPER at home (preferably unbleached, as it has less dioxins in it) and come out way ahead.

[Anonymous No.5573483]

>>5573480
>Seriously, isn't the issue that these companies are putting WOOD PULP in your goddamn burger? Who cares whether it's "safe" to eat (for a given value of "safe"), the larger issue here is whether you want to pay them sox bucks for a Happy Meal for your kid when your kid is getting fed WOOD PULP by them.

Yeah who cares if it's inconsequential I NEED A FUCKING OUTLET FOR MY POPULIST OUTRAGE. If you don't want it, don't buy it.

[Anonymous No.5573512]

>>5573481
You are mad as fuck. No need to lose your shit because people are smart enough to ask for real sources.

[Anonymous No.5573539]

Nobody who eats fast food cares what's in it. It could have feces and they wouldn't stop, since they're already eating shit anyway.

Eating processed food, drinking soda, etc. is all akin to smoking and drinking. It's common knowledge it's awful and kills you but millions of people still do it.

[Anonymous No.5573545]

>>5573446
True, but cinnamon is a spice, not a binder and filler that is in everything. I mean, when I was a kid, I used to chew on peeled willow tree branches while I played in the yard (they taste sweet, and are actually a source of salicylic acid) but I didn't grind them up and put them in everything I ate. Also, since it's a particular type of processed "wood pulp", we don't know (or I'm sure we do if anyone bothered to look it up) what it does once in our digestive system and/or what problems to which it might contribute.

[Anonymous No.5573546]

>>5573545
>I used to chew on wood as a kid

You were a slow child

[Anonymous No.5573549]

>>5573546
Actually, no. But good job on completely overlooking the point and moving right on to the shitposting.

[Anonymous No.5573556]

>>5573539
Seconding. Just good ol' fashioned apathy.
I already know i'm ingesting pink slime and discarded chicken parts with every nugget, and i'm very much aware that all the grease is going to clog my arteries and kill me early. And now i'm aware of wood pulp in the burgers.

I appreciate what the whistleblowers like the OP are trying to do.. its just that I already know the shit i'm eating is literally garbage.

[Anonymous No.5573608]

>>5573549
shut up woodchuck

[Anonymous No.5573612]

>>5573608
try harder.

[Anonymous No.5573616]

>>5573546
>has not heard of chewing on toothpicks

[Anonymous No.5573620]

This is a little like when you discover on Fallout that meatloaf was invented by the timber industry as a way to deal with the sawdust.

[Anonymous No.5573646]

So? Are you expecting it to be good quality and healthy? People who act shocked when shit like this comes out need shooting.

[Anonymous No.5573675]

It tastes good so I don't have a choice!

[Anonymous No.5573706]

>>5573545
We know what it does to out digestive systems. Nothing. Cellulose is found in every single plant. It's non-soluble fiber.

[Anonymous No.5573815]

>>5573160
Ok. I sure will enjoy it. Thanks!
>did not read

[Anonymous No.5573847]

Wood pulp sounds better than pink slime.
What the fuck does wood pulp do? Give you some fiber?

[Anonymous No.5573860]

>>5573847
Pink slime is just the chicken equivalent of hot dogs you retard.

[Anonymous No.5573867]

hold on, whats actually wrong with putting woodpulp into food?

[Anonymous No.5573875]

>>5573860
>just

[Anonymous No.5573884]

If anything, this actually makes their foods healthier by adding fiber.

[Anonymous No.5573901]

>>5573884

I don't know that McDonald's needs fiber. I mean, I get the runs every time I have ever had to eat it.

[Anonymous No.5573982]

wood pulp is probably the most nutritious thing in mcdonalds food. what's the problem?

[Anonymous No.5575380]

>more fiber
Looks like i'll be hitting my macros

[Anonymous No.5575399]

>>5573549
Dude. You were a little boy chewing on a piece of fuckin wood. You were slow. There's no getting around it.

[Anonymous No.5575409]

Its silly to rank them based on the number of menu items containing it rather than the mount in the items

[Anonymous No.5575568]

>>5575399
You are a fucking idiot. I guarantee my dog could outsmart you six ways from Sunday. Just because you're too stupid to understand something doesn't mean you are correct. Go educate yourself, even though I doubt you are able. You eat derivatives of willow all the time, you stupid ass.

[Anonymous No.5575639]

So the McDonalds burger itself was fine to you, but when they add dietary fiber to it you're going to freak out? What next, they'll top it with kale and you'll say "they put LEAVES on the burger!" ?

[Anonymous No.5575883]

>>5575639