James_Fortis@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square138linkfedilinkarrow-up1585arrow-down16
arrow-up1579arrow-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 month agomessage-square138linkfedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up219arrow-down1·1 month 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-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down5·1 month ago My job was part of the process of injecting the chicken with
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoWere those the commercials with the chickens in the convertible coming to California from the Midwest?
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·30 days 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.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·30 days agoteenage you:
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. 😬
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.
teenage you:
