McDonalds?

There are basically NO regulations on those factories.

Go read The Jungle and then say that. I doubt if workers are disappearing into the grinding vats and large portions of the population are getting sick and dying by eating tainted McDonald's beef.

I didn't say there were NONE. But some of these places have injured workers sign releases so they are not held responsible.

I'm just saying, it is WAY healthier to eat it at home if you make it yourself with out all the "extra" things they add to it that I won't have to add at home. Period.

I just want the definition of elite, how you are using it. I really don't care what you eat or what you don't eat. I would just like to learn ONE thing from this silly thread. Elite???

I'm just saying, it is WAY healthier to eat it at home if you make it yourself with out all the "extra" things they add to it that I won't have to add at home. Period.

I'm just saying, it is WAY healthier to eat it at home if you make it yourself with out all the "extra" things they add to it that I won't have to add at home. Period.

What extra things does McDonald's add to a hamburger?

Excuse me but I will take a stab at answering tiger boys question.

I believe they use MSG in the seasoning in their burgers.
The link is a PDF with all of mickey d's favorite recipes. How to make a mcdonald's hamburger is there when you scroll and it says ALL hamburgers use Accent, which has MSG.

This is some thing you won't get from a home cooked meal. Also I am sensitive to MSG so it fks with my nervous system and makes my head feel funny if I eat to much of it. Also MSG builds up the more you eat it... Its not good all the way around therefore I agree with whom ever said its "way" healthier to eat at home. Remember when they took all the MSG out of baby foods? Anyways I eat lean beef so that helps too.

I'm just saying, it is WAY healthier to eat it at home if you make it yourself with out all the "extra" things they add to it that I won't have to add at home. Period.

What extra things does McDonald's add to a hamburger?

the gristle you've already admitted is included. 100% beef only means that it's all cow ingredients.

I'm just saying, it is WAY healthier to eat it at home if you make it yourself with out all the "extra" things they add to it that I won't have to add at home. Period.

What extra things does McDonald's add to a hamburger?

the gristle you've already admitted is included. 100% beef only means that it's all cow ingredients.

Huh? What Gristle?

Here are the ingredients of their beef patties for the hamburgers and quarter pounders:

100% Pure USDA Inspected Beef; No Fillers, No Extenders.
Prepared with Grill Seasoning (Salt, Black Pepper)

http://www.jancho.com/discoverfoodorgsamples/2011/04/mcdonalds-100-beef-patty.html

As stated above, McDonald’s beef patties are all beef, with only salt and pepper added. (Note, by comparison, that the fast food chain’s 100% Angus beef patties are prepared with a seasoning that contains more than thirty ingredients and additives.)

McDonald’s uses the phrase “USDA inspected” to suggest that its beef patties are safer or higher in quality than the average beef product. In fact all beef sold in the U.S. must be "USDA inspected"; it is required by law.

Grading, on the other hand, is voluntary, with grade being a factor of the degree of fat marbling in the cut of beef; the higher the fat content, the higher the grade. "Lower grades (Standard, Commercial, Utility, Cutter, and Canner) are mainly ground or used in processed meat products” [Source: USDA].

don't you think if McDonalds beef was highly graded, they would market it as such?

You can have it be 100% beef and still be the very lowest quality beef available.

I'm just saying, it is WAY healthier to eat it at home if you make it yourself with out all the "extra" things they add to it that I won't have to add at home. Period.

What extra things does McDonald's add to a hamburger?

the gristle you've already admitted is included. 100% beef only means that it's all cow ingredients.

Huh? What Gristle?

Here are the ingredients of their beef patties for the hamburgers and quarter pounders:

100% Pure USDA Inspected Beef; No Fillers, No Extenders.
Prepared with Grill Seasoning (Salt, Black Pepper)

http://www.jancho.com/discoverfoodorgsamples/2011/04/mcdonalds-100-beef-patty.html

As stated above, McDonald’s beef patties are all beef, with only salt and pepper added. (Note, by comparison, that the fast food chain’s 100% Angus beef patties are prepared with a seasoning that contains more than thirty ingredients and additives.)

McDonald’s uses the phrase “USDA inspected” to suggest that its beef patties are safer or higher in quality than the average beef product. In fact all beef sold in the U.S. must be "USDA inspected"; it is required by law.

Grading, on the other hand, is voluntary, with grade being a factor of the degree of fat marbling in the cut of beef; the higher the fat content, the higher the grade. "Lower grades (Standard, Commercial, Utility, Cutter, and Canner) are mainly ground or used in processed meat products” [Source: USDA].

don't you think if McDonalds beef was highly graded, they would market it as such?

You can have it be 100% beef and still be the very lowest quality beef available.

You're moving the target. The question was about "gristle." As you said, 100% beef is 100% beef. That's what their burgers are made of.