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    Posts: 57 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    So I thouht deli style chicken and turkey wasn't considered processed meat because it isn't cured. Plus we know what it is without reading the ingredients. Is this true

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    • Posts: 14,776 Member
      It depends a lot on how you define "processed."
    • Posts: 3,198 Member
      Well, they add nitrites to keep them from being grey. I eat the ones without nitrites.
    • Posts: 5,214 Member
      Um, any meat that you BUY is processed -- it has already been cleaned and cut.
    • Posts: 4,323 Member
      itsfuntobenormal wrote: »
      Um, any meat that you BUY is processed -- it has already been cleaned and cut.

      this.

      i wouldnt worry about it OP.
      make a delicious sandwich and enjoy!
    • Posts: 1,133 Member
      what if you steal it :p
    • Posts: 25 Member
      If you want unprocessed meat go take a bite out of a cow or chicken.
    • Posts: 8,897 Member
      You definitely need to watch the deli meats. As @itsfuntobenormal mentioned above all meat you buy is processed in some form. That said, some deli meat is allegedly "just chicken" or "just turkey" or whatever but it's hard to say when it's all smooshed in the packaging so perfectly oval. As much as we all want to save money, stick to the ones with no nitrates and preferably the ones with the least ingredients, because some of it is absolutely pressed meat and meat parts into a meat like state.
    • Posts: 353 Member
      "Processed" is a buzzword that holds no clear meaning.
    • Posts: 486 Member
      Isn't pretty much anything that isn't still attached to the living animal processed in some form or another? I spend so little time concerning myself with what's processed these days. Except that I'm taking a break from things right now and concerning myself with all sorts of fun things on the net.
    • Posts: 2,839 Member
      Processing is obvious on deli meats like bologna, but most people don't realize that most "whole" deli meat is made of smaller chunks of meat held together with "meat glue" (Transglutaminase), shrink-wrapped into the shape you see at the deli, injected with water, broth, or other flavor enhancers, and then cooked in the packaging. Even the so-called "better" deli meats (ie Boar's Head, Deitz and Watson) are made like this.

      I would consider this processed. But they can still be a healthy addition to a diet - dosage and context matter.
    • Posts: 30,886 Member
      itsfuntobenormal wrote: »
      Um, any meat that you BUY is processed -- it has already been cleaned and cut.

      This.

      But being processed or not isn't an important question. Boneless, skinless chicken breast is extra processed and yet many people consider it quite helpful in meeting their goals.
    • Posts: 30,886 Member
      On sliced chicken or turkey, what you are interested in is not whether it's processed, but what else (if anything) it contains and (possibly, if you care, not for weight loss) where it comes from. You can ask about this at the deli counter or if buying something with a label read the label.

      I slow cook chicken breast and turkey breast at home and then eat that for lunches, but I'm just picky about meat, this isn't important for weight loss. It's easy and tasty, though!
    • Posts: 4,301 Member
      two weeks ago . . . .bean sludge. Today, meat glue. . . .I think meat glue has more of a 'uh oh' ring to it. Me:"Mr Deli man, how much meat glue is in that turkey breast?"
    • Posts: 1,236 Member
      chereedoggett wrote: »
      So I thouht deli style chicken and turkey wasn't considered processed meat because it isn't cured. Plus we know what it is without reading the ingredients. Is this true

      OP isn't asking about weight loss and processed meat.
    • Posts: 2,839 Member
      _Terrapin_ wrote: »
      two weeks ago . . . .bean sludge. Today, meat glue. . . .I think meat glue has more of a 'uh oh' ring to it. Me:"Mr Deli man, how much meat glue is in that turkey breast?"

      Oh - I wasnt trying to be alarmist. That's just what it's called. It's just an enzyme that will bond proteins together - same one that makes blood clot. Nothing wrong with it - I eat deli meat frequently.

      But the answer to the question is: "A lot"
    • Posts: 4,301 Member
      sullus wrote: »
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      Oh - I wasnt trying to be alarmist. That's just what it's called. It's just an enzyme that will bond proteins together - same one that makes blood clot. Nothing wrong with it - I eat deli meat frequently.

      But the answer to the question is: "A lot"

      Trust me, I wasn't thinking alarmist. I'm sure there are some unsavory bits O' critters in bologna. . . .I have deli stuff about once or twice a week, and the glue hasn't affected me. . .yet. hehehe
    • Posts: 4,323 Member
      runner475 wrote: »
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      OP isn't asking about weight loss and processed meat.

      and?
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