The McNuggets are made with pink slime Ah, the pink slime. Pink slime actually is real—it’s what happens when meat is “mechanically processed,” removing all of the edible parts from the bones so that less goes to waste, and then (sometimes) treated with anti-microbial ammonia. But McDonald’s doesn’t use it.

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There have been reports that it’s as addictive as cocaine , and as recently as 2017 even Forbes did an article about it. Other than the natural “chemical” content of McDonald’s food, there is no chemical additive in them. What makes McD’s food so addictive is the fat content in all of its foods.

(Yum!) Last week the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans to buy 7 million pounds of it….These are among the stores that sell store-ground meat with pink slime, according to The Daily:

• Target.
• BJ’s.
• Hy-Vee.
• Safeway.
• Walmart.
• Albertsons.
• Stop & Shop.
• Zaycon Foods.

lean beef trimmings

In response to a direct question of whether it uses ‘pink-slime’ in its burgers, McDonald’s USA says: ‘Lean finely textured beef treated with ammonia, what some individuals call “pink slime” or select lean beef trimmings, is not used in our burgers. Any recent reports that it is are false. ‘

It only makes sense to start at the beginning and ask where McDonald’s beef comes from. According to their website, McDonald’s buys its beef from ranchers all over the United States, as well as New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. The fast food giant says that one of those suppliers is Oklahoma City-based Lopez Foods.

Snopes asked Arby’s to clarify what precisely sloshing around in those meat bags, and a Quality Assurance representative named Jim Crowder explained that “Arby’s Roast Beef consists entirely of Beef and a Self-Basting solution, which contains just enough water to keep the product juicy throughout our restaurants’ 3- …