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University Study Says Subway Chicken Strips Could Contain Less Than 50 Percent Chicken DNA

posted by martyb on Tuesday February 28 2017, @10:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the results-are-not-as-foul-as-expected dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

According to the CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation], researchers at Trent University sampled both the oven roasted chicken filets and the chicken strips that Subway uses on its sandwiches in Canada. After testing six small samples of the filets and three small samples of the strips, the researchers ran a DNA test.

The results showed that the filets contained just 53.6 percent chicken DNA. The strips were found to contain just 42.8 percent chicken DNA.

CBC reports that the rest of the DNA found in the chicken was soy — used either for either seasoning or filler.

http://www.wcpo.com/news/national/subway-chicken-strips-contain-less-than-50-percent-chicken-dna-study-says

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @10:27AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @10:27AM (#472717)

    There's chicken in my soy strips?!

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  • (Score: 2) by KiloByte on Tuesday February 28 2017, @03:29PM

    by KiloByte (375) on Tuesday February 28 2017, @03:29PM (#472807)

    Well, I'm somewhat surprised they didn't use that as a marketing gimmick yet. For example, ham these days contains so little meat I wonder what's the threshold for a kosher certificate.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @05:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @05:06PM (#472870)

    Soylent Green is chickens!