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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: 2) by Unixnut on Tuesday February 28 2017, @02:12PM (11 children)

    by Unixnut (5779) on Tuesday February 28 2017, @02:12PM (#472779)

    A touché mod for you! I didn't realise soy was the replacement. I only knew of "soy" in "Soy sauce", had no idea "soy chicken" was even a thing. I thought they were referring to chicken marinaded in soy sauce or something.

    Thanks for the insight :-)

     

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  • (Score: 2) by CoolHand on Tuesday February 28 2017, @03:07PM (3 children)

    by CoolHand (438) on Tuesday February 28 2017, @03:07PM (#472796) Journal
    As a vegan, I'm well aware of Soy as a replacement for meat [www.leaf.tv]. However, it pales in comparison to seitan and tempeh (and occasionally even tofu). I try to not eat those meat substitutes too much, but occasionally do, especially when eating out at a restaurant that has nice options like Seitan reubens, or "wings", or things along those lines..
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    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @04:30PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @04:30PM (#472841)

      You could replace "vegan" with "moron" and that sentence would have the same meaning.

      • (Score: 1) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Tuesday February 28 2017, @05:09PM

        by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Tuesday February 28 2017, @05:09PM (#472873)

        I did not know morons were generally picky eaters.

        Was not aware that vegans generally had mild metal retardation either, buy YMMV I suppose.

      • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @05:15PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @05:15PM (#472880)

        Well, that post has three sentences. However two of them don't contain the word "vegan" so they of course trivially have the same meaning with that replacement. So let's look at the only sentence that, indeed, contains the word "vegan":

        As a vegan, I'm well aware of Soy as a replacement for meat.

        This sentence does three things:

        • It informs the reader that the author is (or claims to be) a vegan.
        • It also implies that vegans typically are aware of soy as a replacement for meat.
        • And finally it states that the author is indeed aware of soy as a replacement for meat.

        So what happens if you replace "vegan" with "moron"?
        Well, the changed sentence would:

        • inform the reader that the author is (or claims to be) a moron. This is not equivalent, not even if, as you apparently think, every vegan were a moron, as clearly not every moron is a vegan.
        • imply that morons typically are aware of soy as a replacement for meat. Again, this is quite obviously not equivalent (and most probably not true either).
        • state that the author is indeed aware of soy as a replacement for meat. OK, I give you that this part of the meaning indeed stays unchanged.

        Conclusion: You are obviously the moron. Given your opinion about vegans, I also conclude that you are not a vegan. Therefore you are indeed a quite good example for the fact that not every moron is a vegan, and therefore that the first part of the meaning of that sentence is indeed changed by the replacement of "vegan" by "moron". Thus your very existence already proves your claim wrong.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @03:08PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @03:08PM (#472798)

    Soy beans are one of the highest quality sources of protein.
    Its also one of the largest crops in the USA (and the world).
    Tofu is pure soy.
    This is the kind of stuff a regular of soylentnews.org really ought to know.

    FWIW, I'm not terribly bothered by this revelation. The roasted chicken 'cutlets' they use in their sandwich always struck me as being too uniformly shaped - they were obviously squeezed out of a machine. As long as its not [foxnews.com] cellulose [latimes.com] I'm generally OK with it, except for the false advertising aspect.

    • (Score: 5, Interesting) by Unixnut on Tuesday February 28 2017, @05:13PM (2 children)

      by Unixnut (5779) on Tuesday February 28 2017, @05:13PM (#472877)

      >This is the kind of stuff a regular of soylentnews.org really ought to know.

      I guess if you are really that interested in food. Apart from the odd time I had tofu, I don't think I ever had anything else with soy in it (and until now, I didn't know tofu was pure soy). It isn't a part of my culture, so hasn't really been part of my diet unless we are going to eat something "exotic". Not sure if soy is big in the Americas, but sounds like it might be.

      If you want to discuss electronics, astronomy, cars/engines, aircraft or something computer related, I would probably be more knowledgable. Soyentils are as varied as they are many. One of the things I like about the place, I learned quite a bit new in this conversation thread, so I am better off for the interaction.

      Just don't try to lump all of us here as having the same interests and abilities :)

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @06:04PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @06:04PM (#472921)

      It also fucks up your hormone levels, and makes you more feminine. Enjoy your "balls-fall-off" meat substitute.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @06:14PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @06:14PM (#472929)

      Soy protein is estrogen-mimicing. It encourages the growth of breast cancer. You might even get feminized in some way -- do you like boobs? Soy protein is also inflammatory.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytoestrogens [wikipedia.org]

      You can mostly avoid this by using fermented soy (soy sauce, tempeh, miso, natto) instead of unfermented soy (tofu, soy milk, and everything else).

      • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday February 28 2017, @07:38PM

        by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday February 28 2017, @07:38PM (#472986) Journal

        Do i like boobs?

        HELL YES! I'd pay to have nice, soft, feminine boobs. It's why i got married!

        Do i like boobs.

        Did Hitler like being a Godwin!?!

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