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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 01 2017, @11:17AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 01 2017, @11:17AM (#473263)

    I've no problems eating horse meat when it's supposed to be horse meat. I found horse sausage a bit dry (not surprised though since there aren't that many fat horses).

    My problem is if something is labelled beef and it contains horse. Because if someone can cheat and slip some horse in beef they might put other stuff or cheat in other ways too. And that's unlikely to be for my benefit.

    Similarly I wouldn't eat dog meat because the dog meat industry is unlikely to be regulated that well.

    Other people have a less "culinary" view of horses, dogs etc. But to me if you're eating pigs, sheep or cows you're already eating creatures that are about as intelligent as horses and dogs.

    http://modernfarmer.com/2014/03/pigheaded-smart-swine/ [modernfarmer.com]

    Even chickens aren't that stupid: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/chickens-smarter-four-year-old-article-1.1428277 [nydailynews.com]