Water in Meats

ben500

The answer is to keep away from supermarket meats it may appear expensive using your local butcher but at least your paying for flesh and not water and air.

A lot of the "meat" be it bovine or poultry is administered narcotics such as "protein enhancers" prior to slaughter either in feed or by injection with larger beasts, coincidentally as a result water/fluid retention is enhanced by these chemicals, hence the many "no added water" labels you will see attached to these products, this term only applies post mortem and takes no account of the measures taken prior to slaughter to ensure an animals tissue is bloated. Our supermarkets are experts and packaging water and air and labelling it as "food".

Freddie_Snowbits

littleowl wrote: »

I cooked some bacon tonight - bought from Tesco

The last word sums it up. Do not buy meat from a supermarket.
(Is it about tme we had a decent meat supplier thread)

My local butcher.
Jumbo Eggs £1.18p
Real Sausage £2.60 is for eight ish!
Real Bacon, depending on mood on thickness, with rind and pigs name visible in back, £3,00 ish for 6-8 slices (Sometimes still somking)

littleowl

ben500 wrote: »

The answer is to keep away from supermarket meats it may appear expensive using your local butcher but at least your paying for flesh and not water and air.

A lot of the "meat" be it bovine or poultry is administered narcotics such as "protein enhancers" prior to slaughter either in feed or by injection with larger beasts, coincidentally as a result water/fluid retention is enhanced by these chemicals, hence the many "no added water" labels you will see attached to these products, this term only applies post mortem and takes no account of the measures taken prior to slaughter to ensure an animals tissue is bloated. Our supermarkets are experts and packaging water and air and labelling it as "food".

Normally I do not buy supermarket meat. On this occasion I was tempted by the reduced price of the bacon. The cooking experience led me to question the health/morality of injecting water and heaven knows what else into it and other meats and whether supermarkets are making extra money by increasing the weight of the meat in this way.

ben500

littleowl wrote: »

Normally I do not buy supermarket meat. On this occasion I was tempted by the reduced price of the bacon. The cooking experience led me to question the health/morality of injecting water and heaven knows what else into it and other meats and whether supermarkets are making extra money by increasing the weight of the meat in this way.[/quote]

Yes a whole shitload more than a local butcher would make on the same carcase, it's not like the old days where water would be vacuum pumped into the meat after slaughter it's far more subtle these days and happens prior to slaughter using chemicals.

1pint of water weighs 1lb! Supermarket prices can appear very tempting if you don't factor in all the garbage that is used to pad the weight of the product out.

taxiphil

ben500 wrote: »

1pint of water weighs 1lb! Supermarket prices can appear very tempting if you don't factor in all the garbage that is used to pad the weight of the product out.

Too right.

It's not just meat products - Tesco are busy diluting a whole load of products with water.

Amongst their latest wheezes are one litre cartons of "Orange Nectar" and "Apple Nectar", priced slightly cheaper than the 100% pure juices. For "Nectar" read "50% water, 50% juice". (Considerably more expensive, ml for ml, than the cartons of pure juice when you disregard the water content - so even if you love the taste of this so-called "Nectar" you'd be better off buying the pure juice and diluting it yourself).

Another one is their new "Sunflower Light" spread. They've taken all the existing ingredients from their usual Sunflower Margarine and blended them with 50% water! Half the calories, half the fat - because it's half water!

Freddie_Snowbits

Freda has got her Tesco Coupons for this year.
Voucher £1.50p
25p off Bread
25p off Diary
10p off a bag (Freda excluded) Freddie normally takes them anyway.
25p of Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and meat have already been tossed on fire.

That will be a loaf of bread, three pints of milk. Approx Spend this quarter 30p

Spend last quarter 0p (Not enough spend to qualify for voucher).

Tesco, if you wait long enogh the Five pound voucher appears every 18 months! Every drive past helps

ben500

Freddie_Snowbits wrote: »

Freda has got her Tesco Coupons for this year.
Voucher £1.50p
25p off Bread
25p off Diary
10p off a bag (Freda excluded) Freddie normally takes them anyway.
25p of Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and meat have already been tossed on fire.

That will be a loaf of bread, three pints of milk. Approx Spend this quarter 30p

Spend last quarter 0p (Not enough spend to qualify for voucher).

Tesco, if you wait long enogh the Five pound voucher appears every 18 months! Every drive past helps

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Freddie_Snowbits

Why Freddie will not be using his Time Activated Tesco Coupons
Willow Farm Large Eggs £1.32 (50P) Butcher Jumbo £1.18
Medium Chedder Cheese 320g (£8.90kg) £2.85 (50p) Rubbertoid Cheese Butcher, viened and smelly reduced £3.00 for 500-650g
Fruit Juice Not Required (Prefer local grocer on Wednesdays)
Wrapping Paper (No) Give Vouchers, Diary and Pen. No paper required
Books £3.00 No, give vouchers
Febreze candles (No to Articifial Air freshners) Open windows for thrity minutes twice a week
Mince Pies 25p. Freda does a real mean mince pie
Batteries 50p. We use rechargeables
25P off Stork
10p Sparkling water (we use real water and Britta Filter)
50p of Lynx Body Spray (Freddie smells of greased weasel droppings, fresh and ready. No need for aerosols)
£1 off Beechams Flu (BC uses hot lemon and honey)
50p Double Cream (Do not buy too much dairy from teh catehdral
50p of gammon (Butcher, proper cut has no added water)
30p off variety pack 9No, use Alford Mill Porage at this time of year. Proper milled oats)
£2 off Beauty Gift Pack (I use sqeezy for bubble bath)
£2 off toys Freddie is a toy and No to China
£5 off Tesco Direct Wait until January Sales
75p of sliced meat (Do not buy Supermarket meats)
£1 off Party Frozen Range. Freda makes her own
30p off Gravy Granules (Freda makes her own)
30p off Hellmanns Mayonaise. (Hell)
£5 of CDs etc on £50 (Freda will spend £50 in twenty years!)
£2 in Home shop (I have already got one)
£1 off Fresh salmon. (Do not buy Fish in supermarket, look at teh counter where the extractor fans are. yep, takes the smell of fish away, unlike the ground coffee and bakery which are wafted around. Don't believe me, look next time your in)
30P off Paxo
30p Off Brabston Pickle
30p off Ready to Serve Custard (Muppet Food)
£1 off Crackers (Exactlty)
£3 off £30 Cds
£1 off Fruit and Veg (Danger Nitro Veg. Vegatbles stored under a blanket of Nitrogen in Hangars in Linclolnshire or east Anglia. That is why it goes off quickly)
75p off £3 prepacked sausages (Butcher)
20p off a pint of Milk
50p off frozen dessert
20p of Condiment sauce
£2 off £20 wine
20p off stale bread
50p off teabags (Use real leaf tea in Pot for full flavours)
30p off Tesco Squash (Urgh)
£2 off Digital download (they keep changing conditions)
£1 off car wash (That is what the brats for!)
And a free Tesco Diet.
So this year there is no reason for Freddie to visit Tesco!

baddiebasher

The law regarding water content is a bit complex. There is the QUID declaration which covers the quantity of ingredients or group thereof in produce. Then there are weight issues for certain foods and on top of that general regulations on frozen foods - usually chickens. Believe me - it is complex!

My advice is to buy from someone you trust.

pulliptears

Freddie, its getting slightly irritating to read your constant quote of "muppet food". Just because a person buys something ready made or god forbid orders a take away after a 12 hour shift it does not make them a muppet. Twice today I have read the same comment from you, and frankly its rude.

Yes, this is a money saving site, but nowhere on here does it state you have to forego anything to be a member.