we're putting our reputation at stake
and
things are beginning this season welcome
to watch mojo
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 dark facts about fast
food places
two weeks french fries from a regular
restaurant
two weeks french fries from a mcdonald's
restaurant i'm pretty
sure you you know what you're paying for
when you come to taco bell
if you want real beef you probably go
somewhere else
for this list we're looking at unsavory
stories and behind the scenes details
about your favorite fast food chains
we'll be focusing on lesser-known facts
that relate to food preparation and
public perception
warning this gets gross which fast food
franchise do you trust most
let us know in the comments below number
10.
pink slime it's said to be the entire
chicken eyes got's bones
ground up into something called
mechanically separated poultry
not us says mcdonald's photo hoax
but pink goo won't go away also known as
pink goo lean finely textured beef or
lftb
is a meat by-product that's gotten a lot
of unfavorable publicity
then again when the fda approves a
product for quote limited human
consumption
it doesn't exactly inspire confidence
pink slime is a paste made by removing
low-grade leftover beef trimmings and
removing the fat
it's economic fraud it's not it's not uh
fresh ground beef it's a substitute it's
a cheap substitute
being added in because pink slime is
more at risk for e coli and salmonella
it's commonly treated with ammonia
leading to bands in canada and the
european union
tasty right this is a practice that is
openly
sort of admitted to being in at least 70
percent of ground beef products
despite the uproar that kicked off
around 2011 pink slime is still widely
used as filler
including at many fast food joints in
fact in 2018
it was reclassified in the u.s as simply
ground beef number nine fast food
restaurant logos trick you into feeling
hungry
travis sky mill just six dollars say
cactus jack sent you
fast food is usually pretty inexpensive
by definition
but those meals add up to massive
profits right now at burger king get 10
chicken nuggets for just a dollar
ninety-nine no wait is that really right
yeah it says it right there 1.99 10
nuggets limited time only when a
business operates on the scale of
mcdonald's or burger king
a comparably massive budget is allocated
to marketing
including consumer psychology now take a
look at all these logos
notice anything they all employ similar
color schemes
with red being the most dominant color
studies have shown that red is
stimulating
as to whether this translates to hunger
that remains up for debate
color is just one of many tactics that
companies use to connect with their
customers
and if swearing off fast food wasn't
already hard enough
those colorful red logos might make it
even harder to ignore
regardless major fast food chains seem
to have bought into the idea
diving deeper red seems most effective
when paired with yellow
which is said to promote feelings of
comfort and happiness
the principle is referred to as the
ketchup and mustard theory
number eight poop soda anyone consumers
have a morbid curiosity when it comes to
gross flavors
just look at the success of birdy bot's
every flavor beans made by jelly belly
or how about when nathan fielder used
poop flavored frozen yogurt to promote a
local business
it was a success and like i predicted
the store was full
and in the world of business that's all
that matters sadly
the poop soda that we're referring to is
not an intentional marketing ploy
it's contamination that's right soda
fountains are serving up more than a
combination of fizzy water and sugary
flavored syrup
a 2010 study conducted in virginia found
fecal matter in nearly half of all
samples taken
well one way you can get in is if you're
filling up the soda
and you actually inadvertently touch so
this is somebody an employee went to the
bathroom didn't wash their hands
well exactly i don't want to think about
where people's hands have been before
they serve the soda and before you blame
the customers
this was true of both self-serve
fountains and the ones behind the
counter
based on similar studies this isn't an
isolated incidence
number seven well-lubed salad yeah one
little bottle of spermicidal lube
evan that's psycho man it's not
it's like charles manson lubricant
has many worthy applications like
keeping our cars running
but while oil is a type of lubricant and
olive or vegetable oil are common
ingredients in salad dressing
we still don't want lube in our salad so
if you only have a second hurry to
wendy's for a salad they're fresh fast
and ready to go
have a nice day when you make the
healthy choice at a fast food joint
those leafy greens may be topped with
propylene glycol
don't remember seeing that product on
the shelves of your local grocery store
us neither propylene glycol is used in
antifreeze and personal
sexual lubricants everything's got to be
clean
crisp and tasty it also works as a
moisture preserver and an anti-caking
agent
it's been deemed safe for consumption
but that doesn't necessarily make it
appetizing
i mean it's fresh when you get it and
it's fresh when i pop it in my mouth
it's like having somebody come in your
own kitchen to make you a salad oh and
it's used in more than just the salads
including big mac sauce
number six the beef with taco bell
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mcdonald's is constantly having to
reassert that its burgers are made from
100
real beef with quote no fillers
additives or preservatives taco bell on
the other hand would probably rather
not talk about it ground beef made from
88
beef just doesn't have the same ring to
it 12
is an abysmal grade on a test but when
it represents the other mysterious
ingredients in your taco
beef it feels very high oh can it get
any worse
taco bell was hit with a class-action
lawsuit back in 2011
prompting the fast food chain to
describe the 12 percent as quote
seasonings spices water and other
ingredients that provide taste
texture and moisture the lawsuit accuses
taco bell of misleading advertising
sorry my mouth is full the lawsuit says
internally
taco bell doesn't call this beef it
calls it taco meat
filling the defense starts strong but
it's the other ingredients like sodium
phosphates and potassium chloride that
are less persuasive
i'm pretty sure you you know what you're
paying for when you come to taco bell
if you want real beef you probably go
somewhere else number five
oil salt and dimethyl polysiloxane
well that's certainly a mouthful we're
surprised it's not in the taco bell
ground beef
an anti-foaming agent
dimethylpolysiloxane or pdsm
is used in fast food joints around the
world if there's a deep fryer chances
are that pdsm
is on the ingredients list its purpose
is to stop the vats of hot oil from
foaming up when the food goes in
we can appreciate the value of such an
additive especially from a safety
perspective
so bring your appetite bring everybody
for our 20-piece chicken mcnuggets 2.99
every day anyone who's deep fried at
home knows all too well the stress of
the pot bubbling over
the thing is that dimethylpolysiloxane
is a type of silicone that is used in
various cosmetics and silly putty
none of which we want to put in our
mouths what stretches
and stretches silly putty what picks up
pictures from a newspaper
and makes them silly and if you stretch
it even sillier
silly putty number four taco bell was
founded on an allegedly stolen recipe
this is obviously a pretty damning
accusation so we'd like to preface this
entry by saying that we're just stating
what's been reported by other outlets
such as the new york times
we're putting our reputation at stake
and things are beginning to seal
according to eater los angeles there
would perhaps be no taco bell had it not
been from meetla cafe
in san bernardino should we tell them
about these absolutely not this local
favorite
owned and operated by lucia and salvador
rodriguez
sold 10 cent hard shell tacos dorados
that people couldn't get enough of
taco bell founder glenn bell then in the
business of hot dogs and hamburgers
apparently befriended the couple and
earned their trust to the point that he
was allowed into the kitchen so in 1962
glenn who's a genius opened a restaurant
serving tacos for just
19 cents and he called it taco bell
armed with the rodriguez recipe
he launched his taco empire giving no
credit to meetla cafe
number three bread flatbread wrap or
yoga mat
sounds like a great sandwich sandwich
that was just the bread
great bread makes a delicious sandwich
subway is an empire built on the promise
of providing healthy choices
but few people want those choices to
include consuming a chemical also found
in yoga mats and other foamed plastics
subway's use of the chemical azo
dicarbonamide and bread came under fire
in 2014
in response to an online petition from
food bait blogger vani hari
hari has been widely criticized for
peddling pseudoscience on her blog
but there is debate about the compound
which has been banned as a food additive
in australia and the eu
what is this chemical we're talking
about kate the chemical is called azo
dicarbonamide and it's used to make the
bread
stronger to strengthen the bread and
subway says hey
it's safe and they point out that the
food and drug administration says
that it's safe but subway says that they
are removing it as part of their
bread improvement process under pressure
subway removed it from their ingredients
but you probably still eat it because
it's used in many breads
pastries pizzas and other doughy foods
after all
if the bread tastes better the sandwich
will too
subway the way a sandwich should be
number two
the real story behind the hot coffee
lawsuit stella liebeck spilled just
eight ounces of coffee
but she attracted a flood of attention
the history of fast food and consumer
protection
is rife with wild and crazy legal
battles but there's perhaps no case
more infamous than this one as many
people have said
you shouldn't have to warn customers
that coffee is hot what's next
labeling water is wet the thing is
people rarely get into specifics of the
incident
when 79 year old stella liebeck spilled
mcdonald's coffee
on herself in 1992 her injuries were
horrific
they resulted in third degree burns
eight days of hospitalization
skin grafts and two years of follow-up
medical treatments
stella tried to get mcdonald's to settle
she even agreed to mediation
but mcdonald's wouldn't budge they gave
her no choice but to go to court
the issue wasn't that the coffee hadn't
been labeled as hot but rather that it
was served to her at somewhere between
180 and 190 degrees fahrenheit
that is 30 degrees hotter than the
coffee you brew at home
the details were so alarming the jury
awarded libec 160 thousand dollars in
compensation
and they added 2.7 million dollars to
punish mcdonald's
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable
or in this case dishonorable mentions
there's a lot more in that cheese than
dairy
the cheese at most fast food restaurants
is heavily processed
the tempting taste of mcdonald's
alluring quarter pounder with cheese
add fries and a coke for an irresistible
deal
burgers that won't rot this has been
chalked up to a lack of moisture but
it's still unnerving the hypothesis is
is that the burgers are so full of
preservatives that they stop the growth
of microbes
but the reality is it's just dried out
microbes don't grow on it for the simple
reason it lacks moisture
your fries might not rot either
mcdonald's french fries in particular
show little change over time
two weeks french fries from a regular
restaurant
two weeks french fries from a mcdonald's
restaurant
ammonium sulfate it's commonly used in
fertilizer
and some fast food hamburger buns and
breads
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yummy sand silicon dioxide a component
of sand is used as a fast food
anti-caking agent
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number one arby's meet mishaps this fast
food chain has got a great selection of
items on their menu
it's time to pick your two four six
faves you crave the smokehouse brisket
divine and don't even get us started on
their mouthwatering roast beef
sandwiches
from chicken and beef to their sliders
loaded fries and other tasty
sides arby's knows what their customers
want but
they should really leave the human meat
to dr lechter
back in 2012 michigan native ryan hart
was more than halfway through his junior
roast beef sandwich when he found a part
of an employee's finger
with his teeth she was treated at a
hospital
the boy had a blood test and got some
medication arby's is calling it an
isolated incident
sadly this wasn't the company's first
offense in 2004
an ohio man found a nearly inch-long
piece of skin
in his sandwich apparently there had
been an incident while shredding lettuce
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