• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

This Is What Really Hides In Taco Bell's "Beef"

So what exactly is in a Taco Bell taco?

  • Beef

    Votes: 4 33.3%
  • Filler

    Votes: 5 41.7%
  • Chihuahua

    Votes: 4 33.3%
  • Chihuahua excrement

    Votes: 7 58.3%
  • Something fresh from the landfill

    Votes: 5 41.7%
  • Hallucinogenics

    Votes: 4 33.3%
  • A mixture of beef and worms

    Votes: 3 25.0%
  • Something I plopped in the toilet last week

    Votes: 8 66.7%
  • The inside of a Big Mac

    Votes: 4 33.3%
  • Nothing at all

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    12

danarhea

Slayer of the DP Newsbot
DP Veteran
Joined
Aug 27, 2005
Messages
43,602
Reaction score
26,256
Location
Houston, TX
Gender
Male
Political Leaning
Conservative
According to the USDA, you can't call this "beef" at all. Beef is defined as "flesh of cattle". Ground beef is defined as:
Chopped fresh and/or frozen beef with or without seasoning and without the addition of beef fat as such, shall not contain more than 30 percent fat, and shall not contain added water, phosphates, binders, or extenders.
Which is certainly nothing like what Taco Bell is using in their products. That's the reason why an Alabama law firm is presenting a lawsuit for false advertising, claiming that what Taco Bell claims is "beef" in their commercials is just the aforementioned processed clustermass of disgust. I'm not a lawyer, but it seems they have a very good point.

The taco "mud" filling that Taco Bell uses in it's products is certainly not beef by any legal definition at all, but this news really comes as a surprising revelation to me. For years, I thought that I had been eating spiced chihuahua.

So answer the polling question.

Article is here.
 
See this is why I do not eat Taco Bell.

One of my buddies, his dad worked for a transport company, that transported various food products and other things around town, including meat to the fast food resteraunts.

And so for example Wendys would say "Canadian Grade A" on the box, apperently on Taco Bells box, was just one word in giant black letters "Beef".

That's it lol.

Had Taco Bell once. Never again. It's gross.

Edit: Definitely turds...
 
Last edited:
Taco Bell food looks like someone with diarrhea took a **** in a tortilla.
 
Ewww, I knew there was a reason I hated that place. Got a taco there once 20 years ago. Gagged, threw it away, and never went back.
 
ROTFLOL... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... Woof!

.
 
Oh good another fast food is evil thread.
 
Oh good another fast food is evil thread.

Not evil, just disgusting. And Taco Bell is one of the worst...although it has some tough competition with White Castle and Waffle House.
 
I love the stuff. Really, if you think about it, the ingredients to their "mud" is not all that different from any chili recipee. You people are getting grossed out over nothing.
 
It's beef, spices, onions, and wheat. The big ingredients that make Taco Bell meat "not beef" are beef fat and wheat. Sorry for interrupting your needless vomiting.
 
I love the stuff. Really, if you think about it, the ingredients to their "mud" is not all that different from any chili recipee. You people are getting grossed out over nothing.

Really. You put oatmeal and sand in your chili? Remind me never to eat at your house.
 
Oh good another fast food is evil thread.

Relevant information (which you apparently were far too busy to read):

Taco Bell's meat filling looks like ground beef before and after cooking, but it has been augmented with fibers and other substances to keep the price low. That's how they can offer tacos for 99 cents—and that's fine: There's absolutely nothing wrong with their processed mixture apart from being gross.

The problem here is that the consumers may believe that this "meat filling" is actually beef while it's not. If it looks like beef, it's labeled as beef, and it's advertised as beef, then it must be beef—except that substance is not beef. It's just "meat filling". That could deceive the public, which is why there is a class action lawsuit in the works. Consumers have the right to easily learn what they are eating before making a decision to eat a taco or not, just like they need to know before buying cloned meat or genetically modified vegetables or products containing corn syrup.The final irony: The USDA says that any food labeled as "meat taco filling" should at least have 40% fresh meat. According to the Alabama law firm, Taco Bell stuff only has 36% meat. Perhaps they should call it Almost Taco Meat Filling.

Fast food is not evil. I still plan to eat chicken soft tacos and bean burritos at Taco Bell. But, consumers have a right to know, EASILY, what they're eating. For instance, that the "meat" you're eating in your taco is only 36% actual "meat." That's how the free market, ideally, should work. Give customers information, and let the customer decide.

But, you can't falsely advertise your product, and promise MEAT when you aren't giving people MEAT.
 
Last edited:
Really. You put oatmeal and sand in your chili? Remind me never to eat at your house.

I read the ingredients and there is no sand and no I don't put oats in my chili. But there are no beans in the mix either...I side it was similar...not identical.
 
I read the ingredients and there is no sand and no I don't put oats in my chili. But there are no beans in the mix either...I side it was similar...not identical.

Silica = sand.

Thus ends today's chemistry lesson.
 
Silica = sand.

Thus ends today's chemistry lesson.

Silica - Minerals - Vital Health Zone

Silica naturally exists in certain foods like banana's, which contain 13.9 mg per 250 grams. It is especially present in oats and lettuce. So if you are putting oats into the mixture you are going to have silica in it. It is not necessarily sand as in sand at the beach. Yes, it is in the same family...but it is completly different.
 
Last edited:
Not evil, just disgusting. And Taco Bell is one of the worst...although it has some tough competition with White Castle and Waffle House.
white castle rocks!!
 
I just wish they would more of that meat-like substance in their tacos. It's good stuff.
 
The taco "mud" filling that Taco Bell uses in it's products is certainly not beef by any legal definition at all, but this news really comes as a surprising revelation to me.
Same goes for del taco and jack-in-the-crack.

If you want something vaguely close to beef at Taco Hell then you have to order using the keyword "steak".

In the fastfood industry:
Beef = bargain bin beef with filler
Steak = steak trimmings

Same goes for chicken:
Chicken = whatever stringy substance we can find on a bird
White meat = some breast meat mixed with a lot of ribmeat.


Its nice they are finally getting called on it.
 
Hmmmm...

Ground beef -vs- chopped beef, the latter I assume is what most people expect they're consuming when they eat a beef filled Taco Bell product. I suppose they have a valid point. Still, what Taco Bell is using really isn't that much different from what any housewife wouldn't mix together to make tacos at home.

Brown your 50-85% reduced fat pound of ground beef, add water and a Lawrey's taco seasoning packet and Vvvvwhalla! Tacos made from ground beef and processed flavor additives. What's so wrong with that?

Relevant information (which you apparently were far too busy to read):



Fast food is not evil. I still plan to eat chicken soft tacos and bean burritos at Taco Bell. But, consumers have a right to know, EASILY, what they're eating. For instance, that the "meat" you're eating in your taco is only 36% actual "meat." That's how the free market, ideally, should work. Give customers information, and let the customer decide.

But, you can't falsely advertise your product, and promise MEAT when you aren't giving people MEAT.

To the above, I agree. Still, IMO what Taco Bell is serving as "beef" for their tacos really isn't that much different from any of use wouldn't mix up at home on Taco night.

False or misleading advertising? Sure...absolutely! But most of use likely consumer the same "filler" from our kitchen tables every day.
 
Last edited:
Silica - Minerals - Vital Health Zone

Silica naturally exists in certain foods like banana's, which contain 13.9 mg per 250 grams. It is especially present in oats and lettuce. So if you are putting oats into the mixture you are going to have silica in it. It is not necessarily sand as in sand at the beach. Yes, it is in the same family...but it is completly different.

You mean, if I eat enough bananas, I can crap out my own glass menagerie? Cool. :mrgreen:
 
You mean, if I eat enough bananas, I can crap out my own glass menagerie? Cool. :mrgreen:

You must be really talented at ... something ... to have the ability to mold things back there.
 
Back
Top Bottom