{"id":93068,"date":"2013-11-12T14:58:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T19:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=93068"},"modified":"2013-11-12T15:15:25","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T20:15:25","slug":"raw-mcrib-meat-doesnt-look-anything-like-ribs-or-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/raw-mcrib-meat-doesnt-look-anything-like-ribs-or-meat\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw McRib Meat Doesn&#8217;t Look Anything Like Ribs or Meat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The poor McRib. For such a fanatic following (that is completely lost on me), it sure gets beat up a lot.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest abominations of the fast food industry, this sandwich horrifies us. Seeing this thing in the flesh, if that&#8217;s what you can call it, doesn&#8217;t make it any more appetizing.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"raw mcrib meat\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/raw-mcrib-meat-doesnt-look-anything-like-ribs-or-meat\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93070\" alt=\"raw mcrib meat\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/raw-mcrib-meat.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/raw-mcrib-meat.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/raw-mcrib-meat-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A McDonald&#8217;s employee sent this stealth shot to a friend who shared it on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/uLG1TTI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">imgur<\/a><\/strong>, and now we all get to feast our eyes on the pre-sauced McRib.<\/p>\n<p>Under that frozen, pre-formed, meat-like brick is a laundry list of unappetizing ingredients. The McRib sandwich has more in common with a yoga mat than it probably does the pig from which it is supposedly derived. Azodicarbonamide, one of the sandwich&#8217;s <strong>SEVENTY <\/strong>ingredients, is a chemical also used to produce yoga mats, shoes, foam plastic, and gym flooring. You know &#8211; food-like stuff.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While there is pork in the McRib, it&#8217;s not a whole cut of meat that you may presume is part of an actual rib. No, according to research done by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2011\/11\/02\/what-makes-the-mcrib-so-popular-maybe-its-better-not-to-ask\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CBS News Chicago<\/a><\/strong>, it is &#8220;<strong><a title=\"what is meat glue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/meat-glue-turns-scraps-into-prime-cuts-of-meat\/\">restructured meat product<\/a><\/strong>. In other words, it\u2019s made from all the less expensive innards and castoffs from the pig.&#8221; The registered dietitian they interviewed likened the McRib to a chemistry lab.<\/p>\n<p>This complete ingredients list was made available at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2011\/11\/02\/whats-a-mcrib-made-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Consumerist<\/a><\/strong>, which cited an expert on the composition of the actual pork patty itself. &#8220;Such products as tripe [first or second stomach of a farm animal], heart, and scalded stomachs&#8230;&#8221; are what they are slathering in McRib sauce.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"mcrib ingredients\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/raw-mcrib-meat-doesnt-look-anything-like-ribs-or-meat\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93086\" alt=\"mcrib ingredients\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mcrib-ingredients-list.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mcrib-ingredients-list.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mcrib-ingredients-list-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want pork and BBQ sauce all piled high on a bun? Try our little <strong><a title=\"pulled pork sliders\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/bbq-pork-sliders\/\">BBQ Pork Sliders<\/a><\/strong>. Keep the yoga mat to burn it off afterward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"what is pink slime\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/pink-slime-is-back-why-do-school-districts-continue-to-serve-dreadful-byproduct\/\">Pink Slime is Back in Schools<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"trans fat foods\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/31-brands-selling-trans-fat-laden-foods-that-will-soon-be-banned\/\">31 Brands with Trans Fat-Laden Foods About to be Banned<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"best sandwich recipes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/the-united-sandwiches-of-america-the-51-best-sandwich-recipes-for-each-state\/\">51 Best Sandwich Recipes for Each State<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The poor McRib. For such a fanatic following (that is completely lost on me), it sure gets beat up a lot. One of the biggest abominations of the fast food industry, this sandwich horrifies us. Seeing this thing in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/raw-mcrib-meat-doesnt-look-anything-like-ribs-or-meat\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[2029,5338,3739],"class_list":["post-93068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-mcdonalds","tag-mcrib","tag-pork"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93068"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93077,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93068\/revisions\/93077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}