What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat

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What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat

What will you see when NPR’s Tiny Desk Kitchen takes you inside a school lunch burger patty ? Some pretty startling colors — blue copper gluconate, red cyanocobalamin — and some 10-dollar names like thiamine mononitrate and pyridoxine hydrochloride. And then there’s the stuff that tries to cover up the burger’s artificiality. Caramel color, for instance, makes the burger look like it’s been grilled when it really hasn’t. Yeast makes the meat taste more meaty, and the spices, flavorings, and sweeteners (!?) aren’t just there to enhance the flavor of the meat. They’re there to mask the bitterness of the added “enrichment” chemicals. In the video, NPR host Allison Aubrey talks to a food scientist, who tries to justify this hideous progeny of a real hamburger and a Flintstones vitamin. For kids who don’t get enough nutritious food at home, the scientist points out, sneaking ex...

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@xoxoAudrielle » 14 Apr '12, 11pm
not ok RT @grist: What's really inside a school lunch burger patty? [link] Hint: There are wayyy too many ingredients.
@PeteMinde » 14 Apr '12, 8pm
RT @grist: What's inside a school lunch burger patty? [link] One reason Unity Charter School has vegetarian lunch #njenviro
@GirlFuturist » 14 Apr '12, 7pm
Ugh > What's really inside a school lunch burger patty? [link] Hint: There are wayyy too many ingredients. RT @grist
@DaughterAndHeir » 14 Apr '12, 2pm
RT @anhusa: What's in a school lunch hamburger? Lots and lots of things apparently.... [link]
@SmFootprintFam » 14 Apr '12, 1pm
What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat | Grist [link] #WTF #realfood
@WineAndWit » 13 Apr '12, 8pm
Yum school chemicals I mean lunch. What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat [link] via @grist
@TRAYcreative » 13 Apr '12, 5pm
Would you eat a hamburger patty with 26 ingredient? We didn't think so, so why are we feeding this to our kids? [link]
@CBFit » 13 Apr '12, 11am
Mystery meat is still alive and kicking in the lunch room...... [link]
@CrossFitAnaheim » 13 Apr '12, 2am
This is crazy! [link]
@HaskinsFarm » 13 Apr '12, 12am
another interesting discussion of what is in school lunches:... [link]
@beahealthspark » 12 Apr '12, 10pm
Do your kids eat school lunch? Might want to check what it is they are eating. [link]
@ChanteleAshley » 12 Apr '12, 9pm
Reading an article on school lunches. "26 ingredients, and only one is meat" Okay, ew. [link]
@drgarland » 12 Apr '12, 6pm
What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat Pyridoxine Hydrochloride anyone???[link]
@BonfireHealth » 12 Apr '12, 5pm
RT @EatRealThings: What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat [link] via @grist
@CFSausalito » 12 Apr '12, 4pm
Before you eat a school lunch again read this article. Or better yet pack a lunch cause this stuff is not natural! [link]
@LIFTlevantate » 12 Apr '12, 3pm
We agree with Wallace Farms. If you can, pack your child's lunch. AND also teach them where whole food comes... [link]
@bbehring » 12 Apr '12, 3pm
RT @SFHfishoil: Frightening! 26 ingredients in a school lunch burger... [link]
@ZydecoBistro » 12 Apr '12, 3pm
Disturbing. [link] [link]
@monicaharris » 12 Apr '12, 3pm
Oh god! Read this! [link]
@SeismoMedia » 12 Apr '12, 3pm
blue copper glucanate. in one way and out the other ( many years later) [link]
@foodbanksj » 12 Apr '12, 3pm
Gross! "What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat..." [link] via @grist
@CeliloHealth » 12 Apr '12, 3pm
Wouldn't it be nice if school lunches were made of food? 26 ingredients in school burgers, only 1 is meat.... [link]
@doctor_wheat » 12 Apr '12, 2pm
Why would you want actual meat in your meat? [link]
@FarmsWallace » 12 Apr '12, 2pm
So...um...Pack your kids' lunch, I guess... [link]
@Mandeville_Fit » 12 Apr '12, 2pm
[link] Yuck! [link]
@TPCreamery » 12 Apr '12, 2pm
Man alive. School lunches need a make over! [link]
@SFHfishoil » 12 Apr '12, 2pm
Frightening! 26 ingredients in a school lunch burger... [link]
@anhusa » 12 Apr '12, 2pm
What's in a school lunch hamburger? Lots and lots of things apparently.... [link]
@SFTEBakery » 12 Apr '12, 2pm
RT @laurie_david: RT @grist: What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat: [link]
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RT @DrBobBullard: What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat [link] via @grist
@ghanscom » 12 Apr '12, 2pm
What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat [link] Eat up, kids!
@GMMDOTMAE » 12 Apr '12, 1pm
RT @montonnjira: What's really inside a school lunch burger patty? [link] Hint: There are wayyy too many ingredients.
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Yay humans! “@grist: What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only 1 is meat: [link]”
@tdelene » 12 Apr '12, 12pm
Gives a whole new meaning to "mystery meat" MT @grist: What’s in a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, only 1 is meat: [link]
@jgeneske » 12 Apr '12, 12pm
Eek. RT @grist What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat: [link]
@513eats » 12 Apr '12, 12pm
Im gonna need more coffee or bourbon RT @grist What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only 1 is meat: [link]
@jordanbks » 12 Apr '12, 12pm
“@grist: What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat: [link]” ew
@billbarnes04 » 12 Apr '12, 1am
One reason I hate school lunches: Inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients and only one is meat: [link] via @Grist
@robschlotzhauer » 12 Apr '12, 1am
where's the beef? “@grist: What's really inside a school lunch burger patty? [link] Hint: There are too many ingredients.”
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Eewww. RT @grist: What's really inside a school lunch burger patty? [link]
@grist » 12 Apr '12, 1am
What's really inside a school lunch burger patty? [link] Hint: There are wayyy too many ingredients.
» 11 Apr '12, 10pm
RT @NestCollective: What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat [link] via @grist #parents #change
@SushantaPB » 11 Apr '12, 9pm
It just keeps getting worse. Caramel color makes the burger look like it’s been grilled when it really wasn't. WTH! [link]
» 11 Apr '12, 9pm
We should be ashamed. RT @grist: What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat [link]
» 11 Apr '12, 9pm
What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat [link] via @grist #parents #change
» 11 Apr '12, 9pm
RT @Smplfdhlthylfe: 10 ingredients in a school lunch burger and only one of them is meat [link]