Britain's Disgustng Food

You don't have to go very far to find disgusting food in Britain. Wonder into your local Cash and Carry, pick up a box of 'economy burgers' and read the ingredients to realise that there isn't a great deal of beef in the beef burgers you might expect to buy from a burger van or a chip shop.

To call a burger a beef burger in Britain, it, legally has to contain 62% beef. But, if you change the name to 'economy burgers' the manufacturers can roll all the way down to 47% beef; leaving 53% for them to fill with almost anything they want to, and as i found out, its pretty much anything goes. Some economy burgers contain around 21% beef heart, with the rest being filled with chemicals to fill it out and make the burger stick together.

Another find that worried me was the content of some supermarket bought chicken kievs. Chicken kievs are not closely monitered by the food standards agency, meaning basically, that companies are free to put whatever they like in them. As long as it tastes or resembles it, they can pass it off as chicken. There is no legal limit for the minimum amount of chicken put in a chicken kiev. Obviously putting in no chicken might take the mic a little, so some companies were kind enough to put 10% chicken in there for everyone; along with alot of other things, including: Skin, water and connective tissue. Cheers Guys! :).

A great programme to watch if you want to find out any more is Britain's really disgusting food.

Here is part 1 of the episode on Meat. There are also episodes on milk and fish.