WHY I WILL NEVER EAT A MCRIB (Sorry to those of my relatives who LOVE them) Whats the McRib made of, anyway? Find out whats inside — if you dare By Chris Gayomali | November 14, 2013 This McDonalds sandwichs ingredients reportedly include restructured meat product and a flour-bleaching agent used to make the soles of shoes. Delectable? This McDonalds sandwichs ingredients reportedly include restructured meat product and a flour-bleaching agent used to make the soles of shoes. Delectable? McDonalds McRib inspires a cult-like obsession. Thankfully, though, its only available for a limited time: If you knew about all the unpronounceable ingredients packed into it, you might think twice about wolfing down the sauce-drenched pork concoction. Think you can stomach whats inside? Read on. How many ingredients are there? At face value the sandwich consists of pork, onions, and pickle slices slathered in barbecue sauce and laid out on a bun. But the truth is, there are roughly 70 ingredients. UPDATE: Heres what the patty looks like before its cooked. Yum! The bun alone contains 34 ingredients, says Meredith Melnick at TIME. In addition to chemicals like ammonium sulfate and polysorbate 80, the most egregious may be azodicarbonamide — a flour-bleaching agent most commonly used in the manufactur[ing] of foamed plastics like gym mats and the soles of shoes. According to McDonalds own ingredient list, the bun also includes calcium sulfate and ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides, among other chemicals. So whats the meat made of? Pig innards and plenty of salt. Typically, restructured meat product includes pig bits like tripe, heart, and scalded stomach, says Whet Moser at Chicago Magazine, citing a 1995 article by Robert Mandigo, a professor at the University of Nebraska. These parts are cooked and blended with salt and water to extract salt-soluble proteins, which act as a glue that helps bind the reshaped meat together. Is it really that bad for you? Well, its certainly not great for you. Though slightly trimmer than the Big Mac, which contains 540 calories and 29 grams of fat, says Christina Rexrode at USA Today, the McRib, first introduced in 1982, still packs in 500 calories and 26 grams of fat. And despite its name, one thing you wont find inside a McRib is bones. The absence of any detectable rib is what gives the unnutritious mush its quirky sense of humor, says Marta Fearon, McDonalds U.S. marketing director. Sources: Chicago Magazine, McDonalds, TIME, USA Today This article — originally published on October 28, 2011 — was updated on November 14, 2013.
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