Sunrise Farms Chicken Cutlets

I was eating some of the Sunrise Farms Fully Cooked Breaded Chicken Cutlets, and got curious what this gray, kind of bubbly meat really was. I mean they taste pretty good, are cheap as hell, like a dozen for around $5...

.... so I did some research. They are NOT good for you.

 

Ingredients

MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN MEAT*, TOASTED WHEAT CRUMBS, WATER, WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT STARCH, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, SOY PROTEIN, DRIED EGG WHITE, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, BAKING POWDER, WHEAT GLUTEN, VEGETABLE OIL SHORTENING (SOYBEAN), MODIFIED HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL (MFG AID), DEXTROSE, DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, MILK INGREDIENTS, GARLIC POWDER, GUAR GUM, SPICES, ALSO MAY CONTAINS TURKEY, FLAVOUR (CONTAINS SOY), CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM DIACETATE, CARRAGEENAN, POTASSIUM LACTATE, CANOLA OIL, GLUCOSE SYRUP SOLIDS, MALTODEXTRIN, METHYLCELLULOSE, HYDROLYZED SOY AND CORN PROTEIN, LEMON JUICE POWDER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, LEMON OIL, SEASONING, YEAST EXTRACT, CARROT POWDER, ONION, SUNFLOWER OIL, CARAMEL, SODIUM LACTATE, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, CHICKEN FAT, VINEGAR, SOY LECITHIN, COLOUR, DRIED CHICKEN STOCK, SODIUM BICARBONATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATE, SOYBEAN OIL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOUR, YEAST, XANTHAN GUM, ONION POWDER, ALUMINUM SULPHATE, VEGETABLE OIL. CONTAINS STATEMENT: SOY, WHEAT, EGG, MILK.

Nutrition Facts
Amount Per Serving/% DV
Serving Size grams (115 g) ;
Calories 240.00 cal ;
Calories from Fat 0.00

√ Total Fat 14.00 g 22%
√ Saturated Fat 3.50 g
√ Trans. Fat 0.50 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.00 g
Omega 3 0.00 mg
EPA 0.00 mg
DHA 0.00 mg
Monounsaturated Fat 0.00 g
Cholesterol 60.00 mg 0%
√ Sodium 570.00 mg 24%

Total Carbohydrate 20.00 g 7%
Dietary Fiber 2.00 g 8%
Sugars 0.00 g
Other Carbohydrate 0.00 g
Protein 16.00 g 0%
Potassium 0.00 mg 0%

*MECHANICALLY SEPARATED (deboned) CHICKEN MEAT
Mechanically deboned chicken begins as a chicken goo or aka ‘pink slime‘ or ‘pink goo’. The pieces of the chicken carcass that have no particular commercial use – as in you wouldn’t buy it if it was at the grocery store – are thrown into a machine that produces the goo.

Hundreds perhaps thousands of chickens are combined together, pushed forcefully against a screen until the least resilient matter is squeezed through by the force of all the other chicken pieces being pressed against it.

This product is then spit out into a container where that matter is packaged and sent to another facility for reshaping.

Chicken nuggets, hot dogs, and these cutlets and the like are the end result.

YUCK!