What Are We Actually Eating?

A recent study from Canada showed that most fast food’s chicken sandwiches aren’t 100% meat. So, what are we actually eating? After testing the chicken strips at Subway, CBC, or complete blood count test, found that the chicken was only 42.8% real chicken. The rest of the chicken being 57.2% soy. Soy is protein derived from soybeans.

Here’s the problem with that. If 57.2%, or more than half of the chicken, is soy, then people eating it with soy allergies might not know. When CBC contacted Subway, Subway said that the chicken should only have 1% soy and that they would look into it. If Subway doesn’t know what we are eating, how are we supposed to know?

What about the other chicken at Subway? There is also the oven roasted chicken, which was also DNA tested. That test came back to show that the chicken was made up of 53.6% chicken, and the rest was soy.

However, after the first spokesperson said they would look into it, another spokesperson said that what CBC was claiming was completely false and misleading. However, other restaurants were tested too such as Wendys and McDonalds. The second spokesperson claimed that Subway chicken is 100% white meat.

So, what is actually the truth? With so many questions being unanswered, it is near impossible to tell what we are truly eating every time we visit