McDonald’s No Longer Using ‘Pink Slime’ In Hamburgers
McDonald’s announced that, as of last August, it has stopped using ammonium hydroxide in the production of its hamburgers. According to MSNBC, the chemical used for fertilizers, household cleaners and even homemade explosives, was also used to prepare McDonald’s hamburger meat. The ammonium hydroxide is described as a “pink slime” chemical, though folks who like a McDonald’s burger never know they’re eating it. McDonald’s said it made the move to discontinue the pink slime as an effort to realign its global standards of how they source beef around the world. The U.S. Agriculture Department classifies the chemical as “generally recognized as safe.” However, the restaurant chain stopped using it after celebrity chef Jamie Oliver went public with a campaign against ammonium hydroxide.
McDonald’s announced that, as of last August, it has stopped using ammonium hydroxide in the production of its hamburgers. According to MSNBC, the chemical used for fertilizers, household cleaners and even homemade explosives, was also used to prepare McDonald’s hamburger meat. The ammonium hydroxide is described as a “pink slime” chemical, though folks who like a McDonald’s burger never know they’re eating it. McDonald’s said it made the move to discontinue the pink slime as an effort to realign its global standards of how they source beef around the world. The U.S. Agriculture Department classifies the chemical as “generally recognized as safe.” However, the restaurant chain stopped using it after celebrity chef Jamie Oliver went public with a campaign against ammonium hydroxide.
