Let's have mechanically separated chicken for dinner tonight.

[loinburger]

IIRC the McLean had wood ash in it (since wood ash is low in calories)

[Lorizael]

So what else would you not mind sellers putting in burgers Lori?

A little sawdust filler perhaps? If we keep the amounts small enough there "probably" (USFDA) would be no problem.

Sellers can put whatever they want in their burgers, provided it can be demonstrated their product is safe in reasonable doses.

[The Mad Monk]

I figured we don't eat peach pits because they're peach pits.

Oddly enough, no. We don't eat them because they're in the same basket as bitter almonds:

The fruit of Prunus dulcis is predominately sweet, but a few bitter almonds may be found on each tree.[16][17][dubious – discuss] The fruits from Prunus dulcis var. amara are always bitter as are the kernels from other Prunus species like apricot, peach and cherry (to a lesser extent).

The bitter almond is slightly broader and shorter than the sweet almond, and contains about 50% of the fixed oil that occurs in sweet almonds. It also contains the enzyme emulsin which, in the presence of water, acts on a soluble glucoside, amygdalin, yielding glucose, cyanide and the essential oil of bitter almonds, which is nearly pure benzaldehyde. Bitter almonds may yield from 4–9 mg of hydrogen cyanide per almond.[18][19] Extract of bitter almond was once used medicinally, but even in small doses, effects are severe, and in larger doses can be deadly; the cyanide must be removed before consumption.[20]

The French have used extracts of apricot pits, for example, because of the "bitter almond" flavor -- which is mostly benzaldehyde (occasionally used in floor cleaner, more popular as a flavoring or a pesticide).

[rah]

Sellers can put whatever they want in their burgers, provided it can be demonstrated their product is safe in reasonable doses.

And of course that the additive doesn't make the product taste so bad that no one eat it.

[loinburger]

Then it'll just become an acquired taste

"Ugh, this soda tastes like concentrated hatred."
"Your tastebuds obviously aren't refined enough to appreciate concentrated hatred."

[The Mad Monk]

That's been my explanation for cola since, well, forever.

[Elok]

Sellers can put whatever they want in their burgers, provided it can be demonstrated their product is safe in reasonable doses.

I would add the proviso that the product is not, for example, made from people. But otherwise, yes, provided it's safe.

[Elok]

Chicken is not poisonous.

"Chickens are poisonous", though.

Could you please clarify what you mean by this? I'm scratching my head here.

[Lorizael]

I would add the proviso that the product is not, for example, made from people. But otherwise, yes, provided it's safe.

Well, putting people into food presents its own health risks.

[Elok]

Zombies have been known to suffer heart problems from the high cholesterol content of braaaaaains.

[Uncle Sparky]

Maple Leaf Foods (a Canadian meat processor) has said it will change the packaging on its Natural Selections line of meats after a CBC Marketplace investigation found they contain nitrite, a preservative that may be linked to cancer. (CBC)

Maple Leaf Foods, which offers a line of deli meats under its Natural Selections line with "no added preservatives," is one such product.
The packaging does include a reference to cultured celery extract.
However, Marketplace tested the product in a lab and discovered that the natural-sounding extract is actually a nitrite.
"For all intents and purposes it is bio-chemically identical," said nutrition expert Dr. Yoni Freedhoff.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/...sy-labels.html

Caveat emptor.

[The Mad Monk]

Do they also have an Intelligent Designs line?

[Lorizael]

[MrFun]

When the first line in the thread is "Can You Guess What McDonald’s Food Item This Is?" The fact that they don't do it anymore is kind of an important aspect.
You should read a bit more carefully.

Yes - cause we should believe everything corporations like McDonald's tells us.

[Al B. Sure!]

Could you please clarify what you mean by this? I'm scratching my head here.

Read my post. If you remember BlackCat 'explaining' the definition of 'ditto', this is analogous.