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Kroger Informative - What's up with all the "natural flavoring" and 12% or more salt water in meats? - Beef--forms of ground; poultry, pork
Beef--forms of ground; poultry, pork
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY -- My local Kroger has great employees and good service, however, the meats seem to be becoming saltier and many are injected with substances vaguely explained in tiny letters on the packaging.
Today I went in to buy some form of lean ground beef--round, sirloin, or chuck and noticed the "natural flavoring" reference, a salt content reference, and no ingredient list. So what is the "natural flavoring"? Needless to say, I bought none. No one in the store could explain the label.
Is the "natural flavoring" MSG? I have a friend who is very allergic to that. Is it salt? Many people are on low salt diets and unknowingly buy "moist and tender" pork, chicken and turkey shot with salty "broth" and whatever else.
A really good cook recently was complaining that she used to marinate pork loin and it was wonderful, but now it just never tastes right. I asked her where she bought her pork, and indeed it was Kroger's "moist and tender".
Since many people are on salt-restricted diets, Kroger needs to come clean about ADDED salt, any tenderizers, the 12% and up "broth" added to meats and poultry which is not in teeny tiny writing which most consumers do not see and of which they are unaware.
Kroger is not the only grocery chain doing this; Tyson chickens are everywhere and they're doctored; Butterball too. But Kroger is making it very hard to find meat that is simply meat in their stores.
Today I went in to buy some form of lean ground beef--round, sirloin, or chuck and noticed the "natural flavoring" reference, a salt content reference, and no ingredient list. So what is the "natural flavoring"? Needless to say, I bought none. No one in the store could explain the label.
Is the "natural flavoring" MSG? I have a friend who is very allergic to that. Is it salt? Many people are on low salt diets and unknowingly buy "moist and tender" pork, chicken and turkey shot with salty "broth" and whatever else.
A really good cook recently was complaining that she used to marinate pork loin and it was wonderful, but now it just never tastes right. I asked her where she bought her pork, and indeed it was Kroger's "moist and tender".
Since many people are on salt-restricted diets, Kroger needs to come clean about ADDED salt, any tenderizers, the 12% and up "broth" added to meats and poultry which is not in teeny tiny writing which most consumers do not see and of which they are unaware.
Kroger is not the only grocery chain doing this; Tyson chickens are everywhere and they're doctored; Butterball too. But Kroger is making it very hard to find meat that is simply meat in their stores.
Comments:
Posted by justthefaxx on 2009-11-30:
I've never been to a Kroger. I'm moving from Chicago to Atlanta in two months. Am I in for a rude awakening?
Posted by littleyaya on 2009-11-30:
We have Fry's here which sells Kroger brands. I'll have to see if it's the same at Fry's next time I go
Posted by jktshff1 on 2009-11-30:
Chikago to 'Hot Lanta, boy, you are in for a very rude awakening.........
Posted by CrazyRedHead on 2009-12-01:
Locate yourself a butcher. Also be careful of the meats that are injected, I found the sharp end of a hypodermic needle in the middle of a big roast one night after cooking it.
Posted by Natural Flavor supplier on 2010-02-03:
The natural flavor on the label is natural rosemary extract. It's widely by all major meat supplers used to extend the color shelf life of fresh ground beef. Keeps that ground beef from turning brown so quickly.
Posted by Yeah Right! on 2012-01-07:
If it were just "natural rosemary extract" why wouldn't it simply be labeled as such. Most "natural flavor"ings are flavor enhancers and hopefully we all know what that means! I'd trust Mr. Natural Flavor Supplier about as far as I could throw him. No MSG for me Mr. Ajinomoto. You're making americans fat and sick. Very Sick.
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