If BET were to ever take a stab at copying MTV’s The Inferno the first episode of the reality competition should include a challenge involving consuming a McRib and washing it down with a grape flavored Four Loko before completing a 500 yard dash. Team Chunk you’ve been put on notice.
At face value, the sandwich contains just pork, onions, and pickle slices slathered in barbecue sauce and laid out on a bun. But the truth is, there are roughly 70 ingredients. The bun alone contains 34, says TIME’s Melnick. In addition to chemicals like ammonium sulfate and polysorbate 80, the most egregious may be azodicarbonamide — “a flour-bleaching agent most commonly used in the manufactur[ing] of foamed plastics like gym mats the and soles of shoes.” According to McDonald’s own ingredient list, the bun also includes calcium sulfate and ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides, among other chemicals
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So, what’s the meat made of?
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