The new york times published a story about concerns over ammoniatreated beef products in 2009, but jamie oliver really got the pink slime ball rolling with the april 12, 2011 episode of his tv show food revolution. The mudslinging began on jamie olivers food revolution almost a year ago, and hasnt much abated since. It is made by salvaging the meat that gets trimmed off cuts of beef along with fat. Pink slime may simply have been an early skirmish in what will be an ongoing clash between the demands of feeding entire countries and the cultural trend toward whole foods, sustainable food. Jamie olivers food revolution promo clip on air with ryan seacrest. One of the points in this episode was to learn where. Pink slime has been oozing back into headlines in recent weeks after mcdonalds, followed by other fast food chains, announced it had stopped using beef trimmings to fill out its hamburgers. The term pink slime was popularized by celebrity chef jamie oliver, who ran a segment on the product in a 2011 episode of his food revolution tv show. Is pink slime a fair description of what the beef industry calls lean finely. That is, until jamie oliver took up the cause on his food revolution show last spring.
Amazon,healthy food,healthy meals jamie oliver mcdonalds paleo recipe book,brand new. Pink slime makers filing lawsuits, still in operation. Meat producer against abc news the company that made pink slime is suing abc news, saying the networks 2012 coverage was defamatory and hurt its. The filler product made headlines after he denounced it on his show, jamie olivers food revolution. The downward spiral started a year ago, when jamie oliver, the british celebrity chef and host of jamie olivers food revolution on abc, did a. I have to think this is one for the record books, general motors ceo mary barra said.
Lean finely textured beef is safe and nutritious, experts say. Critics have depicted pink slime which is manufactured by the equally. In america, after the food revolution aired, we inspired people to petition against flavored milk and pink slime in our schools, which not only got the usda to change the regulations around flavored milk, but led fast food companies and grocery stores to stop selling pink slime. Victory as mcdonalds stops using pink slime in its. Pink slime also known as lean finely textured beef or lftb, finely textured beef, and boneless lean beef trimmings or blbt is a meat byproduct used as a food additive to ground beef and beefbased. Food safety archives page 2 of 2 food revolution network. According to the daily mail, a segment of the second season of jamie olivers food revolution embedded below. Food revolution, where he demonstrated the practice.
At food revolution network frn, our mission is healthy, ethical, sustainable food for all. The pink slime in your kids school lunch mother jones. Chef jamie oliver makes mcdonalds abandon pink slime. Jamie olivers food revolution pink slime 70% of americas. Though this jaime oliver video was made and shown on his show, jamie olivers food revolution, last year, news has recently surfaced and made headlines regarding mcdonalds. These are warmed, centrifuged to remove the fat, treated with. Jamie olivers food revolution supports our petition with. Please go check out their new website, stop pink slime. But a nickname of pink slime, combined with americans anxiety about food safety, have sent it on a downward spiral. The next new thing weve been hearing so much about in the media is pink slime. Jamie olivers food revolution pink slime 70% of americas beef is treated with ammonia. Critics have depicted pink slime which is manufactured by the equally unfortunatelynamed company beef products inc.
Pink slime, a food additive made from spare beef trimmings thats treated with ammonium hydroxide to kill off e. The show was produced by british chef jamie oliver and ryan seacrest, following oliver as he attempted to reform the us school lunch programs, help american society fight obesity and change their eating habits in order to live healthier and longer lives. Pink slime criticism is overblown, say some food safety. Mcdonalds is forced to stop using pink slime daily mail jamie olivers food revolution. Jamie olivers food revolution promotional poster created byjamie oliver starringjamie oliver country of originunited states original languageenglish. In march 2012, news broke that the usdas national school lunch program had recently purchased seven million pounds of something delectably called pink slime. The biggest moment so far in the history of my blog was when abc news began reporting about pink slime or lean finely textured beef lftb. Soon thereafter, news reports trumpeted that pink slime.
Abc airs the season two premiere of jamie olivers food revolution, in which the celebrity chef decries both the inclusion of lftb in the u. Jamie olivers food revolution day coming up on may 19, 2012. Jamie olivers food revolution is a television series on abc from march 2010 until summer. British celebrity chef jamie oliver, decried the use of pink slime as a filler in ground beef in an april 2011 episode of his popular tv show, jamie olivers food revolution. I first wrote about it when jamie olivers food revolution.
Pink slime at mcdonalds, americas meat epidemic report. The salt thousands of people are adding their name to petitions urging the government stop buying beef trimmings. Pink slime is a meat byproduct used as a food additive to ground beef and beef based. A year ago, jamie oliver jollified the us version of his food revolution tv show by using a cow called scarlet and a tumble dryer to. Factory food doesnt stand a chance against consumers wielding their forksand their walletsfor good. It seems that subway chicken sandwiches may be channeling pink slime too according. Is it wrong to feed pink slime to our children in school. Pink slime refers to processed lean beef trimmings, and is a cheap filler used to beef up many meat products. Two summers ago i was watching the season premiere of jamie olivers food revolution. Its not just fast food joints that prefer to use this food like substance.
The show was produced by british chef jamie oliver and ryan seacrest, following oliver as he attempted. Food is certainly not always what it seems and this other jamie oliver clip is great at explaining just how fast food or. Although mcdonalds agreed to stop using the creeptastic pink slime in their products and its not the first time theyve tipped the scale for fast food. Pink slime also known as lean finely textured beef or lftb, finely textured beef, and boneless lean beef trimmings or blbt is a meat byproduct used as a food additive to ground beef and beefbased processed meats, as a filler, or to reduce the overall fat content of ground beef. Soon thereafter, news reports trumpeted that pink slime hasnt just been making its way into school lunches, as bad as that sounds. Celebrity chef jamie oliver exposed mcdonalds beef in a controversial episode of jamie olivers food revolution, referring to a pink slime ingredient.
Jamie olivers food revolution pink slime 70% of americas beef is. Pink slime is the pejorative term for lean finely textured beef, a product designed to recover useful bits from carcass trimmings. After treating the meat with the chemical, it looks like pink slime. A product the industry calls lean, finely textured meat has been a fixture in the ground beef served in the free school lunch program and fast food. Pink slime is a meat byproduct used as a food additive to ground beef and beefbased. In america, after the food revolution aired, we inspired people to petition against flavored milk and pink slime in our schools, which not only got the usda to change the regulations around. In one episode of his food revolution, he made the chicken version of pink slime white slime. The pink slime controversy has touched a nerve in the school food community as well and underscored how little parents know about what their children eat at school. Jamies food revolution recipes 17 these are jamies food revolution recipes that together can teach us all the skills we need to feed ourselves and our families good, nutritious food for years to come.
Latest headlines world news books horoscopes work with us. Pink slime is what critics call lean, finely textured beef a filler used in ground beef. Jamie olivers food revolution is a television series on abc from march 2010 until summer 2011. He endeavored to make pink slime from butcher scraps in front of a live audience, theatrically brandishing a jug of ammonia and pouring a huge dash into a bowl of ground scraps. Spiroflo looks at which grocery stores are selling ground beef containing the controversial pink slime additive. In the episode from april 12, 2011, oliver decried the use of pink slime in us ground meat and in us school lunches. When he formed the slurry into patties, the kids ate.
One of the points in this episode was to learn where your food comes from. An older youtube clip of the abc program food revolution viewable here showing celebrity chef jamie oliver mimicking the making of pink slime resurfaced and received 1. An episode of jamie olivers food revolution aired on april 12, 2011, depicted jamie oliver. When the food activist discovered that mcdonalds used ammonium hydroxide to turn left over fatty beef trimmings into a beef filler for its burgers in the u. He endeavored to make pink slime from butcher scraps in front of a live audience, theatrically brandishing a jug of ammonia. The fast food chain changed the burger recipe after the naked chef. Indeed, i once publicly criticized jamie oliver, otherwise my ally against pink slime, for doing a demonstration on his food revolution show in which he doused beef with household. Pink slime has never been used in mcdonalds beef patties in the. Do we really know what is in our food and how it is process which is not told to us. Jamie olivers food revolution day aims to inspire better. America awakens to the sour taste of pink slime the.
Jamie olivers food revolution news newspapers books scholar jstor october. How pink slime can start a food industry revolution. Remember pink slime the pejorative name for what bpi beef products international much prefers to call lean, finely textured beef lftb, so much so that it is suing abc. Ammonia treated meat can be found in virtually all conventional grocery stores, fast food. Information and resources shared by frn are for informational purposes only and are not intended to diagnose. Beef processor sues for damages over tv chefs comments on pink slime. It seems that subway chicken sandwiches may be channeling pink slime too according to a report which conducted tests on the chains ovenroasted chicken sandwiches and strips. Pink slime instead of real chicken the healthy home.