Sorry Taco Bell, I still don't believe you!

I stopped eating fast food in August and it was hard. I used to love BK's double cheeseburgers, McDonald's Frappe's, and Chick-fil-a milkshakes. I could down a cookies and cream, strawberry, or peach smoothie. I loved fast food. Who doesn't? It's quick and convenient. That's until I began to question the quality of the food and realized I needed to take control of my health. Bye Bye, drive through, hello kitchen. Let's be real, I've always questioned the quality of the food but never seriously enough to put down that chicken nugget. When Arby's began advertising they were now using 100% real chicken, they lost the customer that never was. The purpose of this post is to talk about Taco Bell and their "beef." Yes, I put that in commas.

In late January, a law firm filed a law suit asking that Taco Bell be honest about their food and it's sources. Particularly their beef. The law suit states the beef is only 35%, which according to the USDA for something to be labeled beef it only has to contain 35% beef, so Taco Bell is on the money. In addition, the USDA standards only apply to the manufacturer of the beef not the vendor of the beef, so once Taco Bell gets it what they do with it is their business.

According to http://www.tacobell.com/BeefIngredientFAQs, their beef is 88% beef and 12% spices. Things that make you go hmmm. I know Taco Bell is lying and you should know Taco Bell is lying. That may be a strong word, they're exaggerating the truth to the extent it will go without lying. Taco Bell is a billion dollar company and in order to stay a billion dollar company, they need to do spin control to keep their customers. It's called marketing people and all food manufacturers do it. They give you the facts they want you to know and hope that you don't research the rest. To the food industry, your ignorance is bliss.

After going on Taco Bell's website and looking at their facts, I still don't know anything more about their food than before and I'm certainly not eating anymore. The website dispels the statements in the lawsuit but does little in the way of being transparent. The meat still contains anti-dusting agent(silicone dioxide), sodium phosphate, silicon dioxide, citric acid, autolyzed yeast extract (a cheaper form of MSG), soy lecithin, and maltodextrin. I still don't believe you Taco Bell.