They are usually heavily processed, contain cheap and scraggy cuts of meat
and because of the intensive cooking they contain few vitamins and are often heavily loaded with salt.

But yeah, other than that, they are great.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:21, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I don't really care about the cuts of meat, I quite like the "shit" cuts if they're cooked well.
Anyway here are the ingredients for the chili I had
Ingredients: Ingredients: Tomatoes (Water, Tomatoes, Tomato Paste), Beef, Water, Kidney Beans, Pink Beans, Dehydrated Onions, Chili Seasoning (Spices, Paprika, Sugar, Salt, Flavoring), Modified Cornstarch, Jalapeno Peppers (Contains Salt, Acetic Acid, Vinegar), Flavoring, Salt, Dehydrated Bell Peppers, Spices.
Only the modified cornstarch on that is even a slight problem
(PsychoChomp, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:24, Reply)

Snap on the "quality argument"

(Glucose-Maximus All over the world., Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:25, Reply)

That and the large amounts of salt.
and the dehydrated vegetables which won't contain much in the way of beneficial nutrition oh and the rest of the argument I just made above.

By scraggy bits of meat, I don't mean cheaper cuts, like skirt and brisket, I mean the bits of gristle they use water hoses to blast off the carcass and then sweep up with brooms before compressing it into blocks.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:31, Reply)

It's 0.33% sodium by weight so 0.6% salt, which isn't excessive.
I don't really see a problem with this stuff occasionally, you'll all be eating it by the time of the apocolypse.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:35, Reply)

I wouldn't recommend it daily, put it this way
But once or twice a week it is fine to have cheap crap or fatty/sugary treats as long as the rest of your diet is healthy.
(Glucose-Maximus All over the world., Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:37, Reply)

Stop putting me off my soup

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 17:55, Reply)