Nearly all store-brand chicken in U.S. has fatty "white striping" issue, group says

[Fugus]

Disregard, I misread part of it. If anyone wants to read the original article, I will keep the link.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chicken-white-striping/

[s_bushido]

That animal welfare group wants to make it sound horrifying...but people are unlikely to care unless/until it effects the quality or taste enough to notice.

[PC2]

That animal welfare group wants to make it sound horrifying...but people are unlikely to care unless/until it effects the quality or taste enough to notice.

Fat usually tastes relatively good though so it's probably about the quality and composition as opposed to taste.

white striping causes the meat to have a far higher fat content — up to 224% more — and lower protein levels, the Humane League said. White striping was nearly nonexistent less than 10 years ago

What probably happened here is the chicken breeders or geneticists came across the fact that it's easier to produce more fat faster than protein. So I guess they'll want to de-prioritize the total mass of the chicken and maybe taste for the next generation of chickens in order to focus on improving other metrics such as protein quality and quantity.

[Shadowferal]

I’ve noticed. It’s why I don’t buy certain brands of chicken. I much prefer my chicken without that nasty shit.

Ya..most people get enough fat in their diet. There's a bit of irony that those of us who are more focused on health, dieting, and exercising prefer whole breast meat.

[Temp name]

I love how the article quotes it as a "disease" .. Like, chill, it's just fat, it's not like it's pus or something

[luxuryplaya]

That animal welfare group wants to make it sound horrifying...but people are unlikely to care unless/until it effects the quality or taste enough to notice.

I agree with your comment. Until nothing threatens or disturbs man enough to hurt him, he thinks only of himself.

[Logwyn]

A picture would have been nice to see what they are talking about.

[s_bushido]

A picture would have been nice to see what they are talking about.

It's easy enough to find if you google "chicken white striping." It's basically just tiny parallel white lines in the meat.

[StillMcfuu]

I read the title and immediately said "that shit i cut out of the chicken?" Sure enough it is the shit I cut out of the chicken and I honestly thought everyone else did too.
If its too much of a scare for people, just cut out the stripes and grill. Let's be real here, the way people prepare their food is way more unhealthy than the food itself.

[NoiseTank13]

Thank God it's not anything serious that I have to alter my seven nation flavor recipe.

[Daedius]

A picture would have been nice to see what they are talking about.

[MCMLXXXII]

Score 1 and up would never be in stores over here

[Logwyn]

It's easy enough to find if you google "chicken white striping." It's basically just tiny parallel white lines in the meat.

So....I'm expected to go look up what an article is talking about rather than the journalist do the proper thing and just do it?

[s_bushido]

So....I'm expected to go look up what an article is talking about rather than the journalist do the proper thing and just do it?

They literally link to the report in the first paragraph. And what's this? It has pretty pictures depicting what they're talking about? Quelle surprise.

[ghotihook]

They literally link to the report in the first paragraph. And what's this? It has pretty pictures depicting what they're talking about? Quelle surprise.

The laziness of some people here shouldn't be surprising anymore.

[Logwyn]

They literally link to the report in the first paragraph. And what's this? It has pretty pictures depicting what they're talking about? Quelle surprise.

That's honestly crappy journalism, web posting, etc. What if I read the story in text and not HTML simply not to be directed to some website that I do not want to go.

[luxuryplaya]

This meat looks disgusting.

[Dacia Ultan]

This is why I would rather buy small-farm chicken (at least when I can afford it; nearby Asian markets seem to have the best value, and you often get some extra soup bones in the bargain). Just saying.