The mystery of Taco Bell’s mystery meat has finally been solved!
The fast-food restaurant chain has revealed the ingredients in its long-questioned meat on a new webpage. And the recipe might surprise even the most frequent Taco Bell patrons: “88% Premium Beef and 12% Signature Recipe.”
If the fact that it’s only 88 percent meat freaks you out, sit tight. The webpage lists all the other ingredients as well, which include some pretty normal things — salt, chili pepper, onion powder — and some weird-sounding stuff — cellulose, trehalose. But Taco Bell is quick to point out that all these things are “completely safe and approved by the FDA.”
“They’re common ingredients also found in food items at your grocery store,” the website claims, giving examples of other foods that also include these items.
The site explains the reasoning behind each of the weird-sounding ingredients, noting that torula yeast gives the beef a “more seasoned flavor” and soy lecithin keeps the meat mixture from separating. But rest assured that MSG isn’t on that list, the website points out.
And if you’ve ever heard the rumor that Taco Bell uses Grade D meat, that’s totally false.
“Although that’s funny, the answer is NO,” the website reads. “In fact, there’s no such grade given by the USDA for beef.”
So now that the ingredients in Taco Bell’s meat are out in the open, is anyone up for a snack?
