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In response to "Yikes! They are my brand of choice for sandwiches and cold cuts. " by Krusty

Genuinely curious...what about cold cuts is processed?

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Jul 26 '24, 08:01

I also have been working to eat more whole foods but I wouldn't have classified slices of meat as processed

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It's chunks of lesser quality meat all bound together. Emulsifiers, nitrates, sodium, flavourings. -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 08:12 3
- FTR, that's not the type of product to which Krusty is referring, nor is it part of the recall yet. -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 08:13 2
  - i didn't say it was the same product or recalled, i was answering the question i responded to. -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 08:16 1
    - Understood, I'm sure peeps in this thread know the difference. Just wanted to say it out loud for everyone else. -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 08:50
nmbkilbo - Pippy Jul 26, 08:05 1
- heh. when I first looked - oblique Jul 26, 08:07
It's not raw meat though. Ham is brined and cooked = processed -- nm - Roger More Jul 26, 08:02 5
- Generally my processed definition is centered around "are there a lot of extra things I can't pronounce in the ingredients list" -- nm - oblique Jul 26, 08:03 4
  - There's your problem, you're using an incorrect definition! - Roger More Jul 26, 08:12 1
    - And some cold cuts would be processed more than others - eg baloney is a lot more processed than ham. -- nm - Roger More Jul 26, 08:13
  - If you read about processed foods, deli meats is usually listed among the most highly processed, though I've never really understood why either. -- nm - pmb Jul 26, 08:04 1
    - They add things like nitrate which breaks down to something that increases our risk for cancer. -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 08:11
They add things to it to make it last longer. -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 08:02 4
- Like pre-packaged ones you mean? I can see that -- nm - oblique Jul 26, 08:02 3
  - Nope. That big ham in the deli that they slice for you is processed. -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 08:03 2
    - mostly by adding sodium (most often sodium nitrate) - decline Jul 26, 08:21 1
      - Nitrite is a type of compound of which sodium nitrate is a specific one. Thought to do bad things to the body in large quantities -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 09:01

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