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Meat Glue: The Meat Industry`s Dirty Little Secret

'Ever heard of meat glue?' Well you sure will think about the next time you sink your teeth into a burger or a t-bone steak after reading this. After reading a clip of the article on prisonplanet.com and the original article on greenprophet.com, I was so shocked to know the scraps of meat otherwise not used by butchers or cooks are put together with 'meat glue' and charged a premium price for it!

Meat glue is transglutaminase, an enzyme derived from beef or pork blood plasma in powder form, makes unwanted or unusable scraps of chicken, beef, lamb, or fish into solid pieces of meat. Oh and heres the big kicker - you don`t have to tell the customer, once glued together and cooked, no one can tell the difference-not even professionals.

Even though meat glue was banned by the European Parliament in May 2010, a study in the U.S. trying to get the nod by the FDA says its safe but guess what, the product manufacturer Ajinomoto funded the study. Meat glue is readily available online and sold by the kilo throughout the food and meat industry.

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