How to Determine If Poultry Weight Has More Fluids than Meat

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Determine If Poultry Weight Has More Fluids than Meat

Most of us have eaten poultry and almost as many of us have bought poultry. Have you considered what you are actually paying for when you choose your raw meat package? You may be paying for more than just poultry and not even realize it. Poultry is domesticated birds that people either raise and kill, or buy from the supermarket to cook for an everyday ordinary meal. The section of the bird that is the meatiest and often a favorite among Americans at the dinner table is called the breast. Even so, what exactly is inside of the poultry breast that you bought from the meat market or grocery store? You may be purchasing more than just raw meat with your hard earned dollar. How does one figure out what is inside of the poultry that they are going to buy just by examining the package of raw poultry?

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

When you are at the grocery store in the raw meat section, pick up the poultry that you wish to buy. Check out the appearance of the raw meat. Do not just look at the color of the meat. Think beyond just deciding if the amount of poultry in your hands is going to feed your family. Decide if the raw poultry meat seems to be juicer, fuller or plumper than what you usually buy in the poultry section at the meat market. If any of these symptoms shows up in your poultry you may be holding raw meat that has been plumped.
Step 2

Find the nutritional label on the package of raw poultry. The nutritional label is usually on the top of the package or underneath where the wrapping comes together to seal the package. The nutritional label on meat is often in the form of a sticker. The label is usually square or rectangular in shape. The poultry nutritional label is filled with a vast amount of useful information that the consumer should pay close attention to.
Step 3

Read the nutritional label on the package of raw meat. Check to see how much sodium is in the meat. The nutritional label on the packaging will have the amount of sodium content in the poultry. There should be no more than 75 mg of sodium per four ounces of poultry. If there is, then the package of raw meat you have in your hands, it is not what it seems and the meat has been plumped. That’s right plumped. Raw poultry is often injected with many tiny, little needles filled with sodium, broth and salt water. The meat processor will do this to the poultry to make the poultry appear fuller, plumper and to give it a bit more flavor.

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yellowstar2000 said

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on 11/19/2009 Thank you for the great article on determining if poultry has more fluids than meat...I never would have even thought to look. Nice catch! 5***** I'm sharing this one!