• treefrog@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Okay, I may have been wrong about TB. They did change their meat formulation about ten years ago (I remember the texture changed drastically, possibly as a PR move by TB when Alabama sued them in 2011).

      Silica is a common food additive regardless. You can verify this yourself easily on Wikipedia.

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        While silcon dioxide is used as a food additive, and is found naturally in a lot of food, it’s regarded as safe and even has been shown to have health benefits.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_dioxide

        That’s wildly different then the claim that Taco Bell was sued, and had to change formula, because they had so much “sand in their meat.”

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          I didn’t say it was unsafe. Just that we do eat sand.

          And yes, I was wrong about TB. Their meat did change drastically in 2012 and I repeated a rumor as to why.

          My point was just that the poster I was replying to does eat sand and that the organic label, while a misnomer, is far from meaningless.

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            No, but saying “TB was putting sand in their meat” is wildly misleading, when talking about silica as food additive.