James_Fortis@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoTIL chicken sold in supermarkets are often "plumped" with a salt water solution to increase sell weight, making up as much as 30% of the total weight, and can contain up to 500mg of sodium per servingen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square138linkfedilinkarrow-up1586arrow-down13
arrow-up1583arrow-down1external-linkTIL chicken sold in supermarkets are often "plumped" with a salt water solution to increase sell weight, making up as much as 30% of the total weight, and can contain up to 500mg of sodium per servingen.wikipedia.orgJames_Fortis@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square138linkfedilink
minus-squareBanMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoThe water cooks out very fast and I’ll bet the salt largely goes with it.
minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoYeah some it might but at a third of the total weight I’d bet most of it precipitates into the flesh as the water heats up
The water cooks out very fast and I’ll bet the salt largely goes with it.
Yeah some it might but at a third of the total weight I’d bet most of it precipitates into the flesh as the water heats up