chicken and water

[jamie128]

Does the seller have to advertise if the chicken has added water?

Just purchased 5KG bulk chicken breasts, works out at 4.56 a kilo which is ridiculously cheap. It said nothing on the packet about added water, there was a little bit of water in the pack but it was a big pack.

It says the meat is sourced from local farms, how can i tell if it has added water?

[Kiltie]

Answer here ... probably.

[Rich1973]

You were robbed. Iceland £10 for 3kg.
It might tell you in the ingredients how much water is added. Can be anywhere up to 20%.
Should this not be in the food section?

[P-Jay]

As far as I know, they don't actually add water in the sense of injecting it into the meat or anything as dark as that - they 'glaze' frozen chicken, by spraying on near frozen water and letting it set. So if you buy fresh, rather than frozen they can't fk about with it too much.

[otolith]

No, it is possible to add water to the meat - usually using sodium polyphosphate to increase the amount of water the meat can hold.

http://www.foodproductdesign.com/articles/2007/08/...

[Chrisgr31]

I guess it depends where it was bought from, local butcher, farm shop etc unlikely to be bulked up.

[jamie128]

Chrisgr31 said:

I guess it depends where it was bought from, local butcher, farm shop etc unlikely to be bulked up.

It was a wholesale meat place, pretty much just sold meat fish and fresh veg???

[jamie128]

Kiltie said:

Answer here ... probably.

Just quickly skimmed over this it looks like water up to 5% doesent need to be labelled so im guessing i should be fine as its either 5% or none added as its not labelled on the product.

[The Beaver King]

jamie128 said:

Chrisgr31 said:

I guess it depends where it was bought from, local butcher, farm shop etc unlikely to be bulked up.

It was a wholesale meat place, pretty much just sold meat fish and fresh veg???

I bought 5Kg of chicken breast from a wholesale butcher a few months back, I paid about £10/20 if I remember correctly.

Anyway, the individual breasts were massive but I assumed they'd lose a fair bit of water weight when cooked. Nope, stay pretty much the same size. These things were huge!

I suppose it depends on where you get them from, but you won't really know until you cook one.

[jamie128]

The Beaver King said:

I bought 5Kg of chicken breast from a wholesale butcher a few months back, I paid about £10/20 if I remember correctly.

Anyway, the individual breasts were massive but I assumed they'd lose a fair bit of water weight when cooked. Nope, stay pretty much the same size. These things were huge!

I suppose it depends on where you get them from, but you won't really know until you cook one.

10 pound?? Jesus i thought mine was cheap at 20

[RRLover]

Booker do a 5kg box of breasts for £20. Great value, dont seem to lose water either.

[jamie128]

RRLover said:

Booker do a 5kg box of breasts for £20. Great value, dont seem to lose water either.

Do you need to pay to be a member or need to own a business like you do makro?

[zoom star]

Our local farm shop sells bulk pack boneless chicken breasts, fresh not frozen.
Average around 18=22 breasts cost £10, nice meat, no probs.

[shakotan]

jamie128 said:

RRLover said:

Booker do a 5kg box of breasts for £20. Great value, dont seem to lose water either.

Do you need to pay to be a member or need to own a business like you do makro?

Trade Only

[mattuk89]

RRLover said:

Booker do a 5kg box of breasts for £20. Great value, dont seem to lose water either.

+1 on this, I work there get through the frozen 5kg bags every cpl of weeks, dont loose any weight when cooked and are massive, usually around 20 breasts in there so for a quid each much better value than supermarkets.

[Hoover.]

mattuk89 said:

RRLover said:

Booker do a 5kg box of breasts for £20. Great value, dont seem to lose water either.

+1 on this, I work there get through the frozen 5kg bags every cpl of weeks, dont loose any weight when cooked and are massive, usually around 20 breasts in there so for a quid each much better value than supermarkets.

I do also remember from a tv report programme on plumping chicken up with water that Booker also sell one of the worst as well

[mattuk89]

Hoover. said:

mattuk89 said:

RRLover said:

Booker do a 5kg box of breasts for £20. Great value, dont seem to lose water either.

+1 on this, I work there get through the frozen 5kg bags every cpl of weeks, dont loose any weight when cooked and are massive, usually around 20 breasts in there so for a quid each much better value than supermarkets.

I do also remember from a tv report programme on plumping chicken up with water that Booker also sell one of the worst as well

I can believe that, I buy " ariztia" stuff, best chicken they sell there, and ive tried the lot.