Chicken - Water Content

[anonymous-user]

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[Biggus thingus]

Not been snobby here but would never buy chicken from lidl/aldi

Would avoid buying from tesco/morrison

Would buy from M & S but aim to buy from local farm shops we use

All for exactly the reasons above

[craig1912]

Nothing wrong with the Lidl Corn Fed Free Range Chickens.

[Glassman]

Far too much demand for chicken and this is part of the problem: keeping up.

[vaud]

Find a good butcher, buy free range (or higher welfare) and eat less of it?

Same cost overall and it won't be pumped full of water.

[Mr Pointy]

vaud said:

Find a good butcher, buy free range (or higher welfare) and eat less of it?

Same cost overall and it won't be pumped full of water.

So what does the OP replace the chicken with? Presumably the kids would like to eat something & they need protein.

[Richieboy3008]

Buy free range, then you don’t get this problem . We get ours from Lidl/Aldi, nothing wrong with them, usually £5-6 per bird, easily feeds our family of five with enough left over for a pie/curry etc.

[otolith]

And stop microwaving your chicken in Tupperware

[Richieboy3008]

And stop buying breasts, buy whole birds, far more economical.

Edited by Richieboy3008 on Monday 4th July 12:12

[vaud]

Richieboy3008 said:

And stop buying breasts, but whole birds, far more economical.

Or use thighs which have more flavour.

[okgo]

We buy the finest breasts from Tesco, not noticed an issue, think they're about 5 quid for 2?

[Ouroboros]

Biggus thingus said:

Not been snobby here but would never buy chicken from lidl/aldi

Would avoid buying from tesco/morrison

Would buy from M & S but aim to buy from local farm shops we use

All for exactly the reasons above

Lol all the same chickens.

I worked for the biggest chicken producer in the UK.

There are a few differences but water isn't pumped into chicken breasts just to clear that up.

The difference between m and s birds were they had windows for daylight.

Waitrose use high welfare birds and they are a different breed

[Aunty Pasty]

I'd assumed that the sliminess of chicken breasts out the supermarket packets was due to the added water.

Do Aldi and Lidl use British chickens? I know we import a lot of chicken as well, usually for the fast food markets.

[Sheets Tabuer]

Ouroboros said:

Lol all the same chickens.

I worked for the biggest chicken producer in the UK.

There are a few differences but water isn't pumped into chicken breasts just to clear that up.

The difference between m and s birds were they had windows for daylight.

Waitrose use high welfare birds and they are a different breed

Literally every article if you google water injected in to chicken says we do. Has that changed?

[otolith]

Tends to be frozen chicken breasts which have added water. Look at the ingredients here;

https://groceries.aldi.co.uk/en-GB/p-everyday-esse...

[Ouroboros]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Literally every article if you google water injected in to chicken says we do. Has that changed?

Go on link one. The frozen stuff yes not fresh.

But better believe Google than someone who worked for one.

[Biggus thingus]

Ouroboros said:

Biggus thingus said:

Not been snobby here but would never buy chicken from lidl/aldi

Would avoid buying from tesco/morrison

Would buy from M & S but aim to buy from local farm shops we use

All for exactly the reasons above

Lol all the same chickens.

I worked for the biggest chicken producer in the UK.

There are a few differences but water isn't pumped into chicken breasts just to clear that up.

The difference between m and s birds were they had windows for daylight.

Waitrose use high welfare birds and they are a different breed

Your last 2 sentences contradict your first but back up why we do what we do

[ZedLeg]

All basic supermarket chicken will have a fair amount of added water. Another reason for the lack of flavour and texture is that the birds are grown quickly on a limited diet and little movement so the muscles don't work.

Even comparing two different levels of supermarket meat can show differences. I get Tesco chicken and Asda extra special chicken fairly regularly and there's a clear difference in quality between the two.

[Ouroboros]

Biggus thingus said:

Your last 2 sentences contradict your first but back up why we do what we do

No they don't same chickens. You said you shop at m and s, they are the same as Aldi chickens, breed, just they have windows in the barn.

Waitrose use high welfare birds as standard which are a different breed to broilers the other chains use.

[Ouroboros]

ZedLeg said:

All basic supermarket chicken will have a fair amount of added water. Another reason for the lack of flavour and texture is that the birds are grown quickly on a limited diet and little movement so the muscles don't work.

Even comparing two different levels of supermarket meat can show differences. I get Tesco chicken and Asda extra special chicken fairly regularly and there's a clear difference in quality between the two.

They don't.

They have issues where the meat becomes fibrous due to lack of movement and also burn marks on legs from the st they walk around in(scouring), and broken wings from fighting in cages.

If you want decent chicken it will cost you. Chickens grown for a quid, well you get what you get.

Edit just looked free range chicken so will be different standards to normal chickens.

Edited by Ouroboros on Monday 4th July 12:10