How Much Meat Does a Taco Bell Taco Actually Have?

How Much Meat Does a Taco Bell Taco Actually Have?

Mexican fast food giant Taco Bell, part of the behemouth Pepsi corporation, is being sued for identifying its meat as meat.  The plaintiffs are claiming that Taco Bell’s meat doesn’t contain nearly enough meat to be labeled as 100% beef. Taco Bell, of course, is standing by its products. Without an insider in the Taco Bell food chain, it’s almost impossible to gauge just how accurate either the plaintiff’s claims are. How much meat does a Taco Bell taco actually contain?

 

I found this picture of a Taco Bell taco HERE  and kind of fell in love with the graph although I do doubt its accuracy to a certain degree. Does a Taco Bell taco really only have 7% e coli? I know there haven’t been any confirmed cases of e coli related to Taco Bell, but I doubt the company is all that picky about where they get their beef.

 

The video below shows just how concerned the American public is about the lawsuit and Taco Bell’s meat. For some unknown reason, none of the people interviewed care whether or not their “favorite Mexican fast food restaurant” serves quality products or not. One guy said he liked Taco Bell because, “it feeds a lot of poor people”—is it then ok to serve poor people inferior products that might make them sick just because they can’t afford to go to the more expensive food chains (which are also unhealthy)? Another man on the street said, “You get what you pay for, which is why the tacos are 39 or 49 cents.”

 

All joking aside, the class action lawsuit states that Taco Bell is using meat fillers to avoid the expense of serving an all-meat product; in response to the allegations, Taco Bell has stated that it will countersue the plaintiffs for defaming the Taco Bell name.  Taco Bell says that it uses a mixture of seasonings and spices to spice up their meat, but the attorneys for the class-action lawsuit aren’t buying the Taco Bell company line in this instance.

 

The class action lawsuit against Taco Bell was filed in Alabama and there is another unrelated lawsuit against Taco Bell that was filed in California.

Here's the Taco Bell famous recipe you can try at home:

  • 88% USDA-inspected quality beef
  • 3-5% water for moisture
  • 3-5% spices including salt, chili pepper, onion powder, tomato powder, sugar, garlic powder, cocoa powder and a blend of Mexican spices and natural flavors
  • 3-5% oats, starch, sugar, yeast, citric acid

 

Here is another story on the same topic.

 

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