Comments on: Sweden finds meat glue unsavoury

By: Jude Walter

Jude Walter — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:11:02 +0000

I really do not see the importance of this regulation. Is there really a need to glue meat pieces? Is it to make meat manufacturers to charge higher? Is money involved here again? I think consumers should not patronize glued meat

By: Art

Art — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:19:32 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly with Asa Westlund. I don’t see the need for such a product and it seems to me it’s only purpose is to deceive the public… make something appear better than it is.
Besides, when we tamper with food we almost always make it worse.

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 05 May 2011 00:01:03 +0000

Well, there was a documentary on TV here a while ago that showed how North America allows meat packing plants to treat off cuts of meat with a bleach, then centrifuge the “meat” from the “fat” by spinning it, then the resulting “meat mash” is mixed with regular ground beef & sold as hamburger.

And it’s legal even! I’d much rather ingest some Thrombin than a bleach residue!

By: Sue Ellen

Sue Ellen — Wed, 04 May 2011 05:23:24 +0000

You said – “An example is pork tenderloin, which can have numerous small parts fused to produce what appears to be a whole fillet. “

I actually don’t see what the problem is, as Thrombin is a naturally occurring substance derived from a pig or cows blood. It’s not as if they were using a chemically produced compound.

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:23:22 +0000

Oh it sounds awfull! Jakespeare said it all! Its Nasty!

By: talitha

talitha — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:38:11 +0000

Meatglue? It already sounds awfull! I don’t even wanna know about it! it’s definetly on the DO NOT EAT LIST like shakespare said!

By: Scott Petersen

Scott Petersen — Tue, 11 May 2010 03:39:56 +0000

It sounds rather revolting. Meat Glue? Yuck!

The average consumer wouldnt be able to differentiate the differences in most cases.

By: Acai

Acai — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:29:21 +0000

I agree with Jakespeare; nasty!

By: “Meat Glue”: EU’s Approval Of Food Additive ‘Thrombin’ Freaks Swedes Out « Interesting finds

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:30:19 +0000

[...] leave a comment » Swedish consumer groups and politicians are united in alarm over the approval of thrombin, known as “meat glue,” an animal-derived additive that processed food manufacturers can use to combine varying meat products into a single piece of “meat.” Thrombin is an enzyme comprised of a coagulation protein from pig or cow’s blood and a fibrous protein called fibrin, but the head of the Swedish Consumer’s Association Jan Bertoft calls it “meat make-up.” [...]

By: Yip Yip

Yip Yip — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:48:36 +0000

lambasted!