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re: Is Taco Bell the perfect candidate to start using cultivated meat?

Posted on 4/29/26 at 7:34 am to
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
76570 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 7:34 am to
didn't they get in trouble years ago for something like not having real beef?
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
10115 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 9:03 am to
They squeeze meat out of a tube. It's already cultivated.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
93541 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 9:17 am to
quote:

didn't they get in trouble years ago for something like not having real beef?


yep
Posted by runningdad85
Member since Mar 2013
346 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 10:05 am to
Chilitos were favorite item as a kid! I'd get two after baseball practice!
Posted by GasMan
north Mississippi
Member since Sep 2003
1561 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:47 pm to
It's people!
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
38122 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 5:13 pm to
I wasn't aware they were using real meat. At least cultivated meat would be an improvement
Posted by manwich
You've wanted my
Member since Oct 2008
52838 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 5:14 pm to
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Supposedly it’s biologically the same thing as regular meat.
big wrong here
Posted by Oakbeach
Member since Nov 2024
54 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 5:26 pm to
Bruh, those were the bomb.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
17083 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 5:41 pm to
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Chilitos

The Stealth Health Life cookbook has a pretty damn good substitute, just add some red enchilada sauce to the Beefy Cheesy Burrito on page 75.
The only Taco Bell near me that still sells Chilitos sells them for $3.98 a piece, which is criminal.
Posted by andwesway
Zachary, LA
Member since Jun 2016
3633 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 5:42 pm to
Probably. You can't really tell though you put a couple of massive dollops on Daisy on whatever you order.
Posted by Onyx Aggie
Foothills of the Smokies
Member since Sep 2012
3107 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 5:46 pm to
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The only Taco Bell near me that still sells Chilitos sells them for $3.98 a piece, which is criminal.
They brought them back for a few weeks a couple of months ago as part of a Decades menu. They were overpriced and underfilled. It was indeed criminal.
Posted by GruntbyAssociation
Member since Jul 2013
9979 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 6:50 pm to
TB already uses fake meat.
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
53548 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 7:02 pm to
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didn't they get in trouble years ago for something like not having real beef?


Nah they were ACCUSED of not having real beef. Like only 30% beef and the rest filler. It got thrown out but they had to do a massive PR campaign to try to recover their image, and effects of it lingers to this day.

It’s 88% ground beef, with 12% additives, the vast majority of which are chili powder, maltodextrin (thickens the sauce and helps keep it moist while being held), and salt.

It does have fillers like ground oats and cellulose but it’s a very small percentage.

Not this is only for the ground meat filling. Steak and chicken are 100% of their species.
This post was edited on 4/29/26 at 7:03 pm
Posted by TygerLyfe
Member since May 2023
4261 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 7:53 pm to
All I know is, I ain't about to swipe some Fanta in my water cup
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
53548 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 7:54 pm to
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All I know is, I ain't about to swipe some Fanta in my water cup


I’ll risk death to run with that Baja Blast though.
Posted by Cycledude
Member since Jul 2018
2311 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 8:06 pm to
Lab grown meat is real meat. They take the cells of an actual meat( chicken, beef, pork, etc) and the cells replicate eventually growing into a slab of whatever meat they started with. I just want them to do it with Lobster, crawfish tail meat, or crab meat something really tasty.
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
27637 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 8:14 pm to
Johnny Cash thought so.

Taco Bell Commercial
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
53548 posts
Posted on 4/29/26 at 8:14 pm to
But “real” meat isn’t just muscle fibers.

It’s the connective tissue, adipose cells, and everything else as well.

We are a long way from calling lab grown meat “real meat”

They aren’t getting a sample and poof, they have a tenderloin.
This post was edited on 4/29/26 at 8:16 pm
Posted by cbree88
South Louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
10754 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 1:10 am to
ChatGPT thinks it will be in grocery stores sometime during the 2030s possibly.
Posted by wallowinit
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2006
18121 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 6:01 am to
Yes, it is because I will never eat there again.
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