What's Inside a Slim Jim?
In case you were wondering what you're ingesting when bite into a Slim Jim, Wired explains the meat stick's ingredients. It's a glorious combination of beef, mechanically separated chicken, corn and wheat proteins, one-sixth of your daily sodium needs, and so much more. Mmm!
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12 Comments:
I think we're better off not knowing :(
RookieCAF at 6:14PM on 08/27/09
yeah...orange weird greasy mechanically separated chicken...thanks but NO thanks!
foodiegal at 7:49PM on 08/27/09
i hope it's not jim's slim.....
pooch at 9:05PM on 08/27/09
Great, thanks for that.
madfishgrill at 10:28AM on 08/28/09
*cringe*
hungrychristel at 11:02AM on 08/28/09
Eww . . definitely a reason not to eat processed foods. "The bottom three—utility, cutter, and canner—are typically used in processed foods and come from older steers with partially ossified vertebrae, tougher tissue, and generally less reason to live."
jgleeche at 1:42PM on 08/28/09
Slim Jim's are a delicious American legend.
jimsock at 7:10AM on 08/29/09
UGH...make your own jerky or snausage sticks. At least you will know what's in there.
julie527 at 12:06PM on 08/29/09
Oh wow, I actually threw up a little when I read "mechanically seperated chicken." It's like a Culinarian Abortion.
Chef Colin at 2:21PM on 08/29/09
LOL This seriously made me gag a little. I had to sit the coffee down for a minute. To think how many 'Jims my dad and husband have consumed over the course of their lifetimes thus far... I never could eat them, the consistency skeeved me out, even though I always was intrigued by the smell.
paMom at 11:01AM on 08/30/09
I didn't see high fructose corn syrup. That's a first in processed food. I have never had a Slim Jim, but I have had Vienna Sausages and I imagine that you eat both for the same reason...you are starving and there isn't anything for miles.
janaatwg at 5:10PM on 08/30/09
Slim Jims are one of my guilty pleasures......
Italiancupcake at 8:26PM on 08/30/09