That beef comes from consolidated animal feedlot operations (CAFOs), at which a normally free-ranging, grass-fed animal is concentrated into densities so high you can smell them 10-20 miles away (yes, I've driven through Dodge, KS), force-fed corn (which they digest poorly), pumped full of antibiotics and hormones, both to drive off infection and just to drive up "production yields".
Even if Mickey D's is selling "pure beef patties", it's the quality of that beef that's among the problems. Though yes, the other things on the menu are a lot worse.
> Though yes, the other things on the menu are a lot worse.
Like the white meat chicken nuggets that are actually made from dark meat and processed the shit out of. You know, because people won't eat an actual white meat chicken nugget, you've got to use the mould-able dark meat and shape it into a chicken wing shape and then bleach and throw in two-thousand chemicals to make it look right.
My problem with the beef is that they somehow get regular ground beef from 22% fat up to almost 40% fat by weight. It's almost like they just stick suet on a George Foreman and serve the ungodly result.
The thing I find disturbing is that 100% beef simply means 100% beef products. Commercial dog food often claims to be 100% beef, but actually contains cuts and pieces we don't even consider safe for consumption, let alone edible.
Even if Mickey D's is selling "pure beef patties", it's the quality of that beef that's among the problems. Though yes, the other things on the menu are a lot worse.