News Flash. That stuff in the tacos and burritos is not meat.

"Taco Bell Accused of Not 'Meat'ing Standards
By: Elizabeth Tyler (4 hours ago)

The fast food chain, Taco Bell, has been accused of false advertising when it refers to "seasoned beef" in its meaty Mexican fare.

The Alabaman law firm Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles filed a lawsuit on Friday on behalf of Amanda Obney, a Californian customer of Taco Bell. Ms Obney doesn't want cash damages but demands that Taco Bell be more honest in its advertising practices.

In a study conducted by the law firm, it was found that Taco Bell's "meat mixture", which it dubs "seasoned beef" contained less than 35 % beef. If these figures are correct, the product would fail to meet minimum requirements, set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to be labeled as "beef". The other 65% of the "meat" is made up of water, soy lecithin, maltodextrin, silicon dioxide, anti-dusting agent and modified corn starch (amongst other ingredients more suited to a test tube than a taco).

Although Taco Bell displays these added ingredients on its website, there is no mention of just how much actual meat is contained in the product.

Rob Poetsch, a spokesman for Taco Bell, said the company denies that its advertising is misleading: "Taco Bell prides itself on serving high quality Mexican inspired food with great value. We're happy that the millions of customers we serve every week agree."

The verdict of the case — or the ruling from the court of public opinion — has yet to be announced".

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/25/taco-bell-accused-of-not-meating-standards/#ixzz1C50xINIB

I always knew that... It makes perfect sense too. If you eat authentic Mexican food, you're full all day from it. If you eat taco bell, You're only full for about an hour, and are hungry again. I'm finding that the fact with all soy lech. foods. They have volume, but never satisfyingly filling.

I knew that there was a huge difference between the taste of homemade taco meat and what they sell, but I didn't know that there was so much junk in the mix.

Oh yeah... That's why I always spend the extra cash for the steak taco, and casadilla. You still truly get what you pay for. McDonalds hamburgers... Are made with the same filling. Their patties are only about 20% actual meat. The rest is soy, and bread. Burger King too! Arbys, and Wendys are the only two that are 100% beef anymore.

Soylent taccos?

Ug. I haven't eaten meat in over a decade, so this doesn't effect me; but....seriously? maltodextrin? sand?