LAST NIGHT, RTÉ One’s What Are You Eating aired a chilling exposé on chicken.
Specifically chicken fillet rolls.
Among other things, the programme revealed that the chicken found in chicken fillet rolls is, more often than not, not sourced from Ireland and is instead imported from countries like China, Indonesia and Argentina.
Additionally, programme makers informed us that a single chicken fillet roll has in excess of 1,000 calories and provides you with more salt than your daily recommended intake.
They also revealed what’s actually inside your beloved chicken fillet. (Spoiler alert: it’s basically blended chicken carcass with, among other things, water, potato starch, onion oil and… sugar.)
Poor Philip Boucher-Hayes was frankly disturbed by the whole thing.
But the people of Ireland had just one response:
In one fell swoop, RTÉ ruined chicken fillet rolls for everyone.
Suddenly a cheeky chicken fillet roll from the petrol station doesn’t seem so appetising.
“Never eating a chicken fillet roll again” – Literally everyone
Others, however, are still firmly #TeamChickenRoll
No matter what Philip Boucher-Hayes says.
Spare a thought for this young lad who said they changed this life, won’t you?
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People didn’t know this?
I’m going to have to hold my hands up on this one and admit that I actually thought it was a breast in a crumbed exterior but I never thought much about it, perhaps I knew deep down but never wanted to accept it. We should have some way of naming any meat that is processed like this, something nasty like “reformed scrap chicken”. I don’t think they would sell as well as a reformed scrap chicken roll, perhaps it might encourage shops to stock more responsible products.
We have a name for meat like this. It’s called deli meat.
Hands up anyone who has died from eating a chicken fillet roll…??? Not one hand went up.. I rest my case
I am surprised this was news to anyone. I mean we all know these meats are highly processed and are a million miles away from standard chicken breast straight off the bird. Mmmmmmmm bleached end trails reformed into breast shapes, nutrish and delish!
Tasty bleached end trails though.
Everything’s better with some Aldi Bleach added ;)
I’m more upset that yet another article was not proof read? How does one write hat, instead of that?
I really was hungry for the roast chicken at the end.
And they are not saying not to eat chicken rolls. Just that to be more cute out when purchasing for dinner.
I mean, would you eat the chicken after seeing all the chemicals (the pork one was worse)
A word which should never follow ‘meat’ is ‘reconstituted’……..
That’s why there so feckin delicious!!! lob a load of coleslaw on there while your at it! Need those calories for the hangover!!
The reality is that the roll is by far the worst part of the Chicken Fillet roll sadly as I love white bread.