Most chicken contains additional liquid added during processing. Carefully read the packaging. If you find that the chicken contains broth, it is illegal as commercial broths contain starches. Other chicken labeling will say something to the effect that it contains up to 5% water by weight from the chilling process. This is probably okay. If you’re in doubt, ask your butcher.
When I began the diet, it took me about six months to realize this. I assumed that when I was buying chicken, that was all I was getting. One day I read the packaging and found I had been eating illegal chicken without knowing it.
I became much more diligent at reading labels. I’ve leaned that you can never assume.
I’ve discovered that the ground turkey I was eating contained “natural flavors”. My local Trader Joe’s sells two varieties of ground turkey with natural flavors. One on variety, they tell you that the natural flavors are rosemary in canola oil.
Even some butter contains these “natural flavors”, which are often monosodium glutamate in disguise. Cheese is another one which contains “natural flavors” too. Thanks for alerting us about the chicken being injected with broth.
Nancy,
Thanks for the info. When I started the diet, my first impulse was to think that “natural” was a good thing. Of course, I eventually learned this wasn’t always the case.
-Paul