Crazy Shit I Found on the Internet

By Julie Holt on February 1, 2011

TACO BELL, WHAT'S THE BEEF?>>>

An Alabama law firm is suing Taco Bell for falsely advertising their product as "beef" when allegedly, it contains less than 35% beef and a slew of fillers. I'm not sure anyone can act surprised here. What's shocking is the USDA only requires beef to contain 40 percent beef in order to be called beef. What the...

Since being sued, Taco Bell has fired back an angry response denying the accuracy of recent claims.

"We start with USDA-inspected quality beef (88%)," Taco Bell said in an ad signed by company president Greg Creed. "Then add water to keep it juicy and moist (3%). Mix in Mexican spices and flavors including salt, chili pepper, onion powder, tomato powder, sugar, garlic powder and cocoa powder (4%). Combine a little oats, caramelized sugar, yeast, citric acid and other ingredients that contribute to the flavor, moisture, consistency and quality of our seasoned beef."

Beef or no beef. It won't stop me from getting my 2 am post-drinking beefy crunch burrito. Mmmmm.