Sea Cliff Nutrition Committee. The Apple People

Sea Cliff Nutrition Committee. The Apple People

Sunday, September 22, 2013

What's for Lunch, Monday 9/23/2013

CBLT  

Breaded Chicken with Turkey

Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato
OR
FRESH FRUIT PLATE
with Breadstick & String Cheese
Red Pepper Strips w/Dip
Salad Bar Veggie Sides
Fresh Apple Slices

The Bacon in the BLT is not listed as Turkey bacon.

The turkey bacon does not say "Applegate" on the menu so I can't 't be sure it is but that's what we usually use. Nonetheless, it is still bacon.  Here are the ingredients: In Turkey Bacon: Turkey (Turkey Used Never Administered Antibiotics, Growth Promotants or Animal By-products), Water, Sea Salt, Maple Sugar, Celery Juice, Onion Powder, Spices, Lactic Acid Starter Culture (not From Milk.)  They promote it as nitrate-free but this NYT article says otherwise - and cites the company saying their bacon has the same level (naturally) of cancer-causing nitrates as conventional brands


Ingredients in 'regular' bacon: 
Ingredients Water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphate, sodium ascorbate, sodium nitrite

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Sodium Nitrite helps prevent the growth of Clostridium botulinum, which can cause botulism in humans and is also used alone or in conjunction with sodium nitrate as a color fixative in cured meat and poultry products (bologna, hot dogs, bacon).

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