notwalkinghere
notwalkinghere t1_iw92602 wrote
Reply to comment by ghostoutlaw in [OC] I bought and cooked 5.5 lb of chicken quarters. This is the breakdown of the weight throughout the process by dreaming-in-colour
There's a lot of chicken on the shelves with added brine (salt water) to make it plump/add weight.
notwalkinghere t1_iw978g9 wrote
Reply to comment by ghostoutlaw in [OC] I bought and cooked 5.5 lb of chicken quarters. This is the breakdown of the weight throughout the process by dreaming-in-colour
The USDA says that the practice "add(s) flavor and moisture" and "The solutions are required by regulations and policies to be identified as part of the product names of the enhanced products" but you can be sure that the labels are made to be busy to obscure that solution has been added.