Burger King Goes For Free-Range Animal Products

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jaekae — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:34:29 GMT

i think its great that burger king has taken this step to use free range eggs and pork. it will mean alot less suffering for the animals. its in burger kings interest to make its food better quality as more people will eat it. i don't know why macdonalds haven't brought out a organic big mac, if they did i would certainly eat way more of them.

i would also like to see french fries cooked in coconut oil because polyunsaturates are lethal when cooked. mcdonalds and burger king shouldn't have given in to stupid vegetarians and the seed oil companies.

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CATRYNA_203 — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:39:52 GMT

Health by any stretch of the imagination is NOT fast food and never will be. Fix your own food from animals that have not been force grown. DUH!

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CATRYNA_203 — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:37:57 GMT

As has already been expressed. Lies are just so much BS.

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ObeyGod — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:53:06 GMT

QUESTION your cage-free animal farmer. I saw a large "CAGE FREE" sign in front of eggs selling at a farmer's market. I asked the farmer, "Is the hen grass grazed?" He replied, "No, we use sawdust."

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healthstar — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:10:51 GMT

It's definitely a step in the right direction...

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JJReed — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:06:11 GMT

Wow... It's not like Dr. Mercola said that everyone should go eat at Burger King now. Chipotle Mexican Grill (a fast-casual dining establishment majority owned by McDonald's Corporation until Oct. 2006) have done a similar switch to naturally raised pork and chicken, and are up to 25% of organic beans purchased. You can read about their "Food with Integrity" mission statement elsewhere on the internet. I am not telling everyone to abandon preparing their own healthy food and go there either.

Point being, although I think we should use caution (I am a very big skeptic from personal experience working in research), I also think that we should pat OURSELVES on the back for the changes starting to take place. If there is a big enough demand for better products and services from conscientious people like ourselves, the scales begin to tip forcing big biz to supply to our demands. Every small victory should be celebrated -with the realization that there is still a long way to go - but celebrate it nonetheless.

As in working with natural emotional & mental health it is important to celebrate the small steps and victories of a client. This is on a much grander social scale and I applaud Dr. Mercola for carrying out his vision of giving us all a place to support this cause together, one small step at a time.

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HealingJustice — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:07:00 GMT

Although I have not yet figured out how to reply to another post, I would like to add to the discussion started that its not just about our direct health, but about the animals. As a retired farmer (Old McDonald's type & where the big output of pork was 300 pigs at a time on free range, dairying with 50 cows, etc., and 50 breeds of Murray McMurray's mixed chickens, etc.), I am sickened over the sight of the caged and congested animals and poultry living in their own stench and in such heat here in Nebraska that thousands of cattle die from the bare sun heat and deporable urine smell they are breathing in everyday .. I can't imagine that it doesn't permeate their entire "meaty" being and on indirectly to us .. not to mention the inhumanity and cruelty of such confinements .. and when you buy poultry the drumsticks (legs) are all bruised from caged life, the taste is so totally unlike a free-range chicken from the added hormones, fats and feeds. YUK! But the inhumanity of it all is most appalling ... that TOO indirectly affects our own health and well-being.

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ladonnadavid — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:42:01 GMT

Also; I have worked in the processing plant for the aforementioned corporation and if anyone thinks because a USDA inspector is on the production line that the meat is handled cleanly. Ha!
If you have ever gotten chicken with yellow under the skin as I have. Take it back. It is septacemia (sp) and should have been culled at the processor.

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ladonnadavid — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:28:28 GMT

According to Sundays 'Arkansas Democrat,' the animals they showed pictures of were not free range, only cage free. BIG DIFFERENCE!
My family at one time had broiler houses for a major poultry producer and the birds were not in a cage but the conditions are so cramped and downright nasty there is very little difference. I will not name the producer as Oklahoma has food slander laws in effect.
When you have 15,000-20,000 birds in a 400x12 foot poultry house there is no room for health or cleanliness.
In three weeks the birds go from hatchlings to three pound birds. In four weeks they will weigh close to five pounds.
Besides that. ONLY laying hens were ever kept in cages. Chickens for food are never, and have never been caged to my knowledge.
The houses we once owned are still only 100 yards behind my house and in the summer the stench is almost unbearable yet they are not caged.
Better conditions my tail! Burger King is full of bunk!

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GGMarks — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:10:38 GMT

You know, I’ve been reading these comments so far, and I think people might be missing the forest for the trees a little bit. You can talk all day about the numerous health travesties still present in Burger King’s food, how it’s a PR stunt, etc. Still, you know, it’s not all about US. What about the animals?
(At this point, I would like to point out that I am neither a vegan nor a member of PETA. In fact, I am currently a protein metabolic type).
I searched and had trouble finding a specific article, but I know for a fact that Dr. Mercola has numerous times stated that in general, or in some broad contexts, it’s not that people don’t know what is healthy or not healthy, it’s that they choose not to eat healthy. This applies to fast food, which is this context, though obviously a health nut may drink soymilk unawares of its dangers. The point is, people can choose between Burger King and their own kitchen, or at least the food bar at Whole Foods. The hens and pigs, however, cannot choose whether they are raised by a company that puts them in humane conditions or not. Now, CathyVM may have a point about these supposedly “humane” conditions being anything but, but I don’t know enough to address that head-on, so I am just going to assume that there is at least some improvement in the animals’ conditions. Even if the food does not get any healthier, is it fair to dismiss it when creatures (whom I believe to be deserving of ethical consideration – that’s just me) are now suffering less abuse and torture? What’s the cost? As far as I can tell, there is no taxpayer money getting sunk into this one, so the only cost is exactly that, an increase in “cost” to their customers. And those customers really should be paying higher prices if it means less suffering for victimized animals. (And, hey, screw it: they’re eating at Burger King, for cripes sake. Just one more incentive for them to cook for themselves and their children).

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minnie-me — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:03:51 GMT

Personally, I hate all fast food restaurants...but I especially hate that stupid little King with the plastic face and tighty tights that they use in their advertising. You can't get away from that twit...he's either running around the field with the NFL or he's in somebody's bed!Talk about stooping low!!!!
But for the masses of Americans who will continue to drag their offspring to these establishments in the name of convenience, I say that "free range" eggs and organic pork, small percentage that it is, is a start. With continued pressure from environmental groups and people like us, hopefully they will clean up their act. Some of these places have stopped buying their chickens from farms that lace their feed with arsenic. If we can get the glass out of the meat, the chemicals out of the milk shakes and the mgs out of everything, maybe an occasional family trip to burger king wouldn't hurt AS much. I sincerely hope that they are even slightly on the up and up.

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Witch Doctor — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:54:43 GMT

Trust... that good people are trying. A large organization won't change quickly. BK at least had all-beef patties already, unlike McDonalds. Now they want to start buying healthier products. They have to start somewhere, and slowly, so their supply chain can grow. They have to develop their contacts, negotiate deals, work it into their distribution. They are in the first steps of an organizational learning process. And sure - they recognize a business opportunity.
Where's the peace, love and pat on the back? Where's the encouragement? I will take my boy to Burger King, especially what with all I've learned about McDonalds. Duane

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annapavlova42 — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:15:59 GMT

Don't trust,don't trust, and also, DO NOT TRUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Aram Ovsepian — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:56:40 GMT

Honestly, would you really believe that Burger King executives are concerned about what kind of meat and eggs they serving to the population? Good try and very good PR. I hope one day they will care.

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mmc88121 — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:55:37 GMT

Sounds like Burger King wants to be thought of as the "good guys" the free range chicken and sows are not free range they just have more room to wander around in their confined areas. This was according to the Ledger article. Instead of cages they are confined in buildings.
Mary