On Thu, 13 May 2010 19:44:09 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:

> I bought some chicken breasts yesterday at the corner little
> supermarket -- I think they are Purdue brand -- and they say "less
> than 1/2% retained water" on the label. (It's kind of sad that they
> have to label that the meat is *not* adulterated.)

That's a law. The maximum is quite high, 5-7% IIRC. It's water
from the cleaning process. I'm .5% water when I get out of the
shower, too. But then I'm not frozen to 26F and sold as "fresh
never frozen" immediately.

CostCo sells Goldkist unadulterated chicken. 10lbs at a time, but
Cryovaced into 1.5lb portions.

-sw