*Warning: Ends at 2:20 when it turns into a plug for Alex Jones.
Taco Bell “beef” pseudo-Mexican delicacies are really made of a gross mixture called “Taco Meat Filling” as shown on their big container’s labels, like the one pictured here. The list of ingredients is gruesome. Updated.
*Beef, water, isolated oat product, salt, chili pepper, onion powder, tomato powder, oats (wheat), soy lecithin, sugar, spices, maltodextrin (a polysaccharide that is absorbed as glucose), soybean oil (anti-dusting agent), garlic powder, autolyzed yeast extract, citric acid, caramel color, cocoa powder, silicon dioxide (anti-caking agent), natural flavors, yeast, modified corn starch, natural smoke flavor, salt, sodium phosphate, less than 2% of beef broth, potassium phosphate, and potassium lactate.
It looks bad but passable… until you learn that—according to the Alabama law firm suing Taco Bell—only 36% of that is beef. Thirty-six percent. The other 64% is mostly tasteless fibers, various industrial additives and some flavoring and coloring. Everything is processed into a mass that actually looks like beef, and packed into big containers labeled as “taco meat filling.” These containers get shipped to Taco Bell’s outlets and cooked into something that looks like beef, is called beef and is advertised as beef by the fast food chain.
Apparently this poor kid failed high school economics.
#5.
mAC…
ITS NOT MINTED IN THE USA..
those are collector coins minted in IBERA??
USA does not mint collector coins.
There is probably enough GOLD color in it, to be worth $1.50.
LINK me to the US MINT site that made it.
Lets do abit of math..to be worth it, it ISNT GOLD PAINT .0001 thick..
$1600/100=$16
Which would mean it is about 20%(1/5) of a penny weight.. 1 oz= 20 penny weight(1/20 oz..then 1/5 of that) You might be able to CLAD the coin in gold. 284.4 milligrams.
#17–I will concede that Taco Bell has a more than a passing interest in the outcome of this lawsuit, but given the amount of public scrutiny this company is under, I would believe the company’s statements before I would those of some class action trolling law firm.
Stupid stunt, sure. But consider who runs all the Goldline ads and their primary demographic…
ECA
Sorry, wrong. The US does offer gold coins from the Mint.
http://usmint.gov/mint_programs/?action=american_eagles
http://silvercirclemovie.com/
There’s a video here of someone trying to give away 1 oz silver disks.
#21, msi124
Do you always believe the party on the defensive?
This information is NOT available in any Taco Bell store. Anyone purchasing a TB “Beef” taco is not getting what they are paying for.
And this proves what? The girl behind the counter isn’t stupid enough to put her job in jeopardy by accepting payment in the form of a collector coin she has probably never seen and isn’t used regularly in day to day transactions at a Taco Bell. How do WE even know the coin was real? Because he said it was? Unlike a fake $20, that coin stands out. It would be noticed by someone and if she gave him his $48 and some odd change and it turned out it was fake then she would probably lose her job. No, she made the absolute correct decision in protecting her job. You don’t work at Taco Bell so you can score big on an idiot customer. You work there because you are young or have no other options. I for one would probably hire this girl because she shows that she can make a proper decision when she lack knowledge of a situation and isn’t distracted by shinny things.
Who ever said you get top notch quality workers in the food industry? This is what America has become. You either work in the food industry. Or you work in a office building pushing keys on a computer and making calls. You do what your told and you never go outside of the rules of the company. Mindless workers is what they are.
We all still bite the link bait and some even comment verbosely on the chum.
I love Taco Bell. Wish they came to Brazil.
I can’t believe that half the posters here have never heard of gold coins from the us mint. No, they are not made in liberia. No, they are not gold painted or plated on. They are 1 oz 0.999 fine gold. These are gold coins and are legal tender in the us for all debts public and private. They’ve been minting these at a us mint for about 25 years. What’s your malfunction? Oh, and they come in silver too. dorks.
The real story is the cocky teabagger handed her a gold foil covered chocolate he thought was valuable. She politely refused it, gave him his taco and wished him well on finding a job.
Interesting, a $50 face value coin containing an ounce of gold…. would love to buy a handful then sell them for the gold.
“In addition to requiring a presidential dollar coin series to begin in 2007 and redesigning the cent in 2009, the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 mandated the production of a one-ounce 24-karat gold bullion coin with a face value of $50 and a mintage limit of up to 300,000 coins.”
I had to look it up on Wikipedia – I didn’t believe there was such a coin as legal tender. Now I do.
#23
those are collectors, NOT made for circulation.
ALSO, its not a $50 coin, its a $20 coin.
“(front) design is inspired by what’s often considered one of America’s most beautiful coins: Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ celebrated $20 gold piece, minted from 1907-1933. The reverse design, by sculptor Miley Busiek, features a male eagle carrying an olive branch flying above a nest containing a female eagle and her hatchlings. ”
http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&identifier=1000&catType=text&catLink=prodAE
Then there is this page..
NOT USA MINT COINS..
http://usmint.gov/consumer/?action=hotItems
ECA, it’s not a “collector.” It’s a coin legal in all financial transactions, if anyone is stupid enough to buy something with an oz. of 22K gold worth $1400 today. It’s face value is $50. They are legal tender for all debts public and private at their face values.
[The American Gold Eagle is an official gold bullion coin of the United States. Authorized under the Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985, it was first released by the United States Mint in 1986.]
The people here who don’t collect coins and insist that there are no official US Mint minted, legal tender coins shouldn’t pretend they know everything. If you don’t know, it’s okay to question, but not deny with certainty.
Gold coins “face valued”
$50 1 oz.
$25 1/2 oz.
$10 1/4 oz.
$5 1/10 oz.
http://usmint.gov/pressroom/?action=photo#goldProof
http://usmint.gov/downloads/pressroom/2010-AEGold-proof-R-$50_800.jpg
Now, if I remember correctly, even though coins are legal tender, establishments are not required to accept coins if they so choose. This is true even if they do accept coins, but many stores do post signs that state “nothing over $20 accepted.”
Don’t shoot me if this turns out to be wrong, but I do remember news stories where a p***ed off customer would send thousands of pennies in as payment, only to have the recipient decline payment in coins (especially those drenched in urine) and have to pay for return postage, as well.
Taco Bell is disgusting. They actually put “natural flavors” in their meat fillings? Yuck…
#32 ECA
Yes they are collector coins but are still legal tender.
The American Eagle Gold Bullion is a “collector” not a “commemorative” coin. The US Mint has been producing the “collector” gold bullion for investors since 1986. The Gold Bullion American Eagle is $50 for proof, no pun intended, look here and mouse over the gold eagle and read the number. Also note the first paragraph where is says “legal tender “face” value”
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/american_eagles/index.cfm?flash=yes&Action=american_eagle_gold
They are minted at West Point hence the mint mark of “W”
http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&categoryId=10118&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10191&top_category=10191
Like usual, stop blathering about things you have no knowledge on.
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/circulatingCoins/
“The circulating coins in this section are the coins that the United States Mint produces for everyday transactions. In addition, this collection of coins makes up the United States Mint’s annual coin sets, which are the staple of coin collecting:
View other circulating coins
* Penny
* Nickel
* Dime
* Quarter-Dollar
* Half-Dollar
* Dollar”
aLSO, That is a $20 gold piece, NOT 50.
The coin shown is a Collector coin..NOT legal tender.
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/?action=american_eagles
“American Eagle Bullion Coins for Investors
Congressionally authorized American Eagle Bullion Coins provide investors with a convenient and cost-effective way to add a small amount of physical platinum, gold, or silver to their investment portfolios. Since their launch in 1986, gold, platinum and silver American Eagles have become leading bullion coin investment products.
American Eagle Proof and Uncirculated Coins for Collectors “
BUT,
The USA has gotten away from the barter system. ANYTHING can be used for barter/trade.
But, the way our system IS’…A person knocks on your door and accuses you of receiving stolen goods, and you have LOST the coin.