In 1987, KFC became the first western fast food restaurant in China. Why KFC and not another fast food restaurant?
Are they very popular there?
A burgerler
Very proud dad over here! 🤣
There's a relatively new video by Russell Brand that's making the rounds, talking about a new study regarding "scary phthalates" in fast food. The video title, if you want to subject yourself to a bunch of torture, is "Hang On… Fast Food Does WHAT Now?! This Is SHOCKING".
I like him most of the time, but this particular video smelled like bullshit. It's also made the rounds in endless newspaper articles.
The study claims that "scaaaary stuff" is found in over 80% of all fast food. So, I have read the entirety of the actual study now:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-021-00392-8
Guess what? The study is completely ridiculous.
To sum it up, microscopic amounts of plastics migrate from gloves and wrappers onto burgers, due to the fact that phthalates easily migrate when touched.
It is such a tiny amount that it's laughable. It's so little that it's far below the limits allowed by FDA guidelines. In fact, you might even say it's a nothingburger if you like dad jokes.
Oh but it gets even funnier: Most of the food samples were below the "MDL". Quoting from the study: "Most concentrations were below the MDL or upper confidence limit."
What's the MDL? Well, I looked it up; "The method detection limit (MDL) is defined as the minimum concentration of a substance that can be measured and reported with 99% confidence that the analyte concentration is greater than zero."
In other words, most traces were indistinguishable from zero according to the testing equipment.
You know what? Most grocery store meat is packaged in plastic and will contain "Phthalates". You'll find phthalates all over the grocery store. They are in the plastic wrap that keeps meat fresh in the butcher's section and in bags that come inside a cereal box. You'll also find phthalates in many other products, including makeup, candles, vinyl flooring, garden hoses, medical equipment, and even soaps and shampoos.
Meaning that most of your grocery store meat contains phthalates, and the same is true for all of your other plastic-wrapped food from the store.
Not to mention all the fast food workers who wear the actual gloves whose weight is 40% Phthalates which migrates onto the direct skin of the workers.
Or any other person who has ever worn cleaning gloves.
I am grateful that workers wear sanitary gloves when handling my food, by the way.
This "fast food scary" study looks like the typical vegan "much ado about nothing at all"
... keep reading on reddit ➡
Hi guys. We all can agree that BER is a disaster. But can someone tell me why the food court is so small, only inside Schengen area and there is no McDonald’s or Burger King. Only some weird brands
Also: in the non Schengen area there is only one bar (opened) that only has one coffee Maschine and there are always like 15 people waiting. Who’s idea was that???
Melbourne especially is filled with Chinese immigrants, with many suburbs having up to 50% of residents being Chinese like Box Hill. Oftentimes, these are migrants from all over China, bringing Australia diverse regional Chinese cuisine. You could get Dimsum, Sichuan, Dongbei, NW noodles and pretty much anything you could find in China. Heck, Chinese restaurants in Australia oftentimes don't even have English menus, due to the sheer number of Chinese customers. Many chain brands from China such as Haidilao Hot Pot could also be seen in Australia.
We also seem to lack fake stuff like the USA, e.g Panda express and General Tso.
I‘d also make the argument that Chinese food in Australia/Melbourne is more similar to Chinese food in China, than Chinese food in Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia or even HK. Those places pretty much only have southern Chinese food, whereas Australia has Chinese migrants from all over China.
What does everyone here think? Did you enjoy Chinese food in the UK or USA compared to Australia? Keen to hear your thoughts.
Hi guys, I graduated 3 years ago with a Bachelor's degree business administration concentration in accounting and was able get my first job after graduation. In November 2019 I was laid off and trying to join the military that time and eventually withdraw my application because I realized that was not my passion. My main goal right now is to get a job and support myself while studying for CPA. Do you include your education in resume when applying in restaurant, fast food and retail?
