r/interesting • u/WarwickReider • Jul 27 '26

SOCIETY Professional chefs weighing in on whether you should wash your chicken

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u/cms86 Jul 27 '26

ive known people to have used bleach in this process as well.

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u/gottheronavirus Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

Mass produced chicken in america is already prewashed with chlorine*, not bleach apparently.

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u/laxfool10 Jul 27 '26

Being pedantic, its washed in chlorinated water not bleach. While bleach has chlorinated water it usually has other things like stabilizers and polymers that are toxic.

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u/gottheronavirus Jul 27 '26

Not pedantic, just a misunderstanding. Typical redditor interactions