3 Steer clear of growth hormones and antibiotics
The mass production of cattle is a boon to those who like their meat cheap and plentiful. But glossy hides and rotund bellies often hide animals that have been fed a careful diet of hormones and antibiotics to promote growth and water retention.
Water is weight and, in modern rearing, money. But for consumers in the UAE, Chehimi has good news.
“As far as we are aware, growth hormones in livestock are banned in the UAE. The use of antibiotics is widespread in industrial farming, which we do not support at Baker & Spice.”
Gleeson says that while a certain amount of antibiotics might be good for animal welfare, things have gone far too far in the excessively pumped up chickens that do the rounds of most tabletops.
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Herbert believes that antibiotics have no place in meat. “At Ultra Brasserie, we strongly believe no one should tamper with meat. No one wants a twelve-day old chicken that’s three times its natural size.”
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