What they feed and expose chicken to when they are alive is one thing. But, it does not end there. After they are processed,there are a number of agents that can use, for a number of reasons. One is
Sodium tripolyphosphate. you can recognize it because when you wash the cuts, often you see foamy suds coming up in the bowl - and if you boil chicken, you see the foam forming on top.

They use it as a preservative, as a colourant and to keep the product moist (AKA, to increase product's weight through added water). Why does it foam like soap? Well (STPP) is used in a large variety of household cleaning products, (regular and compact laundry detergents and automatic dishwashing detergents, toilet cleaners, surface cleaners, and coffee urn cleaners, industrial cleaning processes and ceramics manufacture) - but it is also (FDA approved) in human foodstuffs, and animal feeds.

In addition to some scientific suspician that it may not be healthy for you, do you want to pay extra chicken price for added water? Does this help the consumer, or someone else?


Interesting reading:Food Safety News
International Food Additive Council