Does Taco Bell meat have sand?

Answer 1

Short Answer, No.

Long Answer, Kinda.

Taco Bell adds Silica, also known as Silicon Dioxide. Silicon Dioxide is the most abundant mineral found in the Earth's crust. Silica is found most common as sand or quartz.

Silica is used in the production of glass, fiber optics, porcelain, stoneware, and concrete.

Silica is also commonly added in the production of foods where it is used to absorb water. In Taco Bell's case they use Silica to reduce moisture and keep the meat from clumping together.

Silicon an essential trace element commonly found in the form of Silica helps to guard against Alzheimer's disease, Osteoporosis, and Dementia.

Silicon is also needed for proper bone, cartilage, and tissue health. A deficiency of Silicon can lead to weak bones, tendonitis, bone decalcification, and cardiovascular disease.

Foods rich in Silica/Silicon are Dark Green Leafy Vegetables, Fruits, Nuts, Seeds, and Berries.

Fun Fact: In 1999 the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory launched a spacecraft named "Stardust" which used a Silica based aero gel to collect comet dust from comet Wild 2 named after the Swiss astronomer Paul Wild who discovered it in 1978. Stardust returned to Earth in 2006 traveling over 2.5 Billion miles during its journey through outer space.

Answer 2

No, there are no traces of sand in Taco Bell® meat, meat products or otherwise.

Information located on Taco Bell's website states that what has been refered to as "sand" is in fact silicon dioxide, or silica, a chemical compound found within the nature.

The chemical formula for silicon dioxide is SiO2 and it can be found in sand, quartz and the cell walls of diatoms. Pure silicon dioxide is inert and harmless unless inhaled (i.e. in form of crystalline silica dust - which can cause severe health problems) and a 15 year long study on subjects showed that a higher level of cilicone dioxide in water in fact decreased the risk of dementia, in said subjects, by approx. 11%.

Taco Bell uses silicon dioxide in it's seasoning and spices.

Answer 3

Of course not.