Why is Perdue chicken so good?
The company is lauded for its best practices in humane chicken farming. From egg to pullet to the chicken we buy from Perdue, the company can now tell you exactly how that chicken was raised humanely. In this process, Perdue has become the largest supplier of organic chicken in the entire US.
Perdue: Killing Chickens With Cruelty
The birds routinely suffer broken bones because they are bred to be top-heavy and because frustrated, low-paid workers roughly grab their legs, slam them into transportation crates, and later shackle them upside-down at slaughterhouses.
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Perdue Farms vs Tyson Foods.
| 48% | Promoters |
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| 20% | Passive |
| 32% | Detractors |
All PERDUE® chickens are raised with no antibiotics ever, no hormones or steroids added**, hatched, raised, and harvested in the USA, and fed an all-vegetarian diet with no animal by-products.
This particular use of antibiotics is ubiquitous but little-known. It happens at hatcheries, which lie at the heart of large-scale chicken production. Perdue used to inject its fertilized eggs with gentamicin but phased out the practice over 12 years. Hatcheries don't get a lot of attention.
Perdue Farms competitors include Hormel Foods, Smithfield, Sanderson Farms and Tyson Foods.
Perdue completely removes all antibiotics from its hatchery, the last step in eliminating the routine use of human antibiotics. PERDUE® SIMPLY SMART® and PERDUE® PERFECT PORTIONS® brands are officially No-Antibiotics-Ever products.
> Perdue on Monday defended [...] the technique to disinfect poultry [...], arguing that U.S. farmers now use a chemical called peracetic acid rather than chlorine: "Peracetic acid ... is a great pathogen reduction treatment. You know what it is? It's vinegar, essentially.
Our animals are not genetically modified
Animals raised for our conventional (not sold as organic or Non-GMO) products are fed a diet that includes corn, soybeans, other grains and vitamins and minerals. We buy as much local grain as possible, supporting local farmers.
Perdue has really good chicken, though they do put a lot of sodium in their stuff so, if you need to avoid that, I wouldn't get perdue, other then that perdue is a great chicken company, and they make very flavorful products.
Where does Purdue get their chicken from?
Perdue produces abut 87 million chickens in Maryland each year. It employs about 2,300 workers, and its annual payroll is about $65 million. "The current market in Shanghai is fragmented and growing dramatically, especially for yellow chicken products," James A.
