https://left4more.com/tags/consumer-issues/Recent content in Consumer-Issues on Left for MoreHugoen-usSun, 22 Feb 2026 21:34:29 +1000https://left4more.com/posts/the-great-meat-glue-panic-when-online-conspiracies/Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:34:29 +1000https://left4more.com/posts/the-great-meat-glue-panic-when-online-conspiracies/<p>There&rsquo;s a discussion bubbling away online about whether our major supermarkets are using &ldquo;meat glue&rdquo; to piece together steaks from offcuts. Someone posted a video of their eye fillet falling apart in the pan, and naturally, the internet did what it does best: jumped to the most dramatic conclusion possible.</p> <p>Look, I get it. The relationship between Australian consumers and Colesworth has become increasingly strained. When you&rsquo;re paying premium prices for what should be quality products, only to have them fall short of expectations, suspicion is a natural response. But sometimes a dodgy steak is just a dodgy steak, not evidence of a grand conspiracy.</p>