Posted on 01/28/2026 5:08:42 PM PST by nickcarraway
Some Costco customers are crying fowl over the big-box chain’s popular $4.99 rotisserie chickens, saying they contain preservatives in spite of the company’s claims to the contrary, according to a new lawsuit.
Two California-based people say Costco “has systematically cheated” consumers “out of tens — if not hundreds — of millions of dollars” by advertising the poultry as being free of preservatives.
The class-action lawsuit, filed last week in San Diego federal court, alleges that Costco makes the claim despite the fact that the rotisserie chickens contain sodium phosphate and carrageenan.
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I think the damages will be five cents per class action member.
Or One Dollar and Nine Cents.
neither sodium phosphate nor carrageenan are preservatives ... sodium phosphate is an emulsifier, stabilizer, pH buffer ... carrageenan is a cheap thickener used in cheap dairy goods [though it’s known to cause gut inflammation] ...
carrageenan is bad news, and high-quality foods don’t use it, e.g., daisy brand dairy products, high quality yogurts, and haagen daz ice cream, which uses NO thickeners of any kind because they use enough milk fat in the ice cream that they don’t need to artificially thicken it, unlike practically every other commercial ice cream in the USA ...
all that crap and much more are on the costco rotisserie label, so it’s a bullshit lawsuit, but being in california, some judge will probably fine costco a gazillion dollars anyway ...
GOYSLOP? Is that an intentional insult to the Gentile food we Goyim eat?
Costco’s chickens have so many uses I would hate to see some greedy lawyer shutting the whole production down. I notice that Costco has prepared meals using their chicken that was not sold. Their Chicken Pot Pies, Chicken Alfredos, and Chicken Soups are very tasty and inexpensive. Costco provides chicken for a home cooked meal that helps those who lack the time to prepare it themselves.
I’ve eaten one of those chickens almost every day for the past five years. At no point did I think they didn’t have preservatives in them.
what do the class members get?
a chicken coupon?
Don’t look a cheap chicken in the beak.
Beat me to it.
Who cares
They usually have them near the checkout area.
Yes!
Same here because the nearest Costco is 160 miles away. The Smart & Final chickens taste great!
I’m sure some geneticist is working to create a 4 legged chicken.
Soylent green additive.
Even my salmon from Trader Joe’s says “color has been added.”
The seasoned, roasted chickens are $5 but the raw chickens are $9. I try not to ask myself why.
We all buy lots of things that are probably not healthy..costco chicken is the least of my worries..
Never got a penny from the tuna lawsuit.
The grand kids love them.
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