What Those Mysterious White Stripes On Chicken Are

They're turning up now more than ever before.

Sep 27, 2017

Ever wonder what those mysterious white stripes on your chicken were? They're turning up now more than ever before. While they don't harm human health, scientific studies indicate they can affect the quality of your meat.

Latest in Ingredients
The 2026 AI-Powered Financial Analysis Handbook
Sponsored
The 2026 AI-Powered Financial Analysis Handbook
September 2, 2026
I Stock 1372530132
Research Explores New Markets for Prickly Pear Cactus
September 4, 2026
Chef Zhou Tong prepares red bean rolls at Fangshan Restaurant inside Beihai Park, Beijing, July 23, 2026.
Once Shaped by Court Rituals, China’s Imperial Cuisine Lives on
September 3, 2026
I Stock 2225217396
A Little Sugar Helps Egg Whites Weather the Freeze
September 2, 2026
Related Stories
Mnet 154553 Gavellistingimage
Ingredients
Judge Tosses Suits Over '100 Percent Parmesan' Claims
Mnet 153880 Stevia Listing Image
Ingredients
Companies Race To Capitalize On Stevia
Mnet 152752 Gluten Free Outside Listing
Ingredients
Key Steps to Ensuring the Gluten-Free Status of Food Products
How to Stay Competitive as a Premix Processor
Sponsor Content
How to Stay Competitive as a Premix Processor
More in Ingredients
The Four Pillars of Success for Premix Production
Sponsored
The Four Pillars of Success for Premix Production
How to combat rising material costs, tightening regulations, and evolving customer expectations.
August 27, 2026
I Stock 1372530132
Ingredients
Research Explores New Markets for Prickly Pear Cactus
It could help improve access to healthy ingredients — and create economic opportunity in rural areas.
September 4, 2026
Chef Zhou Tong prepares red bean rolls at Fangshan Restaurant inside Beihai Park, Beijing, July 23, 2026.
Ingredients
Once Shaped by Court Rituals, China’s Imperial Cuisine Lives on
How traditional techniques are keeping imperial pastry-making alive.
September 3, 2026
I Stock 2225217396
Ingredients
A Little Sugar Helps Egg Whites Weather the Freeze
Combining sucrose with carbon dioxide improves foam formation, stability and freeze-thaw resistance.
September 2, 2026
This cookie is made using waste plant materials and plastic and could feed humans everywhere from submarines to spaceships.
Ingredients
This Cookie Is Made from Plastic Bottles
And you can eat it, thanks to some clever microbes.
August 28, 2026
Pilgrims wait in line to have their Fanouropites blessed at the Church of St. Fanourios, Athens, Aug. 26, 2026.
Ingredients
For Everything From Troubled Hearts to Lost Keys, Greeks Bake Cakes
Thousands of pilgrims — with their baked offerings — gather at the Church of St. Fanourios.
August 28, 2026
I Stock 482487845
Ingredients
How Food Processors Can Utilize AI — Now and in the Future
Diamond Foods’ IT and supply chain leader on turning insights from AI into value.
August 27, 2026
General Mills' Lucky Charms cereal at a market in Homestead, Pa., Feb. 24, 2025.
Ingredients
Lucky Charms and Trix Go Au Naturel
The company has shifted to dyes and colors derived from fruit, vegetables and spices.
August 27, 2026
I Stock 1357688933
Ingredients
General Mills Eliminates Synthetic Colors in Its U.S. Cereals
The company expects to phase those colors out across its U.S. lineup by the end of next year.
August 26, 2026
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks alongside President Donald Trump and Heidi Overton, deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, in the Oval Office, Aug. 10, 2026.
Ingredients
Trump Picks a Top White House Aide to Lead the FDA
Overton is a medical doctor and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.
August 20, 2026
Ep590
Ingredients
Illegal Cookie Factory Caught Substituting Charcoal for Cocoa
It was also using several expired ingredients.
August 20, 2026
I Stock 2231689658
Ingredients
Protein-enriched Ketchup Gets a Boost From Algae
Tests found that protein extracted from algae helped maintain the condiment's taste and appearance.
August 18, 2026
I Stock 1161224925
Ingredients
Bill Would Regulate Hemp THC Drinks Like Alcohol
It already has support from retailers and lobbies.
August 17, 2026
A section of the Amazon rainforest stands next to soy fields in Belterra, Brazil, Nov. 30, 2019.
Ingredients
Brazil Supreme Court Ruling Deals Blow to Soy Moratorium in the Amazon
Major grain traders withdrew from the pact earlier this year.
August 13, 2026
A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration outside offices in Silver Spring, Md., Dec. 10, 2020.
Ingredients
FDA Proposes New Requirements for Food Additives and Ingredients
Currently, companies can decide for themselves if an ingredient is “generally recognized as safe.”
August 11, 2026