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Man makes shocking discovery comparing chicken bought at his local butcher to Walmart and Perdue poultry: 'This is alarming'
A man who bought chicken breasts from three different stores was shocked to learn how different they were.
Kalani Smith, who's known as Kalani Ghost Hunter on social media, posted a TikTok video on May 21 of him comparing chicken breast he bought at Walmart, Perdue and from his local butcher in Tennessee.
The ghost hunter picked up each of the unopened packages of standard chicken breast from each store and showing the scales he would use to weigh them.
The video of Smith's 'scary' discovery has received over one million views, and more than 5,000 TikTokers have left comments blown away by the different sizes of the chickens.
Right away, he pointed out some of the differences between the chicken breasts before he took them out of their packaging.
Kalani Smith, who's known as Kalani Ghost Hunter on social media, posted a TikTok video on May 21 of him comparing three chicken breasts purchased at different locations
'Visually, you can see there's a huge difference between what we're getting at our local butcher from a farm, compared to what they're giving us at Walmart,' said Smith.
Pointing to the small words on the Walmart package, he said that its chicken breast could have 'up to 5 percent water retained.'
From that note, Smith, primarily known for his food and ghost hunting-themed videos on social media, decided to take one piece of chicken breast from each brand and weigh them on a scale.
One chicken breast from a package he bought at his local butcher shop in Tennessee weight 187 grams on a scale, while the others weighed more than 300
Smith first took the biggest chicken breast from his local butcher shop and carefully put it on the scale, revealing the farm-fresh version weighed 187 grams.
The ghost hunter then removed a Walmart chicken breast, but would have to trim the fat so the results would be 'as accurate as possible.'
The TikToker was nearly speechless after he saw that the weight of the Walmart chicken breast after he trimmed it came in at 392 grams.
Smith moved on to the Perdue chicken breast, which he claimed was 'supposed to be a little bit better quality than Walmart.'
However, his jaw dropped as soon as he found out that the Perdue chicken breast weighed 347 grams.
'If you compare the percentage difference between the smallest breast we have to the largest, it's 109.6 percent bigger at Walmart than it is from our butcher,' said Smith.
'The Perdue breast is a little bit smaller, and it's 85.56 percent bigger than the breast from our butcher, but 5 percent was supposed to be water.'
The TikToker was nearly speechless when he saw that the weight of the Walmart chicken breast, after he had trimmed it, weighed 392 grams
Smith's jaw dropped as soon as he found out that the Perdue chicken breast weighed 347 grams
Smith's 'alarming' discovery comes one month after Walmart made a multi-million dollar settlement for inflating the weight of the meat contents in its packaging.
Customers were eligible to get refunds on several chicken purchases, including 10 kinds of chicken breast products.
'We will continue providing our customers everyday low prices to help them save money on the products they want and need,' a Walmart spokesperson told CNBC last month.
'We still deny the allegations, however we believe a settlement is in the best interest of both parties.'
Various TikTokers who watched Smith's video have spoken out about his alarming results.
The chicken discovery came just one month after Walmart was in a multi-million dollar settlement after the chain was accused of inflating its meat products
'The bucher one looks normal chicken. The other ones look like giant abnormal monster chicken,' a TikToker wrote on May 21.
At least two TikTokers joked that the extra weight in the Walmart and Perdue chicken breasts were 'growth hormones.'
However, one person wrote why there may be so much weight in the chicken breasts.
'It's injected with water plus preservatives that makes it bigger but when cooked a lot of water is released,' the TikToker wrote.
Others have agreed with that commenter and noted that heavier chicken will cost more money.
'You should definitely cook them all for the same time and weigh them after,' a TikToker suggested in their comment.
'I bet those big ones lose a lot of weight but the butcher ones won’t loose near as much.'