After a video of 2 Arabic women caught the attention of netizens after it is uploaded online. The Arabic ladies were seen plumping the chicken to increase its size and weight for selling purposes.
Plumping is also referred to as enhancing or injecting, it describes a process by which some poultry companies inject raw chicken meat with salt water, chicken stock or seaweed extract.
Consuming plumped chicken is a sure loss of money for buying an extra water weight, and worst it has a negative effect on health for it is infused with seawater or salted water. A serving of plumped chicken can hold a 200 mg to 500 mg of sodium which is more than the recommended daily sodium intake.