“Now, you might be thinking, ‘That looks like burnt dog food.’ Yeah, that’s what it tastes like, too.”

Fast meals chain Arby’s launched its new Steak Nuggets in early October, hyping up the product as “tender, juicy, hand-cut, bite-sized morsels of steak—seasoned with garlic and pepper for a bold, smoky flavor.”

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Not lengthy after, one TikToker supplied a much more essential take, calling it “burnt dog food.”

TikToker critiques Arby’s new Steak Bites

TikToker Emily Davis (@emxlydavis) posted a video by which she challenged the Steak Nuggets’ high quality. She requested, “Why did y’all lie about the Arby’s Steak Bites? Now, you might be thinking, ‘That looks like burnt dog food.’ Yeah, that’s what it tastes like, too, if you’re actually debating going and getting them.” 

Emily added, “They have the same texture as the beef jerky nuggets. Just wet and weird. That ain’t steak. Before you say, ‘That’s fast food, Emily, you should know it’s not gonna taste like actual steak.’ Just for a split second, I believed Trisha Paytas. Just. Just for a split second. And I know.”

“We did a small local test for Steak Nuggets in May, and our guests went absolutely crazy so we knew we needed to bring them to a national audience,” An Arby’s spokesperson informed ABC News. “Right out the gate, we’ve seen content of guests already ordering in our drive-thrus to get a first taste of Steak Nuggets.”

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But not all customers shared the keenness. Across TikTok, Reddit, and different platforms, social media customers chimed in rapidly after the introduction. On Emily’s video, one TikToker merely remarked, “They look both dry and soggy at the same time. ☹” 

Meanwhile, an alleged Arby’s worker commentning on the video shared a photograph of the field and opined, “It’s lowkey probably ground and meat binder that give it its strange texture.”

Another employee added extra blunt commentary, “as someone who works at abrys they’re so nasty💀 especially the weird mac and cheese bowls. don’t even get me started on the sandwhich😭 mayo and pickles? God worst things we have and none of our food is good.” 

On Reddit, u/Salsero_Coreano stated the steak nuggets “tasted like dried chunks of their beef brisket.”

Others replied that whereas this specific product may not have been profitable, they appreciated a restaurant providing one thing new to their prospects.

u/wewillroq wrote, “The concept itself seems ight, think the reason others haven’t done beef nuggets is the aesthetics.”

“I can definitely appreciate a fast food chain trying something new. I feel like everything the last 10 years has been a copy and paste. Good or bad this is a step in the right direction and I’m going to try it for this reason alone,” stated u/__revelio__.

Emily Davis and Arby’s didn’t reply instantly to the Daily Dot’s request for remark through e-mail.

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