Arby’s was founded in 1964 in Boardman, Ohio, specializing in roast beef sandwiches. Many customers from older generations recall watching employees slice large pieces of roast beef in earlier years. Some accounts describe steaming, unaltered chunks roasted for hours and sliced thin. Other accounts dispute whether the meat was ever solid, claiming it became processed into compressed logs by the time it reached certain locations. Today, Arby’s lists beef, water, salt, and sodium phosphates as ingredients, indicating real meat. Because the product is pre-packed and shipped to locations, it is technically processed, even if it is slow roasted in-house after delivery.
"In 1969 Arby's had a HUGE hunk o beef hanging on a hook where the employees sliced it and put it on your sandwiches."
"Yes, in the beginning they sold real roast beef. You could watch them slicing the beef. It was so delicious!"
"A peek at the ingredient list on Arby's website does prove that meat is real. Beef, water, salt, and sodium phosphates are the only ingredients. Because it is pre-packed and shipped to locations, though, it is technically a processed product."
"It's precooked and shipped to us [...] the roast beef is slow roasted in house though."
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