It’s common knowledge that most fast food restaurants don’t  exactly serve the finest products in the world. You don’t get a full meal for $5 without cutting a few corners, although as a customer you’re usually shielded from how that process works.

However, this is no longer the case for patrons of Little Caesars. The sauce making process for the pizza chain was recently leaked by an employee filming themselves producing a batch. Showing a mixture of tomato puree, herbs and water blended in a container, the distinctly unappetizing video has been viewed nearly five million times and produced some polarized reactions.

Some people were completely repulsed, and pointed out the gross breach of sanitation regulations involved with preparing food on the floor. Others claimed it did nothing to put them off ordering there again. On top of these was a third group, who pointed out that what the video was showing was not really much of a shock. At this point, they argue, surely we all realize that quality gets sacrificed for convenience.

From the beans at Taco Bell to the eggs in a hotel breakfast, people ‘exposing’ the truth behind mass catering has been a prominent viral trend over the past year or two. Boosted by TikTok’s huge audience for behind the scenes job videos and the pandemic increasing reliance on takeout, revelations on the topic have become an almost expected part of the viral social media cycle. The truth behind our food is not so much of a shock as a grim acceptance of how we consume in society today. Our pizza sauce might look worse in a tub that it does on the pie, but aren’t we primed to accept that already?