On 7/10/2013 5:37 PM, Jeßus wrote:
> Come across this yesterday and was having a discussion about this with
> a friend, thought I'd re-post it here FYI...
>
> According to Macdonalds, here is the contents of their French Fries:
>
> "what's in it | McDonald's
> potatoes
> We like our fries and hash browns fluffy on the inside, crunchy on the
> outside. That’s why we use potato varieties like Russet Burbank,
> Shepody and Russet Ranger"
> http://mcdonalds.com.au/our-food/whats-in-it
>
> Here's what's *actually* in their French Fries:
>
> Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, safflower oil, natural
> flavour (vegetable source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate
> (maintain colour), citric acid (preservative), dimethylpolysiloxane
> (antifoaming agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil,
> soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric acid and
> dimethylpolysiloxane) and salt (silicoaluminate, dextrose, potassium
> iodide)
> http://www.undergroundhealth.com/mcd...ncluding-gmos/
>
> All GMO, where possible, of course.
> And here I was just using oil and potatoes!
>
All true, and all still so very tasty alas...oh for the simpler days of
beef tallow...