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Default What's in it - mcdonald's French Fries

On 7/10/13 7:37 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!
>

They made their name on delicious tallow fries, which I think are
wholesome. I believe it was Science in the Public Interest, a front for
the soybean industry, that mounted a propaganda campaign of junk
science, claiming Mcdonald's fries were bad for you and partially
hydrogenated soybean oil was good. In fact, it had been established
that the latter was deadly, but public opinion forced Mcdonald's to go
to vegetable oil.

Mcdonald's fries are still considered relatively healthful.
<http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/fast-food-french-fries-which-are-healthiest>