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Derek Janssen wrote: > Peter Aitken wrote: > >>>>> Macdonald's puts sugar in almost everything. Especially the fries. >>>> >>>> 'strue. They're sliced, parboiled, sprayed with a thin coating of >>>> sugar water and then lightly fried to bond it to the potato and start >>>> the browning process. >>> >>> Sorry, but you are mistaken. From McD's: >>> French Fries: >>> Potatoes, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural flavor (beef >>> source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (to preserve natural >>> color). Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (may contain >>> partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn >>> oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil >>> and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). >> >> Dextrose is sugar, better known as glucose. > > Found in great amounts in California White potatoes (as advertisedly > used by MD's), especially when cooked. > > (well, that what happens when you x-post to food NG's for > showoff value) Moreover, McD's admits to adding sugar when those great Whites are seasonably shy of it. (They undoubtedly claim merely to be restoring what Nature intended...) -- /---------------------------\ | YOUR taste at work... | | | | http://www.moviepig.com | \---------------------------/ |
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The Honourable Judge Wavy G wrote:
> Okay, so from what I gather, the main problem is sugar, so as long as > you order iced tea or Diet Coke, you can eat whatever the hell you want > and it's okay. Rock and Roll McDonalds! for an intersting blog on Morgan Spurlock. http://www.spurlockwatch.typepad.com/ -goro- |
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"Goro" > wrote in message oups.com... > The Honourable Judge Wavy G wrote: >> Okay, so from what I gather, the main problem is sugar, so as long as >> you order iced tea or Diet Coke, you can eat whatever the hell you want >> and it's okay. Rock and Roll McDonalds! > > for an intersting blog on Morgan Spurlock. > http://www.spurlockwatch.typepad.com/ > > -goro- Now there's someone who needs a life. > |
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