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Nexis wrote:
> "Governor Swill" > wrote in message
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> > On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:37:06 -0400, John Harkness
> > > 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.
> >
> > Bedwarmer

>
>
> 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).
>
> No sugar, no parboiling.
>
> kimberly


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Nexis wrote:
> 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).


hydrogenated:
http://www.dldewey.com/hydroil.htm

natural flavor:
= MSG

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