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I think you are having a bit of a misconception on the quality of McDonalds food. McDonalds and other major fastfood brands take shortcuts regarding the food pr

I think you are having a bit of a misconception on the quality of McDonalds food. McDonalds and other major fastfood brands take shortcuts regarding the food production. It may seem to be "fresh" food to you, but you are eating food with a lot of additions regarding taste enhancers, preservatives, ... . What i could agree on is the consistency on how a meal is prepared within macdonalds, these are very strictly regulated processes.

7Z7 11y ago
Not as bad as you seem to think.. >We don’t add any monosodium glutamate (MSG) to any of our menu items. http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/your_questions/our_food/is-there-msg-in-any-of-your-products.html http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/your_questions/our_food/is-th... >In the UK we do not use any artificial flavour enhancers similar to MSG in any of our products. http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/food/additives/do-you-use-any-equivalent-to-msg-in-your-products.html http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questio... >McDonald's UK has a fast turnover of food, and restaurants receive three to five deliveries a week. Food arrives, frozen, chilled or ambient. Our aim is to use as few additives as possible to preserve our food. The majority of the food is preserved by freezing. Other food like sauces are pasteurised and specially packed to reduce the need for preservatives. Breads arrive at the restaurant either frozen or fresh but contain a preservative to prevent mould formation. Cheeses also contain preservatives for this reason. All our beef patties are made from 100% pure beef with no additives, fillers, binders, preservatives or flavour enhancers; just pure forequarter and flank beef. They are individually quick frozen by our suppliers to ensure they arrive at the restaurants in perfect condition. http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/food/food-sourcing/how-do-mcdonalds-preserve-their-food.html http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questio... >McDonald's can assure you that there no additives in any of our salad products which act as preservatives. Our salad is simply made from 100% fresh vegetables. During some periods of the year when the lettuce has taken a long time to grow, a food grade nitrogen is added to the bags on sealing to slow the respiration and maintain quality, however this is referred to a modified atmosphere rather than an ingredient. http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/food/ingredients/do-mcdonalds-use-chemicals-in-its-salads-to-preserve-the-colour-and-texture.html http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questio... >We use fruit that's been cut and frozen. At our restaurants, we add it to our low-fat vanilla yogurt and serve it with granola. http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/your_questions/our_food/how-fresh-is-the-fruit-in-your-yogurt-parfait.html http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/your_questions/our_food/how-f... >We use a freshly cracked, Grade A egg for our famous Egg McMuffin sandwich. It gets its iconic round shape when we cook it on the grill with an ‘egg ring.’ http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/your_questions/our_food/do-you-use-freshly-cracked-eggs.html http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/your_questions/our_food/do-yo...
- Pyxl101 11y ago
  Exactly - what shortcuts are they alleged to take?
  - lagudragu 11y ago
    To start off: Using McDonalds' facts sheet as data regarding the content of their products is not really a valiable source of information, as this is heavily biased towards their product (ref. http://news.yale.edu/2010/11/08/fast-food-restaurants-dish-unhealthy-marketing-youth-researchers-release-unprecedented-re http://news.yale.edu/2010/11/08/fast-food-restaurants-dish-u...). Regarding the additives (regardless of the site's name, it does present a proper list): http://foodbabe.com/2015/03/27/everyone-still-eats-mcdonalds-even-wont-admit/ http://foodbabe.com/2015/03/27/everyone-still-eats-mcdonalds...

7Z7 11y ago

Not as bad as you seem to think.. >We don’t add any monosodium glutamate (MSG) to any of our menu items. http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/your_questions/our_food/is-there-msg-in-any-of-your-products.html http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/your_questions/our_food/is-th... >In the UK we do not use any artificial flavour enhancers similar to MSG in any of our products. http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/food/additives/do-you-use-any-equivalent-to-msg-in-your-products.html http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questio... >McDonald's UK has a fast turnover of food, and restaurants receive three to five deliveries a week. Food arrives, frozen, chilled or ambient. Our aim is to use as few additives as possible to preserve our food. The majority of the food is preserved by freezing. Other food like sauces are pasteurised and specially packed to reduce the need for preservatives. Breads arrive at the restaurant either frozen or fresh but contain a preservative to prevent mould formation. Cheeses also contain preservatives for this reason. All our beef patties are made from 100% pure beef with no additives, fillers, binders, preservatives or flavour enhancers; just pure forequarter and flank beef. They are individually quick frozen by our suppliers to ensure they arrive at the restaurants in perfect condition. http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/food/food-sourcing/how-do-mcdonalds-preserve-their-food.html http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questio... >McDonald's can assure you that there no additives in any of our salad products which act as preservatives. Our salad is simply made from 100% fresh vegetables. During some periods of the year when the lettuce has taken a long time to grow, a food grade nitrogen is added to the bags on sealing to slow the respiration and maintain quality, however this is referred to a modified atmosphere rather than an ingredient. http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/food/ingredients/do-mcdonalds-use-chemicals-in-its-salads-to-preserve-the-colour-and-texture.html http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questio... >We use fruit that's been cut and frozen. At our restaurants, we add it to our low-fat vanilla yogurt and serve it with granola. http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/your_questions/our_food/how-fresh-is-the-fruit-in-your-yogurt-parfait.html http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/your_questions/our_food/how-f... >We use a freshly cracked, Grade A egg for our famous Egg McMuffin sandwich. It gets its iconic round shape when we cook it on the grill with an ‘egg ring.’ http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/your_questions/our_food/do-you-use-freshly-cracked-eggs.html http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/your_questions/our_food/do-yo...

Pyxl101 11y ago
Exactly - what shortcuts are they alleged to take?
- lagudragu 11y ago
  To start off: Using McDonalds' facts sheet as data regarding the content of their products is not really a valiable source of information, as this is heavily biased towards their product (ref. http://news.yale.edu/2010/11/08/fast-food-restaurants-dish-unhealthy-marketing-youth-researchers-release-unprecedented-re http://news.yale.edu/2010/11/08/fast-food-restaurants-dish-u...). Regarding the additives (regardless of the site's name, it does present a proper list): http://foodbabe.com/2015/03/27/everyone-still-eats-mcdonalds-even-wont-admit/ http://foodbabe.com/2015/03/27/everyone-still-eats-mcdonalds...