I'm not suggesting that you eat only McDonald's every day. Nobody is. But relative to some of the stuff that kids find palatable? It's not really much better

I'm not suggesting that you eat only McDonald's every day. Nobody is. But relative to some of the stuff that kids find palatable? It's not really much better or worse. It's saltier than I would cook at home, but a healthy kid can pass plenty of salt without a problem: Chicken Nuggets -- pretty standard breaded chicken [1]. I don't love autolysed yeast, but it doesn't make it not "food." Milk -- same as you can get anywhere else. French fries -- potatoes, vegetable oil, and salt. Definitely "food." Chicken sandwich -- again, saltier than I'd cook at home, but the major ingredient is the same chicken meat as anywhere else. [1] http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/getnutrition/ingredientslist.pdf http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/getnutrition/ingredientslist.... [edit: punctuation]