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I’m not disagreeing with the trust of your comment, but despite popular belief, McDonalds does use real eggs.[1,2] Though there’s no doubt that an egg from a ch

by krrrh 9y ago

I’m not disagreeing with the trust of your comment, but despite popular belief, McDonalds does use real eggs.[1,2] Though there’s no doubt that an egg from a chicken who has walked around, eating bits of grass and bugs, will taste better and have a better nutritional profile. [1] https://yourquestions.mcdonalds.ca/answer/does-your-egg-mcmuffin-use-real-eggs-they-look-too-perfect/ https://yourquestions.mcdonalds.ca/answer/does-your-egg-mcmu... [2] https://www.cnbc.com/2015/01/27/are-mcdonalds-eggs-real-fast-food-giant-cracks-mystery.html https://www.cnbc.com/2015/01/27/are-mcdonalds-eggs-real-fast...

jrs95 9y ago
It does, but only the McMuffin sandwiches really taste like it. The others use the folded egg that they get premade and frozen.
- greedo 9y ago
  The folded eggs used to be made from fresh eggs. Did this change?
  - jrs95 9y ago
    It must have, if they were. It's still made from eggs, they just make a bunch of liquid egg and then make it into these shapes and freeze them & ship to restaurants. The scrambled eggs in the big breakfast weren't frozen, though. They could made with the sort-of-real liquid egg stuff or just fresh eggs, I'm not sure.
    - greedo 9y ago
      Strange... We used to have a blender for both scrambled eggs and folded eggs. Crack the eggs in, blend them smooth as silk and Bob's your uncle.
davemp 9y ago
Eggs are insanely cheap. I’m not sure why anyone would bother to fake them.
- bordercases 9y ago
  To economize other costs on the supply chain and to standardize quality
  - Clubber 9y ago
    This plus spoilage, durability & logistics costs. (which you might be already including).
- umanwizard 9y ago
  Perhaps surprisingly, fake eggs do exist. http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/06/how-to-make-a-rotten-egg/ http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/06/how-to-make-a-rotten-egg...
dpc59 9y ago
They microwave them though, eggs are good when they're cooked a in a bunch of fat with herbs and spices.
- jjoonathan 9y ago
  Yes, but only a small/unknown brand can successfully hide the fact that it's been cooked in a bunch of fat and properly salted/spiced. Once the brand becomes big enough, people are forced to confront the fact that the good food is good on account of being unhealthy.
0xbear 9y ago
>> there’s no doubt There is very much doubt about that. Stanford (IIRC) did a study and no one could tell the difference.
pq0ak2nnd 9y ago
i would also add to "taste" and "nutritional profile", (3) the well being of the chicken, (4) the well being of the factory workers who tend to them, and (5) the impact on the environment where the non-industrial chickens are raised. the more dimensions one considers in the multivariate optimization, the more McD's starts to lose value (geometrically, even).

by krrrh 9y ago

jrs95 9y ago

It does, but only the McMuffin sandwiches really taste like it. The others use the folded egg that they get premade and frozen.

greedo 9y ago
The folded eggs used to be made from fresh eggs. Did this change?
- jrs95 9y ago
  It must have, if they were. It's still made from eggs, they just make a bunch of liquid egg and then make it into these shapes and freeze them & ship to restaurants. The scrambled eggs in the big breakfast weren't frozen, though. They could made with the sort-of-real liquid egg stuff or just fresh eggs, I'm not sure.
  - greedo 9y ago
    Strange... We used to have a blender for both scrambled eggs and folded eggs. Crack the eggs in, blend them smooth as silk and Bob's your uncle.

davemp 9y ago

Eggs are insanely cheap. I’m not sure why anyone would bother to fake them.

bordercases 9y ago
To economize other costs on the supply chain and to standardize quality
- Clubber 9y ago
  This plus spoilage, durability & logistics costs. (which you might be already including).
umanwizard 9y ago
Perhaps surprisingly, fake eggs do exist. http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/06/how-to-make-a-rotten-egg/ http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/06/how-to-make-a-rotten-egg...

dpc59 9y ago

They microwave them though, eggs are good when they're cooked a in a bunch of fat with herbs and spices.

jjoonathan 9y ago
Yes, but only a small/unknown brand can successfully hide the fact that it's been cooked in a bunch of fat and properly salted/spiced. Once the brand becomes big enough, people are forced to confront the fact that the good food is good on account of being unhealthy.

0xbear 9y ago

>> there’s no doubt There is very much doubt about that. Stanford (IIRC) did a study and no one could tell the difference.

pq0ak2nnd 9y ago

i would also add to "taste" and "nutritional profile", (3) the well being of the chicken, (4) the well being of the factory workers who tend to them, and (5) the impact on the environment where the non-industrial chickens are raised. the more dimensions one considers in the multivariate optimization, the more McD's starts to lose value (geometrically, even).