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McDonalds burgers are 100% beef in the US

mikeodds 3y ago
I’ve also read this and I can’t explain why in the US it’s like a completely different meal compared to anywhere outside that I’ve tried it.
- davidd_1004 3y ago
  Meat could be higher quality from wherever they are sourcing it.
drooopy 3y ago
Does that 100% mean that they've sourced their meat from the entirety of the cow's body? Because they sure taste like it.
- gruez 3y ago
  Mcdonalds claims their patties are "100% beef", and according to the CFR "beef" means "flesh of cattle". https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/faq/burgers.html https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/faq/burgers.html https://casetext.com/regulation/code-of-federal-regulations/title-7-agriculture/subtitle-b-regulations-of-the-department-of-agriculture/chapter-xi-agricultural-marketing-service-marketing-agreements-and-orders-miscellaneous-commodities-department-of-agriculture/part-1260-beef-promotion-and-research/subpart-a-beef-promotion-and-research-order/definitions/section-1260119-beef https://casetext.com/regulation/code-of-federal-regulations/...
Freedom2 3y ago
They are 100% beef in many places outside of the US, including France.
mixedmath 3y ago
I don't follow the implication. I think you're suggesting that in France, they're not 100% beef. What are they?
- davidd_1004 3y ago
  The commenter likes McDonalds better in France. I was just saying that the ingredients aren't any different in the burger.
- dpc_01234 3y ago
  As someone living for 10 years now in the US, and before that 3 decades in the UE: it does seem to me that McDonalds in the US (and most of the fast foods for that matter) tastes worse than in Europe or China (where I've also tried). In'n'Out and proper burger-serving restaurants in the US taste fine, but there's just something wrong with McDonalds, KFC and to lesser extent Burger King, that made me stop eating there. And generally food in the US kind of sucks... :D
- dylan604 3y ago
  > they're not 100% beef. What are they? You really don't want to know that answer, and you really don't want to google that answer. If you do, you might find sites that report McDs is the largest purchaser of cow eyeballs and other less commonly desired parts and pieces. Whether that's being reported by anything in the ballpark of real is up to you. But the jokes have been around for a lot longer than the interweb.
  - autoexec 3y ago
    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-eyes-of-texas/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-eyes-of-texas/
brnt 3y ago
Which part is the key question.
sigsergv 3y ago
There is a difference between 100% beef and 100% cow.

I’ve also read this and I can’t explain why in the US it’s like a completely different meal compared to anywhere outside that I’ve tried it.

davidd_1004 3y ago
Meat could be higher quality from wherever they are sourcing it.

drooopy 3y ago

Does that 100% mean that they've sourced their meat from the entirety of the cow's body? Because they sure taste like it.

gruez 3y ago
Mcdonalds claims their patties are "100% beef", and according to the CFR "beef" means "flesh of cattle". https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/faq/burgers.html https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/faq/burgers.html https://casetext.com/regulation/code-of-federal-regulations/title-7-agriculture/subtitle-b-regulations-of-the-department-of-agriculture/chapter-xi-agricultural-marketing-service-marketing-agreements-and-orders-miscellaneous-commodities-department-of-agriculture/part-1260-beef-promotion-and-research/subpart-a-beef-promotion-and-research-order/definitions/section-1260119-beef https://casetext.com/regulation/code-of-federal-regulations/...

Freedom2 3y ago

They are 100% beef in many places outside of the US, including France.

mixedmath 3y ago

I don't follow the implication. I think you're suggesting that in France, they're not 100% beef. What are they?

davidd_1004 3y ago
The commenter likes McDonalds better in France. I was just saying that the ingredients aren't any different in the burger.
dpc_01234 3y ago
As someone living for 10 years now in the US, and before that 3 decades in the UE: it does seem to me that McDonalds in the US (and most of the fast foods for that matter) tastes worse than in Europe or China (where I've also tried). In'n'Out and proper burger-serving restaurants in the US taste fine, but there's just something wrong with McDonalds, KFC and to lesser extent Burger King, that made me stop eating there. And generally food in the US kind of sucks... :D
dylan604 3y ago
> they're not 100% beef. What are they? You really don't want to know that answer, and you really don't want to google that answer. If you do, you might find sites that report McDs is the largest purchaser of cow eyeballs and other less commonly desired parts and pieces. Whether that's being reported by anything in the ballpark of real is up to you. But the jokes have been around for a lot longer than the interweb.
- autoexec 3y ago
  https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-eyes-of-texas/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-eyes-of-texas/

brnt 3y ago

Which part is the key question.

sigsergv 3y ago

There is a difference between 100% beef and 100% cow.