Along with a petrol-based chemical
Ever wonder what makes up highly popular fast food, such as
McDonald’s chicken nuggets or french fries? If the fast food giants
recently launched ‘transparency campaign’ tells us anything, it’s that
the public is increasingly demanding truth and change.
But what
McDonald’s ‘truth campaign’ isn’t telling us is that much of its food is
lathered in questionable, health-compromising ingredients.
In the most recent transparency video from McDonald’s, Grant
Imahara explains that there are 19 ingredients in America’s favorite
fries, one of which is polydimethylsiloxane, which is used in the production of silly putty. This seemingly ‘essential’ french fry-Silly Putty ingredient has been making
headlines, and I can tell you that it won’t be the last headline you see.
During his ‘investigation,’ he
found that dimethylpolysiloxane is used in the making of McDonald’s
fries along with a petrol-based chemical called tertiary
butylhydroquinone (TBHQ). While anyone might immediately
suspect that these ingredients may pose a hazard (and you wouldn’t be
wrong), Grant reassures viewers that these are both safe additives used
for perfectly good reasons.
You can view the video below to see
McDoanld’s segment on how its french fries are made, taking a tour
through a McDonald’s factory.
Dimethylpolysiloxane is added for safety
reasons to prevent cooking oil from foaming, while tertiary
butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) is applied as a food preservative. Can’t have
fries that don’t last a few years, right?
Here are
some of the questions
and answers McDonald’s uses in an attempt to sway public opinion.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t touch on the issues that are leading to a
loss in profits for the mega-corp.
Of course finding such ingredients in the fast food giant’s french fries isn’t so surprising
– much of McDonald’s’ food is tainted in more than one way. For
example, containing over 70 ingredients, the McDonald’s sought after
McRib is full of surprises
— including ‘restructured meat’ technology that includes
traditionally-discarded animal parts brought together to create a
rib-like substance. It also contains a little-known flour-bleaching
agent known as azodicarbonamide.
What do you think? Are these the reasons why McDonald’s is facing
recent public rejection? It seems the fast food giant is attempting to
make
some changes, though maybe not fast enough.
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