When you go to McDonald's chances are the
answer to the question would you like
fries with uh is always yes all of this
raises another question though what
exactly is the secret behind their
massive success we are here to answer
that with our top ten untold truths
about McDonald's french fries doesn't
mean I can't enjoy feel like I'm at
French fries yes the potatoes are real
many people out there have thrown
accusations at McDonald's for using fake
ingredients in its products so of course
some people are skeptical when it comes
to the ingredients of the french fries
smells like old fries however McDonald's
fries are made from a few different
types of real potatoes according to the
company website these potato varieties
include russet Burbank russet Ranger
blue Mattia russet and Shepherd II in
fact McDonald's actually buys 3.4
billion pounds of potatoes every year
and serves about nine million pounds of
french fries every single day bottomless
fries to make the fries the suppliers
wash and peel the potatoes and then send
them through precision blades that cut
them into the shape we know and love
they move through this blade at speeds
up to 60 to 70 miles per hour
blazing blades then they are partially
fried only for about one minute or so
and then flash frozen so they can be
shipped out to all of the stores in the
country once they reach the store they
stay in the freezer until needed and
then they're fried once more and serve
it's more than just fries and oil
there's also this one there are actually
19 ingredients that go into the fries
however don't freak out about it
in 2015 McDonald's hired mythbuster
Grant Imahara to dig into their
seemingly large ingredients lists here's
the complete list potatoes canola oil
soybean oil hydrogenated soybean oil
natural beef flavor hydrolyzed wheat
hydrolyzed milk citric acid dimethyl
poli-sci la seine dextrose so
massive pyrophosphate salt canola oil
corn oil soybean oil hydrogenated
soybean oil TBHQ citric acid and
dimethyl poly silencing notice anything
unusual I don't understand a one word
you said some ingredients particularly
the oils are listed twice because the
fries are fried twice in those oils that
means the grand total is actually 14
ingredients which is still a lot for
what you'd think would just be fried
potatoes most of the other ingredients
on the list are different types of oils
and FDA approved ingredients designed to
preserve the color of the fries as well
as they're consistent taste shape and
texture from for example dimethyl
poli-sci la seine is an anti foaming
agent that McDonald's uses just to keep
the oil from spraying wild dextrose is a
sugar that coats the fries and keeps
their color consistent antioxidants such
as TBHQ and citric acid are safe to
consume and use to keep the oil fresh
the bottom line is that your McDonald's
fries are still just deep-fried potatoes
they've simply been mixed in with some
other ingredients along the way to help
maintain that delicious taste you know
and love Mickey D fries are not actually
vegan as a vegan there's a chance you
may be excited when you go to McDonald's
because you'd think you could still eat
the fries but if you take a hard look at
the ingredients list you may be
surprised to see a non vegan ingredients
jump-out natural beef flavor and
hydrolyzed milk meat according to the
burger giant the natural beef flavor is
the secret to that addictive can't get
enough taste its fries are known for it
goes in with an oil blend used in the
initial frying of the potatoes before
they reach the individual franchise
locations this little ingredient land of
the chain and hot water in 2002 after a
group of Hindus and vegetarians filed a
class-action lawsuit for misleading them
into believing the fries are vegetarian
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while the company had made the
vegetarian claim after switching to
vegetable oil they failed to inform the
public about the natural beef flavor as
a result McDonald's agreed to donate ten
million dollars to Hindu and vegetarian
organizations and issued a public
apology to those groups McDonald's
locations and countries that have
widespread practices that abstained from
eating meat products such as India and
locations with large Hindu populations
actually leave this particular
ingredient out it's not used in the UK
or Canada either but in the United
States it's used nationwide McDonald's
fries used to be cooked in beef fat
initially McDonald's actually cooked
their fries and beef fat to give it that
greasy addictive taste they did this for
a while until the pressure for healthier
food options reached its peak in the
1990s oh so now you're judging me
Malcolm Gladwell actually made an entire
podcast about this on revisionist
history in the podcast he talks about
his first time trying one of those
crispy delicious fries and his
disappointment when they changed the
fries claiming they'd betrayed him and
it's because of a man named Phil
Sokoloff betrayal
this man launched a campaign against
McDonald's as well as other companies
and spent millions of dollars trying to
get them to stop using so much saturated
fat in their products now the fries are
cooked in vegetable oil with that
natural beef flavour we talked about
earlier it did alter the taste of their
fries but if you weren't eating them
decades ago then you probably will never
notice never have to know don't believe
the rumors you may be thinking who would
make up rumors about McDonald's french
fries and you'd be correct in thinking
that people have too much time on their
hands to create stories about a
fast-food product but the reality is
that there are some pretty ridiculous
myths out there some people think that
McDonald's french fries will actually
help you get pregnant this is a rumor
that was reported on by the UK
maintain website the bump which revealed
that 3% of women immediately eat
McDonald's fries after sexual
intercourse to increase their odds of
consumption of course there is no
scientific data to back this up but it's
supposedly because of the high sodium
content high sodium means your body
absorbs extra fluids so ideally the body
would absorb the fluids it needs to in
order to conceive after the intercourse
I hope yours in February 2018 some
people began to claim that McDonald's
french fries help with hair growth it's
because a study was released around this
time that stated that a chemical
dimethyl poli-sci the same stimulated
hair follicle growth but is the cure for
baldness really to eat more McDonald's
french fries of course not if it were
there would definitely be less bald
people in the world
you can get them salt free but the staff
will hate you some people will ask for
salt free fries because they want to
make sure their fries are fresh the
body's never right but according to some
McDonald's employees you can just ask
for fresh fries and they are way happier
to do this than to make unsalted fries
and guess what those employees say they
can usually tell who actually needs salt
free fries and who is just doing it to
get a fresh batch especially when those
people then ask for salt packets at the
window in fact one Reddit user and
McDonald's employee actually stated that
at his location they started to just
make batches of unsalted fries and keep
them on hand for salt free orders which
means you could end up with fries that
aren't fresh to begin with
so choose your order carefully to make
your salt-free order the employees have
to first wipe down the entire station
clean the scoop and then clean out the
entire area when you ask for this during
a busy lunch or dinner rush you can
imagine how inconvenient that is for the
employees who have to meet time targets
especially in the drive-through they may
know what what weird inventions are all
around us but McDonald's made something
entirely strange a fork
it is a strange-looking contraption that
looks like a fork but has a slot for
fries where the prongs would go why in
the world did they invent this that's a
good question
it all started in 2017 when McDonald's
released a new line of signature crafted
recipes they wanted to convey the idea
that these sandwiches were so packed
with toppings that the sauces and juices
would overflow and spill out while you
eat it that's where the fork came in
basically McDonald's released a mock
infomercial showcasing the fork and how
nifty it was and scooping up those
overflowed toppings you got a that you
pull out I scoop it up because people
can't just soak up toppings by holding
their fries with their hands like they
normally do to eat them but here's the
thing they actually did make the fork
and released it at their restaurants for
one day only free with the purchase of
one of the new sandwiches it's really
hard to find one now but a few people
did get their hands on them at the time
however it's very likely that they just
ended up in the garbage anyway garbage
in garbage cans
why don't McDonald's fries grow mold
you've probably seen those science
experiments floating around the internet
that depict McDonald's fries after
they've sat around for long periods of
time the fries seemingly don't grow mold
or perish like fries from other
fast-food chains
please be immortal these experiments are
all over the internet particularly on
YouTube one such video showed different
fast food items being stored in glass
jars and rotting over the course of 30
gays with McDonald's products standing
the test of time but this doesn't mean
that the fries haven't gone bad or that
they're safe to eat after you forget
them in your car for a week Oh silly
this the real reason why McDonald's
french fries don't appear to rot is
because of the chemicals they use to
process them in particular it's the
hydrogenated oil that produces saturated
fat if you paid attention in science
class you know that in order for mold to
grow there needs to be moisture when you
don't have that moisture food just kind
of dries out and dehydrates in that case
it will still go stale but it won't grow
moldy unless it's exposed to moisture
moist so with the layer of saturated fat
coating the fries moisture can't get in
which basically forms a seal against
mold Mik Dee's fries have lower calories
than others oh really
compared to other fries from popular
fast-food chains
McDonald's fries actually have a lower
calorie count and contain less bad fats
a few years ago WebMD did an ultimate
ranking of fast food french fries to
determine which ones were the healthiest
based on calorie count and fat content
McDonald's ranked second in both
categories behind only sonic the number
one is everything there is no second
place however it's been reported that
Sonic has altered their fries recipe in
the years since this study was published
and the calorie and fat content has
actually increased based on this
assumption it may be safe to say that
McDonald's is now number one so while
you're probably not eating fast food if
you're on a diet if you're looking to
treat yourself without completely
destroying the progress you've made a
small serving of McDonald's fries may be
okay in moderation
right however don't be fooled into
mixing up your serving sizes
last year a Harvard professor claimed
that an appropriate serving of french
fries is just six fries as you can
imagine the internet world exploded with
these claims the general consensus how
could anyone only eat six french fries
McDonald's fries have stood the test of
time it's no secret that french fries
are the most popular selling item at
McDonald's but they've actually been on
the menu since the very beginning and
have been one of the best-selling items
since the company's birth Richard and
Maurice McDonald's originally opened the
restaurant in May 1940 as a slow-cooked
barbecue drive-in joint they soon
realized that their burgers were their
most popular item and did a complete
redesign of the restaurant to ditch the
slow barbecue thing and capitalize on
this
there's no money in there's no money the
original menu offered potato chips as a
side but this shifted to french fries as
soon as they reopened the business
really took off after that in 1954 they
met notorious businessman Ray Kroc who
bought the rights and began franchising
the company across the United States as
the restaurant grew the french fries
stayed along for the ride and have never
been removed from the menu to this day
they are the most popular item at
McDonald's that's good news for all fry
lovers out there because it means these
crispy golden potatoes aren't going
anywhere anytime soon help yourself to
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