Hello!
Welcome back to Most Amazing Top 10, I am Rebecca Felgate and today we’re talking
about the top 10 McDonalds Secrets You are Not Supposed to know.
…. We’re gonna blow this thing wide open, starting with an explosive fact at number
10 - 10 - There is no Rib in the McRib.
Is that false advertising?
Despite the name of the popular sandwich among meat lovers, the McRib isn’t made of rib
at all.
It is actually pork pressed in a rib shape mould.
Delicious, but fattening ad totally fake.
9 - The Drive Through Gets Priority.
If you walk in at the same time a car drives in, the car passenger will be served first
and get their meal first.
The Drive through meals are priority.
While staff don’t mind making diners wait, they don’t want to make cars wait.
The reason for this is that there is usually limited driving space in a Macdonalds, and
they don’t want to clog up the parking lot or road.
Sometimes it makes more sense just to walk through the drive through!
Although they might get annoyed about it.
8 - Most of their staff are not earning a living wage.
A living wage is a wage that people can live on with reasonable comfort, meaning they can
pay their rent, buy food and have a tiny bit left over to save or spend on luxuries like
clothes or travel.
McDonalds Workers are paid a pittance.
I guess it is hardly a secret that fast food workers don’t get a lot of money, but it
is kinda kept under wraps how bad it really is.
For example, it would take a McDonalds worker between 7-10 months of work to earn what a
CEO earns in an hour.
7 - Burgers are Thrown Out Every 10 Minutes Yes, there are people starving in some parts
of the world, and yes, perfectly good burgers are discarded every day at McDonalds Stores.
Some stores throw hundred away a day….and thousands of fries.
Burgers are thrown out 10 to 20 minutes after production and for fries, the shelf life is
only 5 minutes.
While this is good for customers, as it means they’ll always get fresh food, it is bad
for world hunger, as McDonalds are producing a huge amount of food waste.
Luckily, good, skilled McDonalds workers, will try and minimize this waste by accurately
predicting how much to make at one time.
6 - Lots of Chemicals in the Food The foamy egg patty you get in an egg mcmuffin
also contains sodium phosphate, monosodium phosphate, nisin preparation and citric acid.
The salads are dusted with propylene glycol to keep it crisp…this chemical can be found
in antifreeze and lube.
That really is just the tip of the chemical iceberg when it comes to McDonalds menu items,
too.
So, speaking of all those hidden chemicals….at number 5, Your Meal Will Look The Same 10
Years Later A reddit user posted a picture of 10 year
old burger and fries from McDonalds in 2016.
The food isn’t mouldy or decayed at all, it just looks a bit dry.
Why is this….well there is so much salt in McDonalds Food that it will not rot like
normal food will…which is disconcerting.
The reddit user, standbacknow, said that the food hadn’t been refrigerated.
Similarly, get a load of this nuggets and fries meal….
In 2010, a woman from Anchorage, Alaska bought this meal and left it sitting in her office
for 6 years.
Yum. 4 - The Salads sometimes have more fat than
the burgers Sometimes you think you’re getting the healthy
option by opting to have a salad, but that may not be the case at good old Maccy Ds.
According to CBC bews, Keep Calm and Caesar on Salad has 730 calories
and 53 grams of fat, whereas a DOUBLE Big Mac has 680 calories and 38 grams of fat….a
standard burger has 253 calories and 7.7g of fat So why is the salad so gut busting?…..
well, its all about the Asiago Caesar dressing.
Fatty Mc Fat.
3 - They’re Brainwashing Us From Childhood.
In 1996, a survey found that 96% of American Children could accurately recognise Ronald
McDonalds.
According to an article on Gawker.com, they also have brand ambassadors visiting schools
discussing diets…diets that include McDonalds.
On top of that, almost 100 percent of American’s are able to recognise the McDonalds logo.
2 - There have been some GROSS findings in MacDonalds food.
We have actually made a whole video about this, so please check that out when we’re
through with this video.
Highlights include a whole deep fried chicken head, bugs and scabby band aids.
Mmmmm…..delicious.
1 - They Warn Their Staff Against Eating Their Food
McDonalds has built a business on selling fast food, but they don’t want their staff
eating it.
In December 2013, McDonalds made headlines when a post on their website for employees
warned their crew that fast food is bad for their heath.
The post said “Fast foods are quick, reasonably priced, and readily available alternatives
to home cooking.
While convenient and economical for a busy lifestyle, fast foods are typically high in
calories, fat, saturated fat, sugar, and salt and may put people at risk for becoming overweight”….they
then showed a picture of a healthy option meal…which looked surprisingly like a Subway
meal with salad.
Woah there.
So that was the top 10 McDonalds Secrets you are not supposed to know.
To be honest I don’t really eat at McDonalds as I try to maintain a healthy lifestyle and
don’t really eat meat, but if I do….
I am all about a mozzarella stick.
What is your favourite McDonalds Menu item?
Let me know ! OUT ETC
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