: Fw: MC Donald's French Fries

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Jaya Guru Datta

 

 

 

 

*McDonald's confirming their chips contain Beef Extract*

 

This is also confirmed on McDonalds own web site - follow this link:

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Hello Leena:

 

Thank you for taking the time to contact McDonald's.. We appreciate

this opportunity to share information with you about our French fries.

 

For flavour enhancement, McDonald's French fry suppliers use a very

small amount of beef flavour as a natural flavouring during the

par-frying process at the potato processing plant. In the restaurant,

the French fries are cooked in vegetable oil.

 

You may be interested to know that we recently updated our nutrition

information to include the ingredients in " natural flavours " for all our

US core menu items. Customers will now be able to find out if a natural

flavour comes from a dairy, meat or vegetable source. If you are

interested in reviewing this information, please visit our web site at

www.mcdonalds. com.

 

We hope this information is helpful and we appreciate the time you

took to contact us..

Lisa

McDonald's Customer Response Centre

 

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You wrote:

 

I am a pure vegetarian (Hindu). I received the following information by

e-mail to the effect that your fries are cooked in animal fat - is this

true?

If so why do you do this? Most people (even meat eaters) find even

the idea of it disgusting!

 

" McDonald's fries is coated with a layer of either cow fat or lard (pig

fat which is thicker and cheaper) then shipped to all McDonald's stores

over the world, which is then fried in vegetable fat. "

 

Also, I see from your website that the ingredients for your fries

contain " Natural Beef Flavour " - does this mean they contain beef

extract? If so, you need to clearly inform your staff as well as the

public - I have always been told the fries are cooked in vegetable oil

and are suitable for pure vegetarians, but if they are coated in " beef

flavour " before frying, then this is a lie! This is really important for

people who are pure vegetarians for religious reasons. Please comment.

 

 

 

 

 

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