Fw: Fast food doesn't decompose

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There was an April Fools joke circulating around that McDonalds had scrapped its

planned composting program when it was discovered that none of their 'foods'

would decompose. While McDonald's probably weren't ever really considering such

a program, it clearly is true that their foods don't decompose like normal foods

do.

 

 

Fast food, frighteningly slow decay: Mother keeps McDonald's Happy Meal for a

whole year... and it STILL hasn't gone off

By Daily Mail Reporter

 

 

Glancing at the two McDonald's Happy Meals pictured here, you may feel they look

pretty much identical.

 

Astonishingly, however, this is the same meal, photographed 12 months apart.

 

Where any other food might be a mouldy, decomposing mess after a year, the

McDonald's meal shows few signs of going off apart from the beef patty

shrivelling and the stale burger bun cracking.

 

 

 

I had the windows open many times, but flies and other insects just ignored the

Happy Meal. What does that tell you, if they can't be bothered with it?

 

Proof, says the American nutritionist who took these photographs, that it

contains so many preservatives that it is bad for the children it is aimed at.

 

Joann Bruso said: 'Food is supposed to decompose, go bad and smell foul

eventually. The fact that it has not decomposed shows you how unhealthy it is

for children.'

 

Mrs Bruso left the Happy Meal uncovered on a shelf at her home near Denver,

Colorado, to see what would happen. She has revealed the results on her blog, in

which she gives healthy eating advice to parents.

 

The 62-year-old, who has eight grandchildren, admitted that the arid temperature

of her home near the Rocky Mountains meant there was little moisture in the air

with which to speed decomposition.

 

 

 

Health concerns: Blogger Joann Bruso

 

But she added that during the year-long experiment, no flies or other insects

were attracted to the food.

 

She said: 'I had the windows open many times, but flies and other insects just

ignored the Happy Meal. What does that tell you, if they can't be bothered with

it?

 

'Food is broken down into its essential nutrients in our bodies and turned into

fuel. Our children grow strong bodies when they eat real food.

 

'If flies ignore a Happy Meal and microbes don't decompose it, then your child's

body can't properly metabolise it either.

 

'Now you know why it's called junk food.'

 

McDonald's has made great efforts to show that its food is healthy amid growing

concerns about childhood obesity. All its restaurants list the calories in each

item as well as the individual ingredients.

 

Recent research showed that each product has an average of seven E numbers. The

bun has several preservatives such as calcium and sodium propionate, while the

pickle slice has the preservative sodium benzoate.

 

The fries, which Mrs Bruso said were still golden brown after a year, contain

preservatives such as citric acid and sodium acid pyrophosphate, which maintains

their colour.

 

 

 

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