Houch for heaven's sakeMcDonald's pommes fritesdoes it taste that good? It's the million dollar question that's been on everyone's lips for years. But now it looks like we might have the answer.
A TikToker, who goes by the namejordan_stallion8on the platform has sent social media into a frenzy after he revealed in a recent video that he knew the fast food chain's top secret.
So what's the secret? Well, it turns out it is"natural beef flavor".According to Jordan, McDonald's is far from vegetarian-friendly, as the chain adds to thatanimal aroma during the roasting process.“It's because McDonald's cooks their fries with beef flavor mixed into their vegetable oil,” the content creator revealed.
The video on TikTok immediately went viral and it already isamassed over 10 million views on the platform.It seems the secret is out now and there's nothing McD's can do about it.
It's simple: "This is why fries taste so good, but probably bad news for vegetarians," he continued.
After some research, McDonalds explains it on their website during the process of making fries"Suppliers partially bake our sliced potatoes"using a “beef flavored oil blend.”
However, the UK McDonald's website makes no mention of the beef flavor and in fact states that the fries are vegetarian.
The fast food chain has not yet responded to the video.
And so McDonald's bowed to the public pressure and changed their fry oil. But of course the story doesn't end there, because the oil they replaced the tallow with was hydrogenated vegetable oil, which not only didn't taste as good as the beef tallow but also contained a hearty helping of trans-fats.
Fewer burgers are placed on the grill, which somehow results in a hotter, juicier, tastier burger, and the diced white onions are added to the beef patties on the grill as they are cooking, rather than afterwards at the prep table. The cheese has been “tempered” longer to make it meltier as well, Schafer says.
In 1990, though, McDonald's swapped the tallow for vegetable oil due to a prolonged campaign conducted by Phil Sokolof, a multi-millionaire who made his money from producing construction equipment (via The New York Times). Ever since, the french fry that built McDonald's was merely good, not amazing.
McDonald's no longer fries its french fries in lard, but its recipe does contain a beef flavor that includes both wheat and milk (making them not vegan, vegetarian, or even gluten-free). Here's a look at what the chain's fries are made of in the U.S.
When our suppliers partially fry our cut potatoes, they use an oil blend that contains beef flavoring. This ensures the great-tasting and recognizable flavor we all love from our World Famous Fries®. The Fries are cooked in our kitchens, seasoned with salt, and served hot to you.
Yes.Pringles are made from potatoes. McDonald's fries are made from potatoes, and they buy raw potatoes for about 10-11 cents per pound. So, the answer to whether Pringles were "made" from McDonald's fries is "Yes."
The company cited the need to trim a menu that has expanded in recent years and said eliminating super-sizing is only part of that effort. "The driving force here was menu simplification," spokesman Walt Riker said after McDonald's disclosed the change in strategy in a brief statement late Tuesday.
Beef tallow was initially used because the supplier for McDonald's couldn't afford vegetable oil. In the 1990s, as health concerns over saturated fat reached an all-time high, McDonald's faced a backlash against the use of beef tallow, and worried about losing customers, the chain switched to vegetable oil.
The restaurant chain will temporarily change its name to resemble how it appears in anime series, which flip the 'M' for copyright reasons, but the logo remains unmistakable.
"It's because McDonald's cooks their fries with beef flavoring mixed within their vegetable oil," divulged the content creator. The video on TikTok instantly went viral and it has already accumulated over 10 million views on the platform. It appears that the secret is out there now and McD's can't do anything about it.
Like most fried foods, McDonald's fries are cooked in canola oil. But this didn't used to be the case. Beef tallow was initially used because the supplier for the chain couldn't afford vegetable oil. As health concerns over saturated fat grew in the 1990s, McDonald's finally made the switch to vegetable oil.
"McDonald's used to fry their potatoes in beef tallow, giving them extra flavor and making them extra crisp, but they stopped doing that years ago." Something home cooks can still do. They stopped doing that when saturated fats became unpopular. Beef tallow doesn't contain trans fats.
In the article “Why McDonald's Fries Taste So Good” Schlosser explains the difference or lack thereof artificial and natural flavor. Schlosser explains that natural and artificial flavor can have the same chemical makeup. The major difference between the two is the process in which they are made.
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