All the Outlets of McDonalds in Canada still use Beef Fat for making Fries.

Any inputs if McDonalds use beef fat elsewhere?:wayne:

it's the same here in the U.S.

In the US Mcdonalds fries are not vegetarian. They have said this publicly.

There are plenty other way to get good fries. You could make your own, buy them frozen, or go to a restaurant that isn't quite as nasty as Mcdonals.

I personally love making my own sweet potato fries :lick:

In u.s.a, flavouring is extracted from beef, but cooking media is vegetable oil
http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.nutrition.categories.ingredients.in dex.html#1

French Fries:
Potatoes, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural flavor (beef, wheat and dairy sources), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (to preserve natural color). Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). Contains derivatives of wheat and dairy.


In Canada in place of vegetable oil, Beef fat is used.

Yup, same in the UK. If I remember they were sued by muslims for it. lol

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http://money.cnn.com/2001/05/03/news/mcdonalds/

I doubt I'd eat them anyway.

In the US, their hashbrowns go through the same tallow flavoring.

McDonald's treats all animals badly, not just the ones they serve up on your tray. I've never met a happy McDonald's employee.

They even use animal fat in the milkshakes :sealed:

They even use animal fat in the milkshakes :sealed:
What do you mean? Obviously they use milk in their milk shakes, but they are suitable for vegetarians.

I personally love making my own sweet potato fries :lick:

I've been all about butternut squash fries...low-fat, packed with fiber and deeeeelicious!

http://app.mcdonalds.com/bagamcmeal?process=item&itemID=1813
Vitamin A?

Read the small print, as I understand it they pass the ingredients through a filter using gelatine to thicken it up. So there are only trace amounts. Can't seem to find an authoritative source though as obviously it wouldn't be an ' ingredient' and only people in the factory would know.

http://app.mcdonalds.com/bagamcmeal?process=item&itemID=1813
Vitamin A?

Read the small print, as I understand it they pass the ingredients through a filter using gelatine to thicken it up. So there are only trace amounts. Can't seem to find an authoritative source though as obviously it wouldn't be an ' ingredient' and only people in the factory would know.
Huh? I read the small print, but didn't see anything about gelatin or filters, or any non-vegetarian ingredients listed anywhere, even the natural flavors were listed as vegetarian.

I think if someone were worried about the source of vitamins and filters that they wouldn't be drinking cows milk in the first place. :/

i think if anyone was even a half devoted vegetarian, they would still avoid mcdonalds like the plague... even if they did have vegetarian options...

Ok, got it - look at the cholesterol level. Must be proof

um, looking at the cholesterol levels only prooves that there is milk in the milkshake... i doubt any geletin has anything to add to it...

Mc donlads was sued for 10 million dollars for using beef in fries.

http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/press/mcds/chicagosuntimes100103.html


http://us.rediff.com/news/2001/may/26us4.htm

I've been all about butternut squash fries...low-fat, packed with fiber and deeeeelicious!

That sounds like a really good idea. Do you just cut the squash in wedges and cook them like potatoes?

i think if anyone was even a half devoted vegetarian, they would still avoid mcdonalds like the plague... even if they did have vegetarian options...
Why? I went there when I was in New York City because they offer McVeggie's there. I didn't know about the fries back then though, so now I just go to Burger King since it has vegan fries and a vegetarian burger.

How do you prepare your fries

this is the site of the uk macdonalds

http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/?f=y

and the following is the "nutrition" and ingredients in the various products

http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/resources/img/sections/eatsmart/Nutrition.pdf

How do you prepare your fries

Do you mean in general? Like how do you make your own fries?
It's really simple! I generally fry them in a deep fryer but you can bake them too.
Just wash your potatoes really well, you can peel them if you like (I never do), and slice them into the thickness you prefer. If you're frying them, do so in small batches and stir or shake the basket a little after the intial popping oil dies down. Cook until golden, drain and salt immediately (or season however you want).
If you prefer baking, arrange them on a cookie sheet (greased or they could stick) and bake at 425 degrees until golden. Because you don't have the moisture upon removing that you have with frying I generally season the fries BEFORE placing them in the oven. If I'm baking them I stick the fries in a baggie with olive oil and shake them around, straighten them out on a sheet, season them then bake them.
I would assume you could do sweet potatoes the same way but I *hate* them so I always use regular ones. Generally I use russets but if I wanted a *really good baked fry I would use whites.Believe me it makes a difference!
Mary
(Also when I'm stuck in McD's I generally just grab a fruit salad and tell them to keep the yogurt. My family eats there (rarely) and I feel sort of weird sitting there watching everyone else eat. There is a beef flavoring in the fries but all of their food is fried in vegetable oil in most parts of the US and some of Canada. They're not really any more evil than any other corporation. I worked as a manager there for 6 years. Good pay, great benefits, corporation is really quite nice to work for. I quit after my restaurant was sold to a private owner and they weren't so great to work for. Not everyone who works there is unhappy. For what it's worth)

I was involved in the lawsuit over the McDonald's fries (started it in fact but ended up objecting to the settlement at the end). Anyway - one of the things we discovered was that in some countries, e.g., India, McDonald's did not put animal products in their fries. Each country was different - which was part of the problem. Clearly, McDonald's knew that people in some countries with large populations of vegetarians (Hindus in India) would be upset by animal products in the fries.

We wanted McDonald's to stop using the flavoring in the US - instead, we got better disclosure - at least now they tell you.