I had first hand experience with the questionable quality when I took a good hard look at the Whopper I was going to consume from Burger King. I was pretty grossed out. Take a look below.
Evidence: What I was going to eat for dinner from Burger King.
I tried looking for the actual ingredients on their website, but only what they say showed up.
Besides Burger King, McDonalds also has some shocking ingredients in their food as well.
McDonalds' ingredients for the Chicken McNugget:
White boneless chicken, water, food starch-modified, salt, seasoning [autolyzed yeast extract, salt, wheat starch, natural flavoring (botanical source), safflower oil, dextrose, citric acid], sodium phosphates, natural flavor (botanical source). Battered and breaded with: water, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, bleached wheat flour, food starch-modified, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat starch, dextrose, corn starch.
Ironically, McDonalds originally stated that the Mcnuggets are " tempura battered and cooked to golden perfection".
It's not as appetizing as they show.
References:
McDonalds Website:
http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/product_nutrition.chicken.124.Chicken-McNuggets-4-piece.html
Burger King Website:
http://www.bk.com/en/us/menu-nutrition/lunch-and-dinner-menu-202/fire-grilled-burgers-220/double-whopper-sandwich-m3/index.html
Pictures from the meal that I did not eat.
Shannon,
ReplyDeleteExcellent investigative journalism here! Excellent evidence!
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I agree with you on the fact that the quality of the meat that these fast food restaurants claim as fresh for us is entirely pretentious. It looks satisfying in commercials and pictures they display to us but in reality, it could appear to be under-cooked, tasteless, and even unappealing.
ReplyDeleteTaking a closer look at the chicken nuggets picture you had presented (http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/product_nutrition.chicken.124.Chicken-McNuggets-4-piece.html) the inside of the nugget seems like not only under-prepared, but just inedible as a whole. The pictures you had provided for what you were going to eat in Burger King also look dissatisfying and if I had that physically in front of me, I'd probably be feeling nauseous and not want to eat it anymore.
One question I do have for you though, is what kind of precautions do you think should be taken to improve the edibility of the meat being served in fast food restaurants?
--Vaida G.
Comment Score: 19/20
DeleteFood is food and people will still eat it because they want to survive. Some people are careless and some people are CAREFUL but in the end ,they still will end up eating food whether it looks appetizing or not. Mcdonalds says, "Our tender, juicy, Chicken McNuggets are made with USDA-inspected white meat"on there website (http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/product_nutrition.chicken.124.Chicken-McNuggets-4-piece.html)
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