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originally posted by: eisegesis
Eat up!
While most things are good in moderation (except cyanide or Ebola...lol), McDonalds has fallen off the deep end. Their organic coffee is alright but I still don't know what's in the flavorings they use.
This Is What’s REALLY In A McDonald’s Hamburger
Regular Bun: Ingredients: Enriched Flour (Bleached Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup and/or Sugar, Yeast, Soybean Oil and/or Canola Oil, Contains 2% or Less: Salt, Wheat Gluten, Calcium Sulfate, Calcium Carbonate, Ammonium Sulfate, Ammonium Chloride, Dough Conditioners (May Contain One or More of: Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, DATEM, Ascorbic Acid, Azodicarbonamide, Mono and Diglycerides, Ethoxylated Monoglycerides, Monocalcium Phosphate, Enzymes, Guar Gum, Calcium Peroxide), Sorbic Acid (Preservative), Calcium Propionate and/or Sodium Propionate (Preservatives), Soy Lecithin.
originally posted by: borntowatch
I hate Maccas food, well their burgers anyway
Though lets be honest, its probably the largest food chain on earth and has been around for a few years.
Makes more than a few bucks and has satisfied the pallets of most of the world, probably.
You dont become that from selling food that taste bad, granted I prefer Hungry Jacks burgers and never eat maccas food, I am not silly enough to deny that Maccas has a recipe for success, has a product that many enjoy immensely
Irrespective of my opinion of the tast of their food, the proof is in their sales and continued success
They must have a good product and be doing something right
So a few foodies like it, no surprise there.
McDonald’s Corp. (MCD), the world’s largest restaurant chain, said third-quarter profit fell 30 percent as U.S. sales slumped for the fourth straight quarter.
Net income dropped to $1.07 billion, or $1.09 a share, from $1.52 billion, or $1.52, a year earlier, the Oak Brook, Illinois-based company said in a statement today
originally posted by: beezzer
Back to the OP, it just shows that anyone can label themselves an expert today.
As I am an expert and SME (Silly Mechanical Eel) and have now made that claim on the internet, it is now official.
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: jude11
True, most home bakers don't use those things... but almost all mechanized bakeries do... the ones that want you to get a product that is appealing to the senses and not spoiled.
The link that the poster put up is a hit piece. Look at what they say about sorbic acid. They use NOAA as a source... they say that 'large quantities' may be irritating to the eyes and respiratory tract. I suppose it is a good thing that people don't breathe McDonalds food.... or rub it in their eyes!
I am not saying McDonalds food is healthy food, but the piece is scaremongering.
ETA: Take lemon juice for example. People preparing food at home put it on bananas before adding them to fruit salad to prevent them turning brown. Try putting lemon juice in your eyes. Is lemon juice a dangerous food additive?
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
say what you want about McD's....their chicken wings are oustanding. And so is their coffee.
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: jude11
Sorry I didn't pick up on your humor. I missed your background somehow, even though I have read many of your posts.
I sorry if I took the thread even further away from what you intended. I must say that I am not pro-McDonalds though. I shy away from it as much as conveniently possible, but I have two children that are still under twelve years old... So it does get eaten in a limited fashion.
On topic now! I think plenty of food critics are full of themselves.... If not some BS.
originally posted by: beezzer
Back to the OP, it just shows that anyone can label themselves an expert today.
As I am an expert and SME (Silly Mechanical Eel) and have now made that claim on the internet, it is now official.