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There are 37 questions about “Food quality” in the “What's in the food?” topic.
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- 16. Obviously mcdonalds cannot use fresh eggs. how are they stored and what is used to preserve them.
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McDonald’s does use fresh eggs - there are no preservatives in them. The eggs that are used in the Sausage and Bacon and Egg McMuffins are fresh, free range shell eggs. These are delivered to McDonald’s restaurants chilled. They will be cracked open each morning, before being cooked and served. The eggs used for the scrambled egg is a chilled, pasteurised, free range liquid egg and pasteurised milk mixture.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 17. why does all mc donald's food smell the same?
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McDonald’s ingredients and cooking methods are consistent and standardised throughout the UK. As a result, the cooking smells emitted from the restaurants are bound to be similar. However, if you were to isolate the cooking smells for individual menu items a Big Mac would not smell the same as Chicken McNuggets or Filet-o-Fish as they all contain different ingredients.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 18. I have purchased the Egg Mcmuffin from you several times now for my breakfast. However, I always ask for it without cheese and it still usually comes with cheese. In addition, on one occasion I found what appeared to be dry/cooked blood in the middle of the egg, is this to be expected when consuming this product?
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This should not be the case and McDonald’s apologises for any incorrect orders you’ve received. If you ask for a menu item to be modified, the crew should be happy to accommodate your tastes. All the eggs that are used in the Egg McMuffins (and Sausage and Egg McMuffin and Bacon and Egg McMuffin) are free range shell eggs which are cracked open each morning when preparing the sandwiches. There should not be any dry/cooked blood in any of the eggs that are served. If you are not happy with your food, please bring it to the attention of the restaurant manager. Alternatively, you can call the Customer Services Team on 08705 244 622 so that this can be fully investigated.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 19. What pesticides do you allow on your salads and vegtables. It the same policy carried out at all Mcdonnalds stores worldwide or just in the EU
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McDonald’s UK basic pesticide policy means growers must use legally approved pesticides at minimum levels. Biological pesticides are preferred to chemical ones, and any treatments must be recorded in a crop diary or equivalent. McDonald’s will vary the specific pesticide treatment in accordance with advice from each grower. The company works closely with its suppliers to ensure it has access to the best ingredients and will defer to the knowledge and expertise of these growers. McDonald’s UK cannot comment on the pesticides used in other countries.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 20. Could you please outline the full pesticide regime your contracted growers employ to control pests and diseases in the lettuce used in your meals. Yours sincerely.
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McDonald’s basic pesticide regime means growers must use legally approved pesticides, at minimum levels. Biological pesticides are preferred to chemical ones, and any treatments must be recorded in a crop diary or equivalent. The company works closely with its suppliers to ensure it has access to the best ingredients and will defer to the knowledge and expertise of these growers.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 21. Someone said your food tasted awful and you disagreed 'cuase people eat it. IS that alogical answer?
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McDonald's disagrees with that statement in several ways. In preparing McDonald’s food, high quality ingredients are always used. McDonald’s respects it customers’ opinions more than anything else, and the fact that millions of them enjoy eating its food every day does tend to suggest that they like the taste.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 22. what do you actully put in your food
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McDonald’s uses the best quality ingredients, locally sourced where possible. Your question is very general and there’s not room here to list all the contents of every single menu item. However, if you would like a full list of every ingredient used in McDonald’s food please visit the ‘Eat Smart’ section of www.mcdonalds.co.uk.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 23. How do you get all your McDonalds meals to taste the same every time? also can i please have i free pen?
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Consistency is a very important quality that McDonald’s prides itself on. It’s achieved by insisting on top quality ingredients, attention to detail such as standardised cooking methods and equipment, and of course years of experience. Unfortunately McDonald’s isn’t giving away free pens. But there are regular competitions, voucher booklets are distributed across the UK from time to time, and prize promotions are run.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 24. How fresh are the vegetables and sauces that go into the burgers?
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McDonald’s tries to use fresh ingredients wherever possible. In the case of vegetables, the Iceberg lettuce and some of the onions are fresh, the dill pickle slices, by the very fact that they are pickled, are not. The sauces are not freshly made but are very similar if not identical to the sauces you would buy in the supermarket. For instance, Heinz make McDonald’s ketchup, Hellmann’s make the mayonnaise, and the mustard and other sauces are made to exclusive recipes especially for McDonald’s.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 25. I had a McDaonalds the other night for the first time in about two years and I have to say it was the most tasteless food I have ever eaten. Why is this? Sureley you could use herbs and spices instead of salt to add flavour?
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McDonald's doesn't agree that this is the case and neither do the millions of customers who enjoy eating McDonald's food everyday. High quality ingredients are always used and great care is taken to prepare the food which many people enjoy eating.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 26. Why are your burgers so goddarn tasty? Real meat just doesn't taste that good.
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It’s certainly real meat - McDonald’s takes care and attention and uses quality beef to ensure its burgers taste great. The meat is 100 percent beef, taken from whole cuts of forequarter and flank.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 27. Why does your food taste so foul?
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McDonald’s doesn’t agree. It uses high quality ingredients and takes care in the preparation of its food. Around two million customers visit McDonald’s everyday and that tells the company that customers enjoy the taste of the food.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 28. what is the secret ingredient?
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There are no secret ingredients – just a few closely guarded recipes! All McDonald’s food, ingredients and nutritional information are available online in 'Eat Smart' section of www.mcdonalds.co.uk under the 'Nutrition Counter'.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 29. The food at mcdonalds tastes like plastic, why?
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There is nothing in McDonald’s food that would make it taste of plastic as only high quality food ingredients are used. McDonald’s believes its food tastes good and it is enjoyed by the millions of customers who visit McDonald’s restaurants every year.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 30. Why does your food taste so bad?
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McDonald's doesn't agree that this is the case and neither do the millions of customers who enjoy eating McDonald's food everyday. High quality ingredients are always used and great care is taken to prepare the food which many people enjoy eating.
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