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- 76. is there poo and potato in your milkshake?
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No. A full list of ingredients for all the Menu items available at McDonald's is available at www.mcdonalds.co.uk. Just click on the `Eat Smart` section and go to the `Ingredients List` for more information. (June 2007)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 77. This is my fourth email. Please let me know about ingredients of Cholocate Donut. Is there any animal fate do you use in Chololate Donut?
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Thank-you for your question. McDonald's has been inundated with questions so please allow at least two weeks for your question to be answered. The ingredients for the Cadbury Chocolate Donut are as follows:
Base: Wheat Flour, Water, Vegetable Oil, Sugar,
Skimmed Milk Powder, Flavouring, Dextrose,
Raising Agents (E450 Diphosphates, E500 Sodium
Carbonates), Defatted Soya Flour, Salt, Dried Egg
Yolk, Emulsifiers (E322 Soya Lecithin, E471 Monoand
Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, E481 Sodium
Stearoyl-2-lactylate), Spices (Cinnamon, Nutmeg),
Modified Maize Starch.
Topping (15%): Milk, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa
Mass, Skimmed Milk Powder, Emulsifier (E322
Soya Lecithin).
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 78. You keep saying the only thing in your burgers is 100% beef, and salt and pepper. What about the bun, the sauce etc... what additives are in the cheese and the sauce?
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The ingredients for the Cheeseburger is:
Bun
Wheat Flour, Water, Sugar, Yeast, Rapeseed Oil,
Salt, Emulsifier (E472e Mono- and Diacetyltartaric
Acid Esters of Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty
Acids), Soya Flour, Preservative (E282 Calcium
Propionate), Flour Treatment Agent
(E300 Ascorbic Acid).
Beef
100 percent Pure Beef. No additives, fillers, binders,
preservatives or flavour enhancers. Just pure
forequarter and flank. A little salt and pepper is
added to season after cooking.
Cheddar Cheese Slice (processed)
Vegetarian Cheddar Cheese (55 percent),
Water, Butter, Whey Powder,
Milk Proteins, Natural
Cheese Flavouring,
Emulsifying
Salts
(E331
Trisodium Citrate, E450 Diphosphates, E452
Polyphosphates), Salt, Preservative (E200 Sorbic
Acid), Colour (E160a Natural Carotenes, E160c
Paprika Extract).
Tomato Ketchup (Heinz)
Tomatoes (126g per 100g Ketchup), Spirit Vinegar,
Sugar, Salt, Spice and Herb Extract (contains
Celery), Spice, Garlic Powder.
You can find a full list of ingredients for any food menu item in the ‘Ingredients List’ which is available from the ‘Eat Smart’ section of www.mcdonalds.co.uk.
(May 2007)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 79. Why you use E120 colring in your food which is cruelly extracted from the crushed caccuses of an insect, killed by immersion in hot water,sunlight,steam or ovan
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This colour can be found in products throughout the food and drink industry. E120 is indeed derived from the cochineal beetle and is used in the red Smarties that are part of the McFlurry Smarties. It is a red natural colouring agent derived from the cochineal beetle and is used because it produces a red dye that is safe for human consumption. You might be interested to know that McDonald`s no longer uses E120 cochineal in their Strawberry Milkshakes. The new colouring agent is a beetroot juice concentrate E162 which is a natural extract of beetroot. (May 2007)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 80. A simple yes or no answer first, then more detail if you wish. Do McDonalds as a whole UK or USA or any suppliers to the McDonalds products request directly or indirectly the use of laboratory staff and equipment to aid in the creation of taste enhancing ingredients and are these ingredients then tested on animals to confirm human consumption worthiness? Also, are you regulated by the FDA?
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No. McDonald’s also does not test any product on animals. McDonald’s UK does not use flavour enhancing chemicals or other compounds in any of its meat products, except salt and pepper after cooking in the case of beef, or crispy batter in the case of chicken. It is true to say that products such as the Milkshakes do contain flavourings and additives but these are the same additives that may be found in many examples of these products, whether they are from McDonald’s or not.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 81. Mono Sodium Glutamate is an extremely addictive food composite found commonly in many products. Do you add MSG to any of your products?
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None of the food served at McDonald’s contains any monosodium glutamate (MSG). Ingredients in McDonald’s products are listed online in the 'Eat Smart' section of www.mcdonalds.co.uk under the 'Nutrition Counter'.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 82. Kindly list ALL preservatives another additives used in making your hamburgers.
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There are no preservatives or additives in the hamburger patties themselves. McDonald’s only uses 100% beef. As you would expect of all similar products, there are some additives in the sauces and fillings. These include E472, E282 and E300 in some of the buns. E331, E450, E452, E200, E160 (a & c) in the cheddar cheese. And E210, E327 and E509 in the dill pickles. For a full list of all ingredients please visit the ‘Eat Smart’ section of www.mcdonalds.co.uk and click on ‘Ingredients List’.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 83. Is it true there is a chemical in McDonalds food that causes your customers to feel hungrier after eating your food?
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No. All food served at McDonald’s has to comply with strict quality standards and food safety laws for the UK and European Community. You can find a full list of ingredients for any food menu item in the ‘Ingredients List’ which is available from the ‘Eat Smart’ section of www.mcdonalds.co.uk.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 84. Why do I feel more hundgry after I've eaten one of your burgers, than before? Do you put appetite stimulators in them to get people to buy more burgers?
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No, there are definitely no ‘appetite stimulators’ in McDonald’s burgers. Everyone has different rates of digestion, which can affect how hungry they feel and how much they need to eat to feel full. McDonald’s food uses ingredients similar to those you can buy in the supermarket or use at home, so eating a McDonald’s burger shouldn’t make you feel any more or less full than eating another burger of a similar size.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 85. Do you use MSG or other artificial ingredients in your food?
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None of the food served at McDonald’s contains any mono sodium glutamate (MSG). There are a few ‘artificial’ ingredients in some McDonald’s products, all of which are listed 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 - 86. why do you choose to use so many additives and e numbers in your food when it tastes perfectly ok using fresh ingreients when i have done so my self at home.
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Fresh produce will always provide the best ingredients and McDonald’s tries to use them wherever possible. But cooking at home and on the scale of McDonald’s are very different, and logistics such as storage, consistency of taste and seasonal availability of produce means that additives become an essential component of modern convenience food. However, ‘E Numbers’ and additives are not all inherently bad or necessarily artificial either, paprika extract being a good example, which is E160c. They are used for a huge range of things from preservatives, to colouring agents, to stabilisers and emulsifiers that stop oil and water based ingredients from separating. E Numbers are used widely in many foods that you will find for sale in supermarkets, restaurants and elsewhere. All E Numbers and indeed all McDonald’s food and nutritional information are available online in 'Eat Smart' section at www.mcdonalds.co.uk under the 'Nutrition Counter'.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 87. What e numbers are used in any of the food products?
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‘E Numbers’ are used in quite a few McDonald’s products for a variety of reasons. They range from emulsifiers to help oil and water-based ingredients bond in sauces, to preservatives and colouring agents. It might be worth mentioning that not all E Numbers are necessarily artificial, paprika extract being a good example (it’s E160c). If you would like to check each product to see which E Numbers it contains, a full nutritional breakdown is available online in the ‘Eat Smart’ section at www.mcdonalds.co.uk.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 88. Why the need for the e numbers in your food - the secret sauce is just one example.
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E Numbers are used widely in many foods that you will find for sale in supermarkets, restaurants and elsewhere. ‘E Numbers’ are indeed used in quite a few McDonald’s products. However ‘E Number’ additives are not inherently bad or necessarily artificial, paprika extract being a good example, which is E160c. They are used for a huge range of things from preservatives, to colouring agents, to stabilisers and emulsifiers that stop oil and water based ingredients from separating. All E Numbers and indeed all McDonald’s food and nutritional information are available online in 'Eat Smart' section at www.mcdonalds.co.uk under the 'Nutrition Counter'.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 89. what is e145 xanathan? I see you put it in your special sauce.
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E415 xanthan gum is an emulsifier. That means it allows oil based ingredients bind with water based ingredients without separating when left for a while. It is a common ingredient in many pre-made sauces.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 90. Do you use MSG (E621) in any of your foods? If so, what?
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No. None of the food served at McDonald’s contains any mono sodium glutamate (MSG)
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