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There are 12 questions about “Buns” in the “What's in the food?” topic.
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- 1. Hi, I would like to know more about lettuce and buns ,for example where do they come from?
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Thanks for your question. Our lettuce is predominantly sourced from the UK in the spring and summer months, and Spain in the autumn and winter months. However, there is also a small percentage from Holland and France. Our regular buns are baked by one of our bakery product suppliers in Heywood near Manchester or Banbury, Oxfordshire. You can find out more about McDonald’s food at www.mcdonalds.co.uk and then clicking on the ‘Food’ tab (August 2011).
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 2. Do you give a fair price to your food producers? In your farm-scape advert, you suggest a very natural, wholesome feel to McDonald's. Is this backed up by fair trading? Especially to British producers? Why are your buns sourced from Germany? We can bake in Britain, and make pattys. Surely it would be cheaper and more sustainable producing things here, it will cut on transport time and cost.
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Thanks for your question. McDonald's believes it pays our suppliers a fair price that is competitive for the market. We do source some bakery products from Germany, as not all UK bakeries have the equipment to make products for us to our specification. The vast majority of our burger buns are made in the UK except for the M Burger bun and the Chicken Legend®’s Brown Bakehouse Roll which are baked by suppliers in Germany. With regards to our beef patties, all of our beef is 100% British and Irish and all of our beef patties are made by our sole beef supplier in Scunthorpe. (June 2011)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 3. Where do you source your regular buns from?
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Thank you for your question. Our regular buns are baked by one of our bakery product suppliers in Heywood near Manchester or Banbury, Oxfordshire. (May 2011)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 4. Please could I request a list of the calories in each of the different bread buns? i.e. deli roll, the sesame seed bun, etc. thank you.
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Thanks for your question. In McDonald's UK the buns provide the following: Hamburger/Cheeseburger bun = 140 kcal, Big Mac bun = 200 kcal, Quarter Pounder bun = 160 kcal, Chicken Legend bun = 235 kcal, and the Deli Roll = 255 kcal. (March 2011)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 5. Hi I am looking for information on where tortilla's are sourced from
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Thanks for your questions. The tortilla wraps for our Little Tasters are made by one of our suppliers in Coventry.
(January 2011)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 6. Hi, I was wondering how many grams of Soy is in a burger bun for instance? I see you use Soy flour as one of your ingredients. Thanks!
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Thank you for your question. McDonald's UK burger buns contain no more than 0.5g of soya flour per bun.
(April 2010)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 7. Hi, I was just wondering how you make the Cheeseburger buns so delicious? They taste slightly sweet and it’s a quality that other bun manufacturers seem to neglect. Is there a secret bun ingredient?
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Thank you for your question. McDonald’s is pleased to hear that you are enjoying its Cheeseburgers. The ingredients for the burger buns are as follows: Wheat Flour, Water, Sugar, Yeast, Vegetable Oil (Rapeseed), Salt, Soya Flour, Wheat Fibre, Emulsifiers (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Mono- and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate), Palm Oil, Preservative (Calcium Propionate), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid).. All McDonald's food ingredients are available online in the 'Ingredients List' which is in the ‘Food’ section at www.mcdonalds.co.uk.
(December 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 8. I have written to you before and have not got a proper answer. You say the answer is on the website and I fail to find it. Please can you ask your expert to contact me so I can explain? With regards to your buns. Are they suitable to vegetarians?
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McDonald’s is sorry to hear that you didn’t find your last response from MakeUpYourOwnMind satisfactory. The buns used in McDonald’s UK menu items are suitable for vegetarians. You can find nutritional information for McDonald’s UK menu items by visiting the ‘Food’ section at www.mcdonalds.co.uk.
(December 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 9. Are your buns additive free or do you put that awful preservative calcium Propionate in them?
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Thank you for your question. The Big Mac Bun, Hamburger and Cheeseburger Bun and the Quarter Pounder Bun all contain the additive Calcium Propionate. This acts as a preservative to prevent mould growth and is an ingredient which is commonly used in breads you may buy at the supermarket.
Where necessary, McDonald’s UK minimises the use of food additives and uses natural additives wherever possible.
(Jan 09)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 10. Why does the bottom of every bun have a white, untoasted, circle on them?
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The white spots on the heel of the buns are air pockets created when the dough lands in the baking pan.
(Dec 08)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 11. is it true that the buns you use contain more sugar than actual sugar?
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No, this is not true. Sugar is a traditional ingredient in bread used to help the yeast develop and it caramelises when the bun is toasted to give the characteristic toasted appearance. The burger buns contain the following amounts of sugar: The Big Mac Bun – 5.3 g, the Regular Bun – 4. 0 g and the Quarter Pounder Bun – 4. 4 g. This amount of sugar per bun works out to be roughly, 6 per cent, 4 per cent and 5 per cent of your Guideline Daily Amount respectively. The Regular Bun is used in the Hamburger, Cheeseburger, Filet-o-Fish and Mayo Chicken Sandwiches. To find out more about McDonald's food ingredients, visit our website by cut and pasting the below link into your browser. http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/food/ingredients/our-ingredients.mcd
(September 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 12. Why do you use sugar in your buns? Doesn't this defeat the point of healthier food (i.e. chicken salad deli) as even the buns are covered in sugar? I know the caramelisation helps the buns to look more toasted, but can there be a better way to do this?
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Thank you for your question. The bread is not sprinkled in sugar. Sugar is a traditional ingredient in bread used in small quantities to help the yeast develop and it caramelises when the bun is toasted to give the characteristic toasted appearance. The burger buns contain the following amounts of sugar: The Big Mac Bun – 5.3 g, the Regular Bun – 4. 0 g and the Quarter Pounder Bun – 4. 4 g. This works out to be roughly, 6 per cent, 5 per cent and 5 per cent of your guideline daily amount respectively. The Regular Bun is used in the Hamburger, Cheeseburger, Filet-o-Fish and Chicken Mayo Sandwiches. To find out more about McDonald's food ingredients, visit the ‘Food’ section of our website at www.mcdonalds.co.uk.
(September 2009)
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