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There are 32 questions about “Salad” in the “What's in the food?” topic.
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- 16. Do you add salt to your salads
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McDonald's does not add salt to any of its salads. However, there is salt in some of the ingredients that constitute the salad. These include Italian cheese, grilled chicken and croutons. There is also a varying amount of salt in all of the Newman's Own salad dressings that customers can chose to have with the salads. You can find a full list of ingredients for all the salads and any other McDonald’s menu item in the ‘Ingredients List’ available in the ‘Eat Smart’ section of www.mcdonalds.co.uk.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 17. where does the lettuce in your salads come from?
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McDonald's lettuces are supplied by growers in the UK in spring and summer, while they are in season. In winter, the lettuces come from Spain.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 18. What are the ingredients in your salad dressings and sauses? I've tried looking on your inefficient website and failed to find this.
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Sorry that your having trouble navigating around the www.mcdonalds.co.uk site. You need to click on ‘Eat Smart’ and then on ‘Ingredients List’. The ingredients for the Low Fat Newman's Own Light Caesar Dressing are as follows: Water, natural yoghurt, white wine vinegar, sugar, stabiliser (contains rice starch, whey protein concentrate, E415 xanthan gum, E440 pectin, E412 guar gum, E401 sodium alginate), salt, egg yolk, soya bean oil, whey protein concentrate (contains lactose), garlic, dried medium fat hard cheese (milk, salt, acidity regulator (E331 sodium citrate), vegetarian rennet, lysozyme), dehydrated onion, worcester sauce (malt vinegar, molasses, water, onion, salt, tamarinds, spices, garlic, lemon juice), E330 citric acid, black pepper and stabiliser (E415 xanthan gum).
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 19. Why do your salads all have meat in them?
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The Garden Side Salad doesn’t contain any meat. You can also ask for the other salads to be prepared without the meat products.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 20. this is my second question once i ordered for a chicken salad and there were pieces of bacon in it why? I have not bought salad since.
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McDonald’s serves two different types of salad – the Caesar Salad and also the Ranch Salad. The Ranch Salad contains pieces of bacon but the Ceasar salad does not. If you are not happy with what you’ve ordered, or receive the wrong item, you should either talk to the counter staff or the restaurant manager straight away
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 21. What is your view to suggestions that your salad's contain more calories and are not a health option compared to, say, a hamburger?
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The calorific value of a salad from McDonald’s Salads Plus menu will vary depending on which salad you choose, and whether you add dressing or not. It is not appropriate to compare a salad with a Hamburger, the smallest of McDonald’s sandwiches with approximately 250 Kcal, while the more substantial Big Mac has about 495 Kcal. To give you an average example, a Grilled Chicken Ranch Salad has approximately 250 calories per portion without dressing, and 320 Kcal when served with Low Fat Newman's Own Ranch Dressing. The Crispy Chicken version of the same salad typically has 350 Kcal without dressing, and 420 Kcal with dressing. A full list of the nutritional breakdowns, including calorific contents, of all the salads and dressings is available online in 'Eat Smart' section of www.mcdonalds.co.uk under the 'Nutrition Counter', or on the back of the tray liners in the restaurants.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 22. how much fat is in your salads?
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McDonald’s has an extensive range of salads to suite all tastes and dietary requirements. The Garden Side Salad without dressing has approximately 0.1g of fat and the Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad without dressing and croutons typically has 8g of fat. 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 - 23. Is it true that your salad dressings are fattier than your burgers.
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No, this is not true. The highest fat content in any of McDonald’s Low Fat Newman’s Own Dressings is 2g. The lowest fat content of any burger is 8g (Hamburger). And even if you were to have the Crispy Chicken Ranch Salad with dressing and croutons, it would still contain 3g less fat than a Big Mac.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 24. You offer the garden salad as an alternative to fries with your meals but I've found most times I've asked for the salad it isn't available. Why can't the garden salad always be available like fries?
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Restaurants will try as much as possible to ensure that the Garden Side Salad is always available as an alternative to Fries. Salads have a limited shelf-life, unlike French Fries, which are frozen and therefore can be stored for longer. This may well explain why a McDonald's restaurant will run out of Salads in times of high demand. If you have a problem with your order when in a restaurant discuss this with the restaurant manager or call the Customer Services Team on 08705 244 622.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 25. Is it true that your salad has the same amount of calories as a Big Mac ?
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No, this is not true. The McDonald’s Big Mac typically has 495 calories while the salads range from approximately 15 calories for the Garden Salad without dressing, to about 417 calories for the Crispy Chicken Caesar Salad with dressing and croutons.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 26. Is it true that the salad dressings in your salads contain more grams of fat than a regular big mac?
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No. All the new salad dressings are low fat. A full list of the nutritional breakdowns of all menu items is available in the ‘Our Food’ booklet, which is available for download in the 'Eat Smart' section of www.mcdonalds.co.uk under 'Ingredients list'.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 27. how many calories are in the asian salad
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McDonald’s UK has never added an Asian Salad to its menu. There was an Asian Salad in the US and its typical calorific content was 290 Kcal. If you would like any more information on this specific item please visit http://app.mcdonalds.com/bagamcmeal?process=flash
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 28. does the salads have more fat then a big mac?
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No. The Big Mac approximately has 24 grams of fat. McDonald’s has an extensive range of salads to suit all tastes and dietary requirements. The Garden Side Salad without dressing has approximately 0.1g of fat and the Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad without dressing and croutons typically has 8g of fat. 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. What is the fat content of one of your 'salads'?
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An average Crispy Chicken Ranch Salad contains 17g of fat, a Grilled Chicken Ranch Salad 11g of fat, a Crispy Chicken Caesar Salad 14g of fat, a Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad 8g of fat and a Garden Side Salad, 0g of fat. If you were to combine these with a dressing it would increase the fat by up to 2g, and the croutons a further 2g – which would be an combined 4g of additional fat. If you’d like the full nutritional breakdown for all McDonald’s food it is available online at www.mcdonaldsmenu.info and on the back of the tray liners in restaurants.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 30. Isn't false advertising to say that the salad choices are healthier than the burgers when really they have the same amount of calories and a large amount of unhealthy dressing?
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No. All the new salad dressings are low fat. A full list of the nutritional breakdowns of all menu items is available in the ‘Our Food’ booklet, which is available for download in the 'Eat Smart' section of www.mcdonalds.co.uk under 'Ingredients list'.
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