McDonald's French Fries
McDonald's is pleased to announce formal accreditation of its French fries from the Vegetarian Society. This comes after several years of working with the Society to ensure that all restaurants across the meet their stringent standards.
McDonald's fries are made from only the best quality potatoes such as Russet Burbank, Shepody and Pentland Dell. They are cooked in non-hydrogenated oil (a blend of sunflower and rapeseed), which has been carefully developed without increasing saturated fat levels or changing the taste.
The Society accreditation gives vegetarians full confidence that there is no possibility of oil used to cook meat in the restaurant mixing with the fries.
For anyone interested in more details on McDonald's fries, a Quality Scout has followed the 'fries journey' from British potato farm to the McCain factory and will be reporting back with her findings on this site in the next month.
There is a full ingredients list for all menu items available on the McDonald's website (link below) plus a full nutritional breakdown both online and on the back of restaurant tray liners.
Response from Jane O'Leary, Corporate Relations Manager, Vegetarian Society
"McDonald's French fries now carry The Vegetarian Society Seedling Symbol Trademark. This means that not only are they vegetarian but they also meet our standards to ensure there is no cross contamination with non vegetarian items."
Response from Charlotte Turner, Company Nutritionist, McDonald's
"We have been working with The Vegetarian Society for a number of years and it's great that this has paid off and we now have formal accreditation for our French fries. We always aim to be transparent with customers concerning the ingredients in our food, and the seedling symbol which will now appear on our fries cartons will reinforce this and remove customer's concerns."
