McDonald's is releasing videos [1] to reveal what it considers the truth behind how its food is made . . . and we're a little skeptical, to say the least. Let us break it down for you. The 15 ingredients listed for McDonald's fries [2] include hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ, citric acid (to preserve freshness), dimethylpolysiloxane (an antifoaming agent), natural beef flavor, dextrose, and sodium acid pyrophosphate. That's a long list of unfamiliar ingredients. Now that you know what's in the fries, watch the chain's "truth" video about how they are made. It's perplexing that most of the ingredients listed are not addressed in the video at all. Here are just a few of our unanswered questions:
- What is in that ingredient wash?!
- Why is beef flavor an ingredient?
- Why are the fries fried in hydrogenated soybean oil?
- Why are there so many preservatives added when french fries are consumed on the spot?
Are you left feeling like you didn't get the entire story? Let us know the other questions you have about those mysterious french fries.