Sunday, October 5, 2008

McDonald's Ingredients Analysis

Southern Style Crispy Breakfast Chicken Breast: 

Chicken breast filets, water, sugar, salt, modified tapioca starch, spice, yeast extract, sodium phosphates, carrageenan, maltodextrin, natural (plant source) and 

artificial flavors, gum arabic, sunflower lecithin.  Battered and breaded with: wheat flour, water, sugar, salt, food starch-modified, yellow corn flour, leavening (baking 

soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), wheat gluten, spice, gum arabic, natural flavors (plant source), extractives 

of paprika. 

Prepared in vegetable oil ((may contain one of the following: Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve 

freshness), dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent). 


French Fries: 

Potatoes, vegetable oil (canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, natural beef flavor [wheat and milk derivatives]*), citric acid (preservative), dextrose, sodium acid 

pyrophosphate (maintain color), salt.  Prepared in vegetable oil ((may contain one of the following: Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with 

TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness), dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent).


Yellow = Corn/ Corn derivative 

Red = Unknown/ Chemical

Blue = Non Corn Product


As far as I can tell, the only thing that counts as a processed food that does not contain corn is the salt packets that McDonalds hands out. Even the packets of ketchup contain corn.

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