We love to debate food. Whether it’s a Coke vs. Pepsi contest, if pineapple belongs on pizza or not, or which fast-food chain has the best french fries in the business. However, if there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that whenever you’re under the Golden Arches, it’s impossible to resist ordering hot and crispy McDonald’s french fries.
Mickey D’s french fries are the gold standard for fast-food fries. They’re crispy on the outside with a light and fluffy texture on the inside — and when you receive a hot and fresh batch, you feel like you’ve won the french fry lottery.
But did you know that McDonald’s french fries aren’t just made from potatoes? They’re actually made up of about 10 or so different ingredients. Read on to find out what they are.
What’s In McDonald’s French Fries?
Ten ingredients definitely sounds like a lot for a simple french fry. But there are good reasons that McDonald’s uses each of those components in their fries. And for all the naysayers out there, no McDonald’s fries are not chemical potato goop shaped into fries. Instead, they are made up of potatoes, vegetable oil (which contains canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, and natural beef flavor with wheat and milk derivatives), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate, and salt.
McDonald’s publicly shares this information, but they also did a deep dive ad campaign in 2014 that explored how their food was made. The “Our Food. Your Questions.” campaign enlisted the help of former “MythBusters” co-host Grant Imahara to take viewers behind the scenes of what happens in the McDonald’s potato supplier factory.
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