McDonald’sis one of the most recognized fast-food chains on the planet.
No, the meat isn’t really made from slime, and the burgers aren’t filled with worms.
(Seriously, how did that rumor get started?)
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Like McDonald’schicken nuggets, the McRib sometimes gets a bad rep for how it’s made.
But McDonald’s is open about theMcRib process, which includes forming meat into rib-shaped bricks.
So, yes, the shape isn’t real, but it really is meat, not pink slime.
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you’re free to “hack” the sandwich combinations to get a cheaper meal.
As the theory goes, building the same sandwich will be cheaper than just ordering it.
This isn’t the case, though, at least by New York prices.
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Here, a Sausage McMuffin with egg costs $3.89.
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McDonald’s chicken nuggets contain putty.
But the reality is that these are totally common preservatives that are approved by the FDA.
Yes, it’s an additive in your food.
No, that doesn’t mean you’re eating Silly Putty.
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McDonald’s eggs come from chickens in cramped quarters.
McDonald’s USA has actually pledged to use 100% cage-free eggs by 2025.
you’ve got the option to walk through a drive-thru to place your food order.
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It’s the luck of the draw whether or not you get a fresh meal.
If you do it nicely, the employees will be happy to make it for you.
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The McFlurry machine is always broken.
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Technically, the machine might not be brokenit’s just being cleaned.
(Of course, the machines are broken sometimes.
But they’re also just a pain to clean.)
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A majority of Filet-O-Fish sales are during Lent.
McDonald’s fries were on the original menu.
The crunchyfries joined the menu in 1949, replacing chips.
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McDonald’s employees know about the secret menu.
McDonald’s once served a dead mouse to a customer in a McChicken.
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One U.K. teen claimed that there was a baby mouse in her sandwich in 2018.
ButMcDonald’s issued a statementsaying the photo actually showed a “blood vessel” from a chicken.
McDonald’s fries will increase fertility.
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Obviously, there’s no scientific evidence to support the claim, though.
McNuggets are made from slime.
The truth is, McNuggets aren’t made from pink slime but from white boneless chicken.
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Want to know how chicken nuggets are really made?McDonald’s made a video about it.
McDonald’s beef is ammonia-treated.
Big Macs never rot.
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This is one of the most pervasive myths about McDonald’s food.
But we don’t recommend eating anything that’s beensitting out for more than two hours.
The burgers contain cow eyeballs.
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The burgers contain worm burger filler.
There’s human and horse meat in the burger patties.
Not everyone was sharp enough to realize it was all a hoax.
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Molten copper can’t destroy a Big Mac.
This myth started from aYouTube videothat shows someone pouring molten copper over a Big Mac sandwich.
Many people assumed that the molten copper would melt the sandwich.
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Yet it stays intact, leading people to draw conclusions about the preservatives in McDonald’s foods.
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The McDonald’s supplier is called 100 Percent Beef.
The French Fries don’t decay.
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We didn’t think so.
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The fries contain beef.
McDonald’s did use beef tallowa rendered cow fatto fry up their famous crispy sides.
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But the practice was discontinued decades ago, thanks to the health industry’s battle against saturated fat.
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McDonald’s fries are vegan.
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Because the flavoring is actually made from milk, the fries are vegetarian but not vegan.
The fries only contain potatoes.
Natural beef flavoring isn’t the only thing you’ll find in McDonald’s fries.
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McDonald’s throws away tons of potatoes.
This is half true because McDonald’s is picky about the potatoes they use in their fries.
McDonald’s creates toxic fries.
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If that scares you, it might be time to consider buying organic produce.
McDonald’s potatoes produce greenhouse gases.
Pollan’s video also highlighted that McDonald’s stored the potatoes in greenhouses for weeks or months.
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According to Pollan, storing them in a greenhouse allows pesticides to evaporate.
But the real explanation?
McDonald’s coffee isn’t very hot.
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Since then, McDonald’s has changed the way the companyheats its coffee.
You crack an egg into a mold and it cooks into the perfect 360-degree sandwich.
The Big Mac special sauce recipe is a secret.
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One of the key ingredients in the famous Big Mac is the special sauce.
McDonald’s uses mutant laboratory animals.
McDonald’s uses pig fat in its ice cream.
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This one has been asked enough times that McDonald’s in New Zealand put out avideo debunkingthis myth.
The myth claims that McDonald’s uses potatoes or pears with flavoring in its baked apple pies.
As with several other myths, the company’s transparency in its ingredients makes it relatively easy to disprove.
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McDonald’s is unhealthier than a sit-down restaurant.
Many think of McDonald’s and other fast-food chains as the symbol of everything wrong with the American diet.
McFlurries are dairy-free.
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This is another example of wordplay leading to ridiculous rumors.
Chicken feathers are in McDonald’s shakes and McFlurries.
McDonald’s salads are healthy.
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Sure, a side salad at McDonald’s can come in at under 100 calories with the right dressing.
That’s more calories, sugar, and sodium than a Big Mac and a small fry.
It’s cheaper than cooking at home.
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McDonald’s owns Chipotle.
McDonald’s funded terrorists.
Luckily for everyone, McDonald’s is sending its money to much less nefarious places.
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McDonald’s holiday cups were obscene.
Some myths are started because of a single photo.
Paul Horner was a McDonald’s spokesperson.
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But McDonald’s denied the claim.
Horner inserted himself into fake stories for years, even claiming to be the secretive street artist Banksy.
Ray Kroc was the founder of McDonald’s.
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The first location was in Des Plaines, Ill. ## Danish McDonald’s employees make $45K a year.
Ameme on Facebookclaimed that McDonald’s workers in Denmark have a union and make $45,000 per year.
This myth is actually partially true on several fronts.
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Most McDonald’s workers are teenagers.
You probably imagine a high school-aged teen asking if you’d like fries with that.
However, theaverage fast-food worker is an adult, not a teen.
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Many are single parents trying to earn a living, not kids looking for some spending cash.
It’s easy to rise through the ranks.
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