Do you like McDonald's french fries? You might not after watching this...

[Charade]

http://www.wimp.com/foodtest/

 

[DaParkers]

Now I want some nuggets and fries.

 

[fall08CP]

Fries are about the only thing I can eat at McD's! This video doesn't deter me though. I know that I'm eating junk when I go there.

 

[chager]

really...I don't think the burger is going to go all moldy in my tummy either...they are missing the digestive acids. Now if they could show me what it is doing with the acids, they might get my attention. Besides I already knew french fries pretty much stay the same. I found some under the seat of the of car!

 

[dreamin_disney]

I didnt click on the link but i do have one complaint about their french fries. I HATE the new oil they are using. Whats it called the transfat oil or something. I wish they'd go back to the original recipe. Not sure if its just here in calif. but I now stay away from places that use the nasty oil

 

[MIGrandma]

I used to love McDonald's fries, until they changed their oil. Now they are just tasteless. I like Wendy's fries, handcut with seasalt, so much more.

 

[palmtreegirl]

I love McDonald's fries.

 

[phorsenuf]

Eh, no big deal. Sticking something in a glass jar versus eating something that your body breaks down and expels is apples to oranges.

 

[smitch425]

Eh, no big deal. Sticking something in a glass jar versus eating something that your body breaks down and expels is apples to oranges.

I don't get the big deal about these types of videos. I didn't watch this particular one, but my sister thinks I am a crappy mom for letting my kids eat at McDonald's. The food can sit in a jar or on a plate for a year...woohoo...big deal. Your body starts breaking down the food immediately so it has ZERO relevance to this experiment. Is McDonald's the healthiest choice around? No. Is it going to kill you to eat it once and awhile? No.

 

[DisneyScraps]

I HATE their fries and everything else. I refuse to eat it. We were on a bus trip about 6 months ago. I was starving. Of course we stopped at a McDonalds. I went in hoping it would be ok. I took one bite and threw the rest away. I don't know how anyone can stand that disgusting food.

 

[GinnyEmma]

Eh, I am pretty much a health food freak, but it doens't bother me. There are far more gross food things to worry about. Stuff like allowable bug parts in peanut butter were always nastier, imo.

As long as it isn't a steady diet just about anything is ok for a treat. Including fries. But I agree, Wendy's new fries are my new favorite. But I like dole whips too and they have hfcs, lol.

 

[RayaniFoxmur]

It's not like McDonald's hides what's in their french fries either:

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 (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness). Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent.

I'm not entire sure what's keeping them fresh but it might be the TBHQ and citric acid that they are fried in. All I know is that when I worked there in high school they looked like frozen potatoes in the bag

I know I'm eating crap when I eat there. That's why I eat there! I rarely eat there anymore since I've been on a quest to lose weight, but every once in a while I just feel like having some crap!

 

[SAHDad]

On a related note: 12 year old hamburger myth.

Why don't the McD's fries go visbily bad? Put simply - a combination of high salt and low moisture content. (DW is a food scientist - not only have I heard the explanation, I have heard the tirade against Spurlock, et al.)

 

[GinnyEmma]

On a related note: 12 year old hamburger myth.

Why don't the McD's fries go visbily bad? Put simply - a combination of high salt and low moisture content. (DW is a food scientist - not only have I heard the explanation, I have heard the tirade against Spurlock, et al.)

Lol, I bet you've heard it more than once.

The hype stuff ruins the real message. I don't know why people put it out there.

 

[SAHDad]

Lol, I bet you've heard it more than once.

The hype stuff ruins the real message. I don't know why people put it out there.

Yep. And the "Fast Food Nation" one. And the HFCS one. And the trans-fats one. And more than a few others.

I used to put it down to people just not understanding the ingredients list or the process, but when you can get people signing petitions to ban women's suffrage or the use of dihydrogen monoxide, it makes me start to wonder about people in general.

 

[penn19]

Listen to John Caparulo do his bit on fast food. You know what you are getting when you pull into a McDonalds parking lot. Goodness. And salt.

 

[mrodgers]

I used to love McDonald's fries, until they changed their oil. Now they are just tasteless. I like Wendy's fries, handcut with seasalt, so much more.

We were really excited about the Wendy's fries, until we got them. Neither of us saw any difference to what their fries were before the "new freshcut with seasalt." False advertisement if you ask me. They were extruded potato stuff just like all fast food fries and definitely not fresh cut or whatever they call them.

 

[FredinFL]

I, for one, am completely and totally shocked. Fast food unhealthy in some way? ***swoon***

 

[ols386]

I would much rather see a video on what happens to the food as it goes through the digestive track.

 

[stuff-and-fluff]

I work in the food processing industry. If you've seen what I've seen, you might not want to eat. Period.