McDonald's French fries are mostly a vegetable...right?

heidicalif

Considering there are 50+ ingredients are in a McD's shake, my uneducated guess is not mostly a vegetable.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/59-ingredients-in-strawberry-milkshake---622350

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/shamrock-shake-calories-nutrition-ingredients-mcdonalds-st-patricks-day_n_2885415.html

Achrya

Considering there are 50+ ingredients are in a McD's shake, my uneducated guess is not mostly a vegetable.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/59-ingredients-in-strawberry-milkshake---622350

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/shamrock-shake-calories-nutrition-ingredients-mcdonalds-st-patricks-day_n_2885415.html

Shake = fries?

NonnyMary

Ketchup is considered a vegetable too in school lunch programs.

French fries are a vegetable made from a potato which is a starchy vegetable and the Irish people lived on them pretty well until that famine came to Ireland.

heidicalif

Considering there are 50+ ingredients are in a McD's shake, my uneducated guess is not mostly a vegetable.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/59-ingredients-in-strawberry-milkshake---622350

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/shamrock-shake-calories-nutrition-ingredients-mcdonalds-st-patricks-day_n_2885415.html

Shake = fries?

Of course not silly! There may not be ANY strawberries in their strawberry milkshake and almost no chicken in chicken nuggets, but their fries are mostly a veggie.

Or not. http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/getnutrition/ingredientslist.pdf

3dogsrunning

Considering there are 50+ ingredients are in a McD's shake, my uneducated guess is not mostly a vegetable.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/59-ingredients-in-strawberry-milkshake---622350

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/shamrock-shake-calories-nutrition-ingredients-mcdonalds-st-patricks-day_n_2885415.html

Shake = fries?

Of course not silly! There may not be ANY strawberries in their strawberry milkshake and almost no chicken in chicken nuggets, but their fries are mostly a veggie.

Or not. http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/getnutrition/ingredientslist.pdf

Is my sarcasm meter broken?

Achrya

Considering there are 50+ ingredients are in a McD's shake, my uneducated guess is not mostly a vegetable.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/59-ingredients-in-strawberry-milkshake---622350

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/shamrock-shake-calories-nutrition-ingredients-mcdonalds-st-patricks-day_n_2885415.html

Shake = fries?

Of course not silly! There may not be ANY strawberries in their strawberry milkshake and almost no chicken in chicken nuggets, but their fries are mostly a veggie.

Or not. http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/getnutrition/ingredientslist.pdf

White meat chicken is the first thing on the list for McNuggets. Doesn't that mean there's more chicken than anything else?
White Boneless Chicken, Water, Food Starch-Modified, Salt, Seasoning (Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Salt, Wheat Starch, Natural Flavoring [Botanical Source], Safflower Oil, Dextrose, Citric Acid), Sodium Phosphates, Natural Flavor (Botanical Source).

And, on that note:
FRENCH FRIES:
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [Wheat and Milk Derivatives]*, Citric Acid
[Preservative]), Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (Maintain Color), Salt.


Looks like potatoes to me.

SurfyFriend

I haven't been to McDonalds for about 6 years. Wouldn't remember the vegetable content of their fries

3dogsrunning

I haven't been to McDonalds for about 6 years. Wouldn't remember the vegetable content of their fries

Good for you?

action_figure

No its mostly oil.

But vegetable oil now, right? At least outside of Canada?

Hannah_Hopes

Who cares *pass the salt* - I do love them now and again
:drinker:

LaurenAOK

Mmmmm now I'm going to stop by McDonalds on my way home tonight :happy:

Hannah_Hopes

Oh no it was only a matter of time till someone posted a picture :frown:
It's nearly 2am and I want fries now! Though the 5mile walk to the 24/7 mc'ds is one way to be put off :laugh:

MelissaPhippsFeagins

Since my diagnosis with Celiac Disease, I've had to bake with potato starch as part of some of my recipes. If I can replace flour with it, except for almond flour, I think of it as a grain. I still eat white potatoes, but I never think of them as a vegetable anymore... and I never thought of McDonald's fries as a vegetable, they are too salty and oily to be even remotely considered real food. (I did eat them anyway from time to time, though.)

Achrya

Since my diagnosis with Celiac Disease, I've had to bake with potato starch as part of some of my recipes. If I can replace flour with it, except for almond flour, I think of it as a grain. I still eat white potatoes, but I never think of them as a vegetable anymore... and I never thought of McDonald's fries as a vegetable, they are too salty and oily to be even remotely considered real food. (I did eat them anyway from time to time, though.)

What's the oil and salth threshold for realness? I just made some fries at home, need to know if they're real or not.

magerum

Since my diagnosis with Celiac Disease, I've had to bake with potato starch as part of some of my recipes. If I can replace flour with it, except for almond flour, I think of it as a grain. I still eat white potatoes, but I never think of them as a vegetable anymore... and I never thought of McDonald's fries as a vegetable, they are too salty and oily to be even remotely considered real food. (I did eat them anyway from time to time, though.)

Huh? :huh: Can you explain that?

MelissaPhippsFeagins

What's the oil and salth threshold for realness? I just made some fries at home, need to know if they're real or not.

Whatever your own taste buds tell you, I suppose. My guess is that if you made them at home, they are less salty and less oily than the ones at McDonald's.
I really stopped thinking McD's fries were real food after my mom washed two of them in my 3 year old nephew's overalls pocket and they made it through the washer & the dryer looking the same as when he was eating them the day before. Doesn't it have to be mostly preservatives to survive soap, water, fabric softer and a tumble through the dryer?

FlaxMilk

Since my diagnosis with Celiac Disease, I've had to bake with potato starch as part of some of my recipes. If I can replace flour with it, except for almond flour, I think of it as a grain. I still eat white potatoes, but I never think of them as a vegetable anymore... and I never thought of McDonald's fries as a vegetable, they are too salty and oily to be even remotely considered real food. (I did eat them anyway from time to time, though.)

You know they make flour out of all sorts of things right? Luckily for us! But there is garbanzo bean flour, coconut flour to name a couple off the top of my head. (I know there are more, but they aren't coming to mind.)

FlaxMilk

This thread also just helped me decide on breakfast. Microwaved potato ... Most definitely a veggie.

AmykinsCatfood

Mostly vegetable? NO. Mostly grease? Yes. Bad for you? Yes. Delish? Hell yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which is why I'm fat now....

*facepalm*

I wouldn't recommend eating those. Have you seen the YouTube videos on the duration of a McDonald's french fry in room temperature? Makes regret growing up with those things.

Even home prepare french fries do that. Didn't you see THAT youtube video?

igotabulletproofheart

I heard they're made of flour, not potato.