Here is what's in the McDonalds McRib?

crystalinda

This says it all:



you have been warned.

Can you authenticate this picture?

I've scoured the web and cannot find a legitimate site that can authenticate that McDonalds has ever had a warning like this on their packaging.

From Snopes: http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=51719

Does not look too promising that it is a real image. More likely a doctored image or package, reflecting what some folks would like to see on their packaging.

If you cannot authenticate it, then i would recommend removing it.

This is an old food label warning, yes, but still worth noting nonetheless. McD's as well as other big fast food chains in CA were faced with the possibility of requiring these such food warning labels by law. Their foods contain an ingredient called acrylamide which has been known to cause cancer in lab rats. In 2006 the law was withdrawn. Its amazing the things money can buy.

If it ain't good enough for the rats it definitely ain't good enough for me.

See the below articles covering the story:



New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/business/21chips.html?pagewanted=all

http://newsmine.org/content.php?ol=nature-health/health/cancer/california-sues-mcdonalds-and-potato-chips-over-cancer.txt

http://www.pcrm.org/good-medicine/2011/winter2011/california-court-to-grill-mcdonalds-about

CaptainGordo

This is an old food label warning, yes, but still worth noting nonetheless. McD's as well as other big fast food chains in CA were faced with the possibility of requiring these such food warning labels by law. Their foods contain an ingredient called acrylamide which has been known to cause cancer in lab rats. In 2006 the law was withdrawn. Its amazing the things money can buy.

If it ain't good enough for the rats it definitely ain't good enough for me.

See the below articles covering the story:



New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/business/21chips.html?pagewanted=all

http://newsmine.org/content.php?ol=nature-health/health/cancer/california-sues-mcdonalds-and-potato-chips-over-cancer.txt

http://www.pcrm.org/good-medicine/2011/winter2011/california-court-to-grill-mcdonalds-about

Presenting a mocked-up food label as anything but that is misleading. Perhaps you could delete the image and present the links to articles that authenticate your argument instead.

IronmanPanda

I'll be posting pics of me enjoying these delicious processed morsels tomorrow just for your viewing pleasure.

crystalinda

This is an old food label warning, yes, but still worth noting nonetheless. McD's as well as other big fast food chains in CA were faced with the possibility of requiring these such food warning labels by law. Their foods contain an ingredient called acrylamide which has been known to cause cancer in lab rats. In 2006 the law was withdrawn. Its amazing the things money can buy.

If it ain't good enough for the rats it definitely ain't good enough for me.

See the below articles covering the story:



New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/business/21chips.html?pagewanted=all

http://newsmine.org/content.php?ol=nature-health/health/cancer/california-sues-mcdonalds-and-potato-chips-over-cancer.txt

http://www.pcrm.org/good-medicine/2011/winter2011/california-court-to-grill-mcdonalds-about

Presenting a mocked-up food label as anything but that is misleading. Perhaps you could delete the image and present the links to articles that authenticate your argument instead.

perhaps not. This is not a mocked up image. Here's another image that's also not mocked up, I took it myself, at McDonalds, today. Authenticated.




Sounds like you've already been misled, my friend, I'm trying to pull the wool from your eyes not over them

Thomasm198

perhaps not. This is not a mocked up image. Here's another image that's also not mocked up, I took it myself, at McDonalds, today. Authenticated.




Sounds like you've already been misled, my friend, I'm trying to pull the wool from your eyes not over them

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide#Some_articles_on_the_potential_health_risks_to_humans

Some articles on the potential health risks to humans

Inhaled, absorbed or ingested acrylamide
There is evidence to suggest that exposure to large doses can cause damage to the male reproductive glands. Direct exposure to pure acrylamide by inhalation, skin absorption, or eye contact irritates the exposed mucous membranes, e.g., the nose, and can also cause sweating, urinary incontinence, nausea, myalgia, speech disorders, numbness, paresthesia, and weakened legs and hands. In addition, the acrylamide monomer is a potent neurotoxin, causing the disassembly or rearrangement of intermediate filaments.[32][33] Ingested acrylamide is metabolised to a chemically reactive epoxide, glycidamide.[34]

International Journal of Cancer
In March, 2003, the International Journal of Cancer reported on a study conducted between 1991–2000 in Italy and Switzerland that analyzed the risk of cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus, larynx, large bowel, breast, and ovaries.[41] It found “reassuring evidence for the lack of an important association between consumption of fried/baked potatoes and cancer risk.”[41]
More recently, in January, 2008, one of the HEATOX members published a study, stating “So far, epidemiological studies have not shown any association between human cancer risk and dietary exposure to acrylamide. The purpose of this study was to conduct a nested case control study within a prospective cohort study on the association between breast cancer and exposure to acrylamide using biomarkers.” The study found that “[a]fter adjustment for smoking behavior... a positive association was seen between acrylamide-hemoglobin levels and estrogen receptor positive breast cancer... A weak association between glycidamide hemoglobin levels and incidence of estrogen receptor positive breast cancer was also found, this association, however, entirely disappeared when acrylamide and glycidamide hemoglobin levels were mutually adjusted.”[42]

Journal of the American Medical Association
A 2005 study, published in JAMA, included 43,404 Swedish women in the Women’s Lifestyle and Health Cohort. The women’s greatest single source of acrylamide was from coffee (54% of intake), fried potatoes (12% of intake), and crisp bread (9% of intake). The study concluded that “Compared with the lowest quintile of acrylamide intake, there was no significantly increased risk of breast cancer in the higher quintiles and no evidence of a linear dose response. For quintile 5 compared with quintile 1, the relative risk was 1.19 (95% confidence interval, 0.91–1.55). Furthermore, there was no association between breast cancer risk and higher intake of any specific foods including coffee, fried potatoes, and crisp bread.”[43]

IronmanPanda

This is an old food label warning, yes, but still worth noting nonetheless. McD's as well as other big fast food chains in CA were faced with the possibility of requiring these such food warning labels by law. Their foods contain an ingredient called acrylamide which has been known to cause cancer in lab rats. In 2006 the law was withdrawn. Its amazing the things money can buy.

If it ain't good enough for the rats it definitely ain't good enough for me.

See the below articles covering the story:



New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/business/21chips.html?pagewanted=all

http://newsmine.org/content.php?ol=nature-health/health/cancer/california-sues-mcdonalds-and-potato-chips-over-cancer.txt

http://www.pcrm.org/good-medicine/2011/winter2011/california-court-to-grill-mcdonalds-about

Presenting a mocked-up food label as anything but that is misleading. Perhaps you could delete the image and present the links to articles that authenticate your argument instead.

perhaps not. This is not a mocked up image. Here's another image that's also not mocked up, I took it myself, at McDonalds, today. Authenticated.




Sounds like you've already been misled, my friend, I'm trying to pull the wool from your eyes not over them

This picture states all potatoes browned.. so at every, EVERY restaurant and home around the world that browns their potatoes.. gotcha.

crystalinda

oh Panda, you're so silly.

amybell68

never had one.........and never will !!!!!!

ukaryote

Sounds fantastic. I'm having 3 for lunch today.


ETA:
Ok, I lied... I'm having maybe 6 for lunch today

Only 3? Oh wait, for a minute there I thought you were cutting back.
Whew!

beth40n2

I knew there was a reason that I don't like it.

leeshults

Thanks for sharing....Totally do NOT want one now!! And that's a good thing......

magdamccraven

I agree that the McRib is not a healthy choice for a meal but many of us make a choice because we like the taste to have one on occasion.

I do not have references to copy and paste but I do believe it is a fact that browning potatoes at high heat will create acrylamide in small doses. After reading the thread I recall learning that in Nutrition 101. Browned potatoes have been around quite a while longer than McD's. Every home made hashbrown, fried potato and onion, oven baked without foil and yes, french fry must contain some acrylamide. Pardon my pun, but this seems like small potatoes compared to genetically modified crops and pesticides.

Lisa_222

I hate the taste of all mcdonald's, other than the egg mcmuffin and hash browns and french fries. And its only the hash browns and fries that give me a a thrill and those are baaaad! So there's no point in going there.

love22step

Men eat them! My husband and my ex-husband both make an annual pilgrimage to McDonald's to get their McRibs. It's something they feel they have to do, even if they don't go to McDonald's any other time of the year.

daffodilsoup

It's McDonald's...what did people expect?

itontae

Delicious. I 'm more of a McDonald's quarter pounder with cheese fan though. Those babies are ridiculously tasty

BiscuitsNDavy

Chicken goop for their mcnuggets! Nom nom nom

Eewww wtf

dancer4275

Yeah...I stopped eating there a while ago when I found a bone in my chicken nugget! haha! Not to mention all the crap that they put in their food...even their salads are full of sugar.

stevwil41

Hmmm, I'd almost forgotten it was back. I may have to have one and some of their fake fries for lunch:)

juliecat1

I have been craving one HARD. Was actually considering working out today to get one. I almost didnt open this because I didnt want to ruin it. :laugh:
Craving squashed. Forever and ever. Barforama

2befit1

Never liked the McRib...I don't even like McDonald's. Blarf!

Scorpioangel

How many ingredients are there?
At face value, the sandwich contains just pork, onions, and pickle slices slathered in barbecue sauce and laid out on a bun. But the truth is, there are roughly 70 ingredients. The bun alone contains 34, says TIME's Melnick. In addition to chemicals like ammonium sulfate and polysorbate 80, the most egregious may be azodicarbonamide - "a flour-bleaching agent most commonly used in the manufactur[ing] of foamed plastics like gym mats the and soles of shoes." According to McDonald's own ingredient list, the bun also includes calcium sulfate and ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides, among other chemicals.


Ooof. What's the meat made of?
Pig innards and plenty of salt. Typically, "restructured meat product" includes pig bits like tripe, heart, and scalded stomach, says Whet Moser at Chicago Magazine, citing a 1995 article by Robert Mandigo, a professor at the University of Nebraska. These parts are cooked and blended with salt and water to extract salt-soluble proteins, which act as a "glue" that helps bind the reshaped meat together. 500 calories and 26 grams of fat.

Nasty!

SaddyPants

This says it all:



you have been warned.


Oh for heaven's sake here: http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/crystalinda/mcds.jpg

Don't they have those warning signs at every restaurant? I see them at almost every chain restaurant I've been to.

crystalinda

This says it all:



you have been warned.


Oh for heaven's sake here: http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/crystalinda/mcds.jpg

Don't they have those warning signs at every restaurant? I see them at almost every chain restaurant I've been to.

They probably do, I'm sure its mostly a precautionary measure, still scary tho!