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

I don't consider potatoes to be a vegetable. They're a starchy carb in the same category as bread, rice and pasta.

McDonald's supposedly doesn't cook their fries in beef fat any more, but they do add "beef extract" for flavor.

Gross..."Beef Extract." How do they make that?

According to the US school system... french fries are a vegetable, yes.

and I believe pizza made that list too!!! :drinker:

Well, if they are a vegetable then you have to add chocolate (cocoa BEANS) and vanilla (from BEANS) -- oh, and coffee (BEANS)

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No. Those are not counted as veggies. Potatos are a carb or "starch" They are counted as a carb and a fat... Thats what ive been taught. But heck. Just log em.. If they fit into your day, and you need to have em, just have em. Think the kids size aren't too expensive on the calorie budget.

HOLY CARBS THOUGH

FRENCH FRIES - MEDIUM
Serving Size 113(g)
Calories 360(kcal)
Fat 17(g) 26(% DV)
Saturated Fat 2(g)
Trans Fat 0.2(g)
Saturated Fat + Trans Fat 11(% DV)
Cholestrol 0(mg)
Sodium 270(mg) 11(% DV)
Carbohydrate 47(g) 16(% DV)
Fibre 4(g) 16(% DV)
Sugar 0(g)
Protein 4(g)
Vitamin A 0(% DV)
Vitamin C 0(% DV)
Calcium 2(% DV)
Iron 6(% DV)
% DV = % Daily Value

Would eat

I like you.:flowerforyou:

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?

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

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.

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

Good for you?

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

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:

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.

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?

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

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