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'''McDonald's french fries''', marketed as '''World Famous Fries''' are a [[french fries]] product at the fast food restaurant [[McDonald's]]. |
'''McDonald's french fries''', marketed as '''World Famous Fries''' are a [[french fries]] product at the fast food restaurant [[McDonald's]]. |
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Introduced in [[1955]]<ref name='MC'>[https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mc-donalds-world-famous-fries-heres-how-they-evolved-in-the-past-50-years-163854625.html McDonald's world famous fries: Here's how they evolved in the past 50 years]</ref>, the french fries were cooked in a mixture of 93% beef [[tallow]] and 7% [[cottonseed oil]].<ref name='BT'>[[Eric Schlosser|Schlosser, Eric]] (2001). ''Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of All-American Meal''. Houghton Mifflin. {{ISBN|0-395-97789-4}}</ref><ref name="grace">{{cite news|last=Grace|first=Francie|date=5 June 2002|title=McDonald's Settles Beef Over Fries|work=CBS News|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/06/05/national/main511109.shtml|url-status=dead|access-date=4 May 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729020325/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/06/05/national/main511109.shtml|archive-date=29 July 2012}}</ref> |
Introduced in [[1955]]<ref name='MC'>[https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mc-donalds-world-famous-fries-heres-how-they-evolved-in-the-past-50-years-163854625.html McDonald's world famous fries: Here's how they evolved in the past 50 years]</ref>, the french fries were cooked in a mixture of 93% beef [[tallow]] and 7% [[cottonseed oil]].<ref name='BT'>[[Eric Schlosser|Schlosser, Eric]] (2001). ''Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of All-American Meal''. Houghton Mifflin. {{ISBN|0-395-97789-4}}</ref><ref name="grace">{{cite news|last=Grace|first=Francie|date=5 June 2002|title=McDonald's Settles Beef Over Fries|work=CBS News|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/06/05/national/main511109.shtml|url-status=dead|access-date=4 May 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729020325/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/06/05/national/main511109.shtml|archive-date=29 July 2012}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:36, 28 April 2024
McDonald's french fries, marketed as World Famous Fries are a french fries product at the fast food restaurant McDonald's.
History
Introduced in 1955[1], the french fries were cooked in a mixture of 93% beef tallow and 7% cottonseed oil.[2][3]
Subsequently, in 1967, Ray Kroc of McDonald's contracted the Simplot company to supply them with frozen fries, replacing fresh-cut potatoes.
In 1990 they switched to vegetable oil with beef flavouring[1][2] after a sustained campaign against the beef tallow they were using.
The "thin style" french fries have been popularised worldwide in large part by the McDonald's and Burger King.[4]
In 2008, McDonald's got rid of trans fats in both US and Canada markets.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c McDonald's world famous fries: Here's how they evolved in the past 50 years
- ^ a b Schlosser, Eric (2001). Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of All-American Meal. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-97789-4
- ^ Grace, Francie (5 June 2002). "McDonald's Settles Beef Over Fries". CBS News. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ "Popularization". today.com. 21 April 2011. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2018.