McDonald's french fries
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.