{"id":1375,"date":"2010-09-24T09:19:28","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T16:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2013-06-24T16:21:41","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T23:21:41","slug":"chemistry-experiment-mcdonalds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/chemistry-experiment-mcdonalds\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemistry Experiment: McDonalds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s take a look at what’s in the food at good ole’ McDs. I’m a big guy so I can eat quite a bit. See how many times you can spot trans fats, MSG, vegetable oils, corn, soy, and grain!<\/strong> Here is my order for breakfast.<\/p>\n

1 – Hotcakes and Sausage w Syrup & Margarine
\n1 – Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit (Regular Size Biscuit)
\n1 – Sausage McGriddle
\n1 – Small Coffee with Cream and Equal<\/p>\n

Hotcakes and Sausage w Syrup & Margarine
\n<\/strong>
\nHotcake Syrup:
\nCorn syrup, sugar, water, artificial maple flavor, potassium sorbate as a preservative, caramel color.<\/p>\n

Whipped Margarine (1 pat):
\nSoybean oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, whey, salt, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, vegetable mono- and diglycerides and soy lecithin
\n(emulsifiers), sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), artificial flavor, vitamin A palmitate, beta carotene (color).<\/p>\n

Sausage Patty:
\nPork, whey protein concentrate, water, salt, corn syrup solids, sugar, spices, dextrose, monosodium glutamate, spice extractives, caramel color, BHA and BHT and
\npropyl gallate and citric acid (preservatives).<\/p>\n

Scrambled Eggs (2):
\nPasteurized whole eggs with sodium acid pyrophosphate, citric acid and monosodium phosphate (added to preserve color), nisin (preservative). Prepared with Liquid
\nMargarine: Liquid soybean oil, water, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, soy lecithin, mono-and diglycerides, sodium benzoate and
\npotassium sorbate (preservatives), artificial flavor, citric acid, vitamin A palmitate, beta carotene (color).<\/p>\n

Hash Brown:
\nPotatoes, vegetable oil (canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, natural beef flavor [wheat and milk derivatives]*, citric acid [preservative]), salt, corn flour, dehydrated
\npotato, dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain color), extractives of black pepper. Prepared in vegetable oil ((may contain one of the following: Canola oil,
\ncorn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness), dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent).<\/p>\n

Hotcakes (3):
\nWater, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), whey powder, yellow corn flour, soybean oil, whole eggs, sugar,
\nhigh fructose corn syrup, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), dextrose, egg whites, glycerol-oleate, emulsifier blend
\n(distilled monoglycerides, distilled propylene glycol monoester, sodium stearoyl lactylate), soy lecithin, salt, artificial flavor, xanthan gum, beta carotene (color), TBHQ
\n(preservative).<\/p>\n

Hotcake Syrup:
\nCorn syrup, sugar, water, artificial maple flavor, potassium sorbate as a preservative, caramel color.<\/p>\n

Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit (Regular Size Biscuit)
\n<\/strong>
\nBiscuit (Regular Size):
\nEnriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cultured nonfat buttermilk, vegetable oil (palm oil, palm kernel
\noil), water, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of the following: salt, sugar, modified cellulose, wheat
\nprotein isolate, natural flavor (botanical source), soy lecithin.<\/p>\n

Prepared with Liquid Margarine:
\nLiquid soybean oil, water, partially hydrogenated cottonseed and soybean oils, salt, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, soy lecithin, mono- and diglycerides, sodium
\nbenzoate and potassium sorbate (preservative), artificial flavor, citric acid, vitamin A palmitate, beta carotene (color).<\/p>\n

Bacon:
\nPork bellies cured with [water, salt, sugar, natural smoke flavor (plant source), sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite].<\/p>\n

Scrambled Eggs (2):
\nPasteurized whole eggs with sodium acid pyrophosphate, citric acid and monosodium phosphate (added to preserve color), nisin (preservative). Prepared with Liquid
\nMargarine: Liquid soybean oil, water, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, soy lecithin, mono-and diglycerides, sodium benzoate and
\npotassium sorbate (preservatives), artificial flavor, citric acid, vitamin A palmitate, beta carotene (color).<\/p>\n

Pasteurized Process American Cheese:
\nMilk, water, milkfat, cheese culture, sodium citrate, salt, citric acid, sorbic acid (preservative), sodium phosphate, artificial color, lactic acid, acetic acid, enzymes, soy
\nlecithin (added for slice separation).<\/p>\n

Sausage McGriddle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Griddle Cakes:
\nWater, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, dextrose, palm oil, soybean
\noil, brown sugar, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), natural (dairy, botanical and plant source) and artificial flavors, rice
\nflour, soy flour, whey powder, salt, modified tapioca starch, buttermilk, caramel color, soy lecithin, carnauba wax, corn oil, propylene glycol, TBHQ and citric acid
\n(preservatives).<\/p>\n

Sausage Patty:
\nPork, whey protein concentrate, water, salt, corn syrup solids, sugar, spices, dextrose, monosodium glutamate, spice extractives, caramel color, BHA and BHT and
\npropyl gallate and citric acid (preservatives).<\/p>\n

Small Coffee with Cream and Equal
\n<\/strong>
\nCoffee (Small):
\nBrewed coffee.<\/p>\n

Coffee Cream:
\nMilk, cream, sodium phosphate, datem, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium citrate, carrageenan.<\/p>\n

EQUAL\u00ae 0 Calorie Sweetener:
\nDextrose with maltodextrin, aspartame. PHENYLKETONURICS: ASPARTAME CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE<\/p>\n

Resources<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/nutrition.mcdonalds.com\/nutritionexchange\/ingredientslist.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let’s take a look at what’s in the food at good ole’ McDs. I’m a big guy so I can eat quite a bit. See how many times you can spot trans fats, MSG, vegetable oils, corn, soy, and grain! Here is my order for breakfast. 1 – Hotcakes and Sausage w Syrup & Margarine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9465,"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions\/9465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}