McDonald’s recently disclosed that its french fries contain more trans fat than previously thought and now they say that wheat and dairy ingredients are used to flavor the popular item.  This being an acknowledgment it had not previously made.

Cathy Kapica, McDonald’s director of global nutrition states, “Technically there are no allergens in there. What this is an example of is science evolving”. 

It seems McDonald’s keeps suffering from these types of deceptive practices and it is quite scary.  For example, the company paid out $10 million in 2002 to settle a lawsuit by vegetarian groups after it was disclosed that its fries were cooked in beef-flavored oil despite the company’s insistence in 1990 that it had abandoned beef tallow for pure vegetable oil. 

Kids and adults alike still flock to McDonald’s and there appears to be no end in sight. I bet health insurance premiums would drop if McDonald’s changed over.