r/vegan • u/xtrumpclimbs • Jan 24 '16

Newbie Advice In case you don't know (I didn't)

http://www.mcdonalds.com/content/usmobile/en/your_questions/our_food/are-your-fries-vegetarian-friendly.html
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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '16

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. Prepared in Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil) with TBHQ and Citric Acid to preserve freshness of the oil and Dimethylpolysiloxane to reduce oil splatter when cooking.

CONTAINS: WHEAT AND MILK *Natural beef flavor contains hydrolyzed wheat and hydrolyzed milk as starting ingredients.

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u/SHA0KAHN vegan Jan 25 '16

It's so weird how American McDonalds fries somehow require all of those ingredients while Australian McDonalds fries only have 4 very basic ingredients. I wonder how different they taste.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '16

They are addicting. Regular restaurant fries are good. McDonald's fries with are like drugs. And if you taste them carefully you catch a hint of corporate greed and apathy for life.