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McDonald's Goes Trans-Fat Free
Mickey D's is finally catching up to the rest of its fast food competitors and phasing out its use of trans-fats in North America.
Now we can all eat unlimited amounts of McMeals, right? What harm could they do us now that the trans-fats are gone? Oh right.
Chicago— McDonald's french fries are now trans-fat-free in all its restaurants in the United States and Canada, the fast-food restaurant chain said Thursday.McDonald's has lagged other restaurant operators in switching over to a zero-trans-fat cooking oil out of worries it would compromise the taste of its trademark fries. It has been under increasing pressure from consumer advocates and some public officials to make the change.
The new oil is canola-based and includes corn and soy oils.
CEO Jim Skinner told shareholders at the annual meeting at its headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., that the new oil has been in use in U.S. restaurants for a few months now for french fries, hash browns, chicken, filet of fish and biscuits.
He said McDonald's is on schedule to convert to the new oil by year's end for its remaining baked items, pies and cookies.
Skinner said the company decided not to advertise the changes.
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May 22, 2008 at 01:37 pm by Jarrett Martineau, 526 views, 9 comments
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Comments (9)
at 21:12 on May 22nd, 2008
Jarrett Martineau, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 22:10 on May 22nd, 2008
Jarrett Martineau, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Yay!! Way to go McDonalds, you're practically a health bar now..... This reminds me of a few years back they came out with their campaign saying that their chicken nuggets were "Now made with real white meat!" What WERE they made out of prior to that....
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maria_dipshitat 07:43 on May 23rd, 2008
It's about time they tried to do something healthy.
YAY MCDONALDS! =]
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elfpunk999at 09:52 on May 23rd, 2008
This is Bryan "Smitty" Smith of The Morning Buzz making fries at our newest Melton Management McDonald's in South Florida.
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at 17:21 on May 23rd, 2008
Jarrett Martineau, I like this story. It's good stuff. dude love the pics of the food :)
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jamaalat 07:04 on May 24th, 2008
this was a very good move for them ...oh and thanks for using my photo.
at 18:12 on May 25th, 2008
Although this meal is not available in North America (the picture was taken in Hong Kong), it shows that McDonald's has been offering healthier options in other parts of the world.
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cool_slayerat 07:09 on May 26th, 2008
It's a good move for them. It's always good to make food healthier, especially if it stays as tasty as before! =)
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cool_slayerat 07:10 on May 26th, 2008
Oh, and thank you for using my photo!