McDonald's Goes Trans-Fat Free

by Jarrett Martineau | May 22, 2008 at 01:37 pm | 526 views | 9 comments

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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Luiz Castro

at 21:12 on May 22nd, 2008

good stuff:

Jarrett Martineau, I like this story. It's good stuff.

michelle.sundvick

at 22:10 on May 22nd, 2008

good stuff:

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....

maria_dipshit

at 07:43 on May 23rd, 2008

It's about time they tried to do something healthy.
YAY MCDONALDS! =]

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elfpunk999

at 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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kaywood

at 17:21 on May 23rd, 2008

good stuff:

Jarrett Martineau, I like this story. It's good stuff. dude love the pics of the food :)

jamaal

at 07:04 on May 24th, 2008

this was a very good move for them ...oh and thanks for using my photo.

N22YF

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_slayer

at 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! =)

cool_slayer

at 07:10 on May 26th, 2008

Oh, and thank you for using my photo!