The McNuggets are made with pink slime
False. The pink slime is an example of people on the Internet running wild with an absolutely ridiculous food-origin story. However, pink slime is real, and it is what happens when meat is “mechanically processed,” and all the edible parts are being removed from the bones, to avoid waste, and sometimes, treated with anti-microbial ammonia. But this technique isn’t used by McDonald’s.
“The pink slime photo is not a representation of how we create our Chicken McNuggets®, or for that matter, any item on our menu,” McDonald’s FAQ page reads.
However, it isn’t as simple as that. McDonald’s rumor of “pink slime” is fairly recent, and they only stopped using mechanically processed beef in 2011. McNuggets, in turn, have been made with all white meat since 2003.
They once made a sandwich with seaweed in it
That’s actually true! Anyone who used to go to McDonald’s in the early 1990s probably remembers the “McLean Deluxe” which was an attempt to create a healthier food option. McLean Deluxe was advertised as containing fewer grams of fat than a Big Mac, only 16 per burger. The patty was only 90% meat and the rest was water. To mix everything together, the scientists used a seaweed extract called carrageenan.
Carrageenan is not an uncommon food additive, while it is also edible, many costumers were not happy with the idea because of the seaweed.
The McLean Deluxe is considered to be one of the biggest McDonald’s menu fails of all time.
