1:00 PM – Lunch
1:00 pm – 07/10/2013
MacDonald nugget meal:
Nuggets × 6
Medium fries × 1
Ice tea × 1
I have decided to make a blog about this particular day because I am curious of finding more about what goes on behind closed curtains in the MacDonald Fast Food industry.
Nuggets consist of 56% corn, from corn fed chicken itself to heavily mechanical processed corn starch and corn oil! It amazes me how we have either convinced ourselves that we are actually eating at least 80% chicken or we just ignore the fact that we are paying to eat a product that consists of more than 50% corn that is processed so heavily that we don’t even detect it when we eat it or we just don’t care whats in it, as long as it tastes good. I found a picture comparing the ingredients needed for a MacDonald nugget and a homemade nugget, the staggering difference of ingredients listed not only states the unhealthy processing of food but also the mechanical processes that has to be used to produce such fast food.
As for the ice tea, purified water is one of the ingredients within that involves mechanical processing to form.
Thinking of the enormous amount of burgers, french fries and drinks they serve everyday, packaging is also has a crucial role in the presentation of the food to the customers. Wood fibre is the main creation of the packaging. Wood fibre is the mainly made to form paper extracted from trees. The transportation of all the end results is massive when it comes to the packaging amount needed for the company.
Despite the fact that I know how disgustingly MacDonald makes their food, I don’t think I can bring myself to stop eating it entirely. Because it’s called “fast food”, efficiency is more important than the quality of the food itself. It is also more appealing to those that want to eat something that tastes good, spend less AND not wait long to get it. When talking about efficiency, machines are the modern technology made to aid in this area. It got me thinking, do I really want to risk my health just to save those dollars when I know what i’m putting in my body can cause permanent harm?