On “CBS This Morning” on Tuesday, Moss lauded McDonald’s latest efforts, but cautioned that eating too much fast food could still be bad for long-term health.
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Mike Andres said “probably the biggest challenge” was finding a new shortening for cooking the McNuggets that was free of artificial preservatives. Artificial preservatives in its pork sausage patties and the eggs used in some breakfast sandwiches and platters have been replaced with pea and rice starches.
Fortunately for fans of Mickey D’s, a drop in commodity prices has helped lessen the bite that these supply-chain decisions would have made on consumers wallets, Reuters noted, citing McDonald’s U.S. president Mike Andres.
From the type of oil it uses to making sure its meat is from happy hens, it’s all part of their plan to change the way we eat – and think about fast food – forever.
Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy division of Consumer Reports, praised McDonald’s today for meeting its pledge ahead of schedule to stop selling chicken that has been raised on a diet of medically important antibiotics.
Last week, McDonald’s said the USA restaurant industry will raise prices far more than supermarkets this year, sending a chill through a sector that is searching for ways to protect itself from higher worker wages.
At the same time, McDonald’s began working to remove some artificial preservatives, Gross said.
Now it uses real butter.
Other chains, including Panera Bread, Papa John’s, and Taco Bell, are cutting artificial ingredients, which have been linked to a host of health problems.
“Why go to the position of trying to defend them, if the consumer is saying, I prefer not to have that particular ingredient in my food?” said Mike Andres, president of McDonald’s USA, during an event at the company’s headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, about its “food journey”. “As a leader, we have an obligation to make big changes that impact the industry”. The $100bn (£75.79bn; €89.48bn) company disclosed that one of the changes is the removal of high-fructose corn syrup, an ingredient linked with obesity and diabetes, from its hamburger buns.
The announcement follows the company’s decision in 2015 to switch to chicken raised without antibiotics meant for humans.
She emphasized the fact that McDonald’s cracks the eggs for its McMuffins right on the grill.
The menu cleaning up job is in process at McDonald’s.
These changes are the latest to a series of ongoing efforts to improve the quality of food.
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The menu changes will take about six months to put in place at its restaurants worldwide, including those in Nottingham city centre on Exchange Walk, Clumber Street and Angel Row.
