Please people.. do your research.. This was put to rest over a year ago. At the BlogHer conference in New York, I was offered a chance to sit down with McDonalds CEO Jan Fields for a one-on-one interview. Nothing was off the table. Anything could be discussed. And Jan Fields didnt hold back. Along with McDonalds nutritionist Cindy Goody, she discussed topics ranging from pink slime to the debate over whether McDonalds is contributing to the obesity epidemic. Check out all she had to say after the jump -- then let us know in the comments what you think! I knew the question for McDonalds on most moms minds has got to be about the pink slime rumors. Who among us hasnt seen the infamous pink slime photo on Facebook? As it turned out, I didnt even need to broach the subject -- Jan Fields brought it up on her own, after I asked her which rumors shed most like to dispel. For starters, that pink slime photo weve all seen online is a fake. “It is actually a meat production plant in China that we don’t even use,” Jan said. She also said that pink slime has never been used in McDonalds chicken nuggets. “Our chicken nugget is a piece of chicken, she told me. It’s a whole muscle chicken. I’ve been to the plant. I’ve gone all the way from the chicken to eating the nugget process and there’s nothing added to it. There’s the breading, of course. The chicken is formed, cut, and then it goes through the breading process and then a freezing process. There is nothing ever added.” Pink slime (which is technically called boneless lean beef trimmings) has been used in burgers by fast food restaurants and in hot dogs, but early this year, many major chains including McDonalds, Taco Bell, Kroger, and Burger King, announced they would no longer carry products that use BLBT. You can read more about the facts vs. fiction regarding pink slime on Snopes. Another thorn in Jan Fields side is the accusation that McDonalds is responsible for the obesity epidemic. “I think that notion that we’re the cause of it is misguided because you choose what you’re going to eat, she said, adding that the average person eats at McDonalds only once or twice a month. Meanwhile, nutritionist Cindy Goody pointed out that 80 percent of the items on McDonalds menu are under 400 calories.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 19:17:19 +0000
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