Is it true that McDonalds put a (harmless) type of slug in their milkshakes as a thickening agent?
Someone told me when I was younger and I never looked into it.
2007-09-23 20:04:56 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
i live by the american food philosophy, i dont care if its crap on a stick, if it tastes good im eating it!
but i doubt thats true lol
2007-09-23 20:09:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not true. Just another myth like how they have cockroaches ground up inside Coca Cola. Most likely a parent made up this story to discourage their children from drinking milkshakes and coke.
2007-09-24 03:10:52 · answer #2 · answered by David B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! That's just one of those silly urban legends. I worked for McDonald's in the 80s and the only thing we used was flavoring, ice cream & milk.
I don't know if that one's here but www.snopes.com is a great place to sort the truth from legends.
2007-09-24 03:13:49 · answer #3 · answered by syllylou77 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not true. I expect someone told you this because every time you passed a McDonald's you shouted I WANT ONE like my kids do. So your Mum or Dad told you that story! Did it put you off? or did you still carry on having them?
2007-09-24 03:15:41 · answer #4 · answered by doris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the thickening agent is carrageenan which is used as thickening agent in place of gelatin its used in yogurts and milks it is made from boiling a seaweed for 30mins. left to cool the liquid thickens this is then used to thicken.
2007-09-24 03:43:11 · answer #5 · answered by terrano 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
False:
As for what's actually in a McDonald's shake, here's the 'McDonald's shake ingredients list'
Whole milk, sucrose, cream, nonfat milk solids, corn syrup solids, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, imitation vanilla flavor, carrageenan, cellulose gum, vitamin palmitate.
2007-09-24 03:17:29 · answer #6 · answered by cowboy in scrubs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear me, David B,
Beatles = pop-group
Beetles = insect
2007-09-24 03:18:00 · answer #7 · answered by Canute 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is false. However, they are allowed a certain percentage of rat droppings by law.
2007-09-24 03:34:34 · answer #8 · answered by Superman at 71 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Untrue!
2007-09-24 19:31:56 · answer #9 · answered by Ms Mat Urity 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think this myth probably comes from cochineal which is a food colouring derived from beatles
2007-09-24 03:11:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋