French Fry Changes

[Guest guest]

I just wanted to let you know, if you didn't know yet, that Mcs

has recently changed their ingredient lists on their web page to

indicate that their french fries now contain gluten. (If you go there

you may have to refresh your browser several times to get the latest

list to show up.)

Posted February 3, 2006 on the McD's site:

French Fries:

Potatoes, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural flavor (beef,

wheat and dairy sources), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (to

preserve natural color). Breading set in vegetable oil. Cooked in

partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (may contain partially

hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil and/or

partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or

sunflower oil and/or corn oil). Contains wheat and milk ingredients.

Many people are upset about this, including myself. We have been

writing letters protesting the change.

However, as an alternative, I contacted In-N-Out Burger, which is

available in Ca, Az. and Nevada, and got the following email.

In response to your question, our french fries do not contain any

glutens and we cook them in cottonseed oil. We do not cook anything

else in the oil we cook the french fries in.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to call us at our

toll-free Customer Service line: (800) 786-1000. Our

representatives are available 7 days a week to assist you.

Thanks again for taking the time to contact us.

Sincerely,

Colene

Customer Service Representative

Burger King also has fries which are listed as gluten free, but there

are considerable concerns for contamination as many people have had

the experience of finding onion rings in with their fries, perhaps

because they share tongs.