McDonald ’s burgers just got more " real . " The fast food giant has already been using fresh gripe for its quarter - pound burgers , and it just went one pace further by removing unreal preservative , flavors , and coloring from two - thirds of its menu . The changes pretend McDonald ’s seven classic burgers : the hamburger , McDouble , Big Mac , individual and double cheeseburgers , and unmarried and duple Quarter Pounders with cheese .
AsCNNreports , calcium propionate ( a preservative often used in bread ) was removed from the Warren E. Burger buns , and sorbic dot ( another preservative ) was get rid of from the American cheese that McDonald ’s used . The Big Mac Special Sauce has also been revamped , and fixings like potassium sorbate , Na benzoate , and Ca disodium EDTA were removed " without sacrificing that signature taste , " McDonald ’s said in astatement . As for the gripe , it has always been " 100 percent saturated , " mean that it turn back no additives , preservatives , or filler , and it has been mollify with just a emergency of saltiness and black pepper .
One noteworthy exception to the newfangled principle are the pickle , which still take an contrived preservative . This move from McDonald ’s recognizes " that now more than ever , people care about their intellectual nourishment — where it comes from , what goes into it , and how it is prepare , " the party tell . A spokesperson for McDonald ’s toldForbesthat individual franchise set their own prices , but the company is n’t anticipating any significant price growth as a result of the computer menu change .
antecedently , McDonald ’s take artificial preservative from its Chicken McNuggets , harbinger plans to only use burnt umber from sustainable source by 2020 , and to only use cage - free eggs in the U.S. and Canada by 2025 . As CNN notes , this is part of an industriousness - wide-eyed trend that has seen fast food chains like Taco Bell , Subway , and Panera take away artificial ingredients from their food offer .
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fudge factor : A old version of this article wrong tell that McDonalds lately trade the brand ’s beef patties to " pure squawk . " That is not a young change . The history has been updated to correct this fault .
