The manager for McDonald's Canada takes people on a “farm to fryer” journey

Oct 23, 2012 11:51 GMT  ·  By
McDonald's Canada has released a video discussing how their French fries are made
   McDonald's Canada has released a video discussing how their French fries are made

Quite a while ago, McDonald's (i.e. the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants) decided that the time had come for its customers to be let in on the secrets behind some of its most famous dishes.

Its latest video shows people how McDonald's makes its renown French fries, meaning that it basically shows what happens to potatoes from the moment they leave the fields until they end up on people's plates.

The person in charge of shedding light on this topic is Scott Gibson, presently employed as manager for McDonald's Canada's supply chain.

Apparently, their decision to push for transparency and take people on such “farm to fryer” journey stems from the fact that, throughout the years, many customers have asked questions about how this particular company prepares the meals it serves.

More often than not, these customers were concerned about their and their families' health.

This video featuring Scott Gibson is made available down below, and debuts by addressing one very important issue: whether or not McDonald's French fries are made from real potatoes.

As the branch manager shows, there is no need to worry, as the potatoes are in fact grown in the field and collected with the help of specialized machinery.

Once the potatoes are washed and cut, company workers make sure they all have the same color, and sugar and preservers are added.

Once they get to the restaurants, the potatoes are supposedly cooked in 100% vegetable oil.

However, there are many who have noticed that this video only speaks about Canadian restaurants using this particular type of oil to cook their French fries.

It must not come as a surprise that this “farm to fryer” video has caused quite a media stir, and that quite a lot of people are presently busy debating just how good for one's health McDonald's French fries really are.

As promised, here is the video.