How a McDonald’s Sausage Burrito contains more than 100 ingredients – including one chemical used in FIREWORKS

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How a McDonald’s Sausage Burrito contains more than 100 ingredients – including one chemical used in FIREWORKS

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A new behind-the-scenes video reveals that although the liquid egg in the sandwich originates from a farm in Michigan, it is mixed with twenty other components before flash frozen and reheated at restaurants
Among the scrambled egg mix is carboxymethyl cellulose – a binding compound found in denture adhesives – and sodium benzoate, which is also added to fireworks to produce a whistling sound
The finished burrito contains 300 calories, and 790 milligrams of sodium – more than one third of the recommended daily intake
By SADIE WHITELOCKS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A McDonald’s Sausage Burrito certainly promises to fire you up for the day, with more than 100 ingredients including one chemical compound used in fireworks.

A new behind-the-scenes video reveals that although the liquid egg in the sandwich originates from a farm in Michigan, it is mixed with twenty other components before flash frozen and reheated at restaurants.

Among the scrambled egg mix is carboxymethyl cellulose – a binding compound found in denture adhesives – and sodium benzoate, which is also used in fireworks to produce a whistling sound.

Both ingredients are commonly used in the processed food industry as a cheap way of thickening and preserving goods.

The other components of the McDonald’s breakfast burrito include ‘pre-cooked sausage crumbles.’ Thankfully the brown-colored nodules do contain pork…..More Here

 

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