Ben Mendez
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Do you use the same oil to cook your pork and beef?
We take care to cook all of our products separately, our beef patties are cooked on dedicated grills and so will not be cooked alongside bacon.
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Do McDonald's restaurants use palm oil for cooking?
Palm oil is used as an ingredient in some of our products but the oil we use in our restaurants for frying is a blend of non-hydrogenated rapeseed and sunflower oil.
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Can you explain the oil filtration process?
Good question. To ensure that our oil is free from crumbs and food debris, and to retain its quality, our cooking vats are periodically filtered using specially designed filtration equipment. Oil i...
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How do you filter your frying oil to make sure it doesn't contaminate your vegetarian products?
All of McDonald's U.K. restaurants filter vats in the same order and in sequence at least once a day. The vats are filtered in the following order: Fries and Veggie Goujons, Pies, Chicken, and File...
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Are your fish fingers fried separately?
In the U.K. the Fish Fingers are fried in a separate fryer with the Filet-o-Fish® patty in 100% vegetable oil. This oil is filtered every day. However due to the design of the oil filtration system...
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Will you at any point be making your fillet-o-fish burger suitable for pescetarians?
Unfortunately there are no plans to change the cooking method for the Filet-o-Fish® patty.
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Where are your hash browns made from and what oil are they fried in?
McDonald's hash browns are made in the West Midlands, using British-grown potatoes. They are then cooked in a 100% vegetable oil made up of a blend of sunflower and rapeseed oil.
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Do you cook different meat and fish products in the same oil?
The fish in the Filet-o-Fish® is cooked in a dedicated fish vat, and we filter the cooking oil in the vat to keep it in good condition. During the filtering process, it's not possible to completely...
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Why is the Filet-o-Fish® served with half a slice of cheese?
The Filet-o-Fish® has always been served with half a cheese slice rather than a whole slice. (It is served this way in all McDonald's UK restaurants).
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Are McDonald's burgers made in store?
The beef patties are 100% British and Irish beef and are made in Scunthorpe or Republic of Ireland, where they are made and instantly frozen. They are then sent to each store for use in our burgers...