Why Mcdonalds French Fries Taste so Good

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“Why McDonald’s Fries Taste So Good” It isn’t a surprise that so many people aren’t really aware of what they are ingesting? Nevertheless; what is being put in many of the foods we are consuming? Eric Schlosser, in his essay “Why Mc Donald’s French Fries Taste So Good” explains to the public what is really happening behind closed doors. Eric Schlosser focuses on educating us in regards to the flavor industry; he also gives us examples, and facts that are very surprising regarding our food’s flavors. Once one really learns how the food’s flavors and colors are used in the food we eat; one becomes reluctant to consuming them. As Schlosser attempts to educate us; we learn that many consumers have a misleading concept that if the label on the product says natural flavor they are eating healthier, however; this may not be the case at all. Schlosser states “Natural and artificial flavors are now manufactured at the same chemical plants, places that few people would associate with Mother Nature” (534). Many of the ingredients in the food we eat are even difficult to pronounce, therefore; how can we truly know what is in the foods we are Arostegui 2. Ingesting. As learned in this essay, the flavor industry is very secretive, and they don’t really have to tell us the exact formulas of the flavor compounds being used. As Schlosser explains,” The Federal Food and Drug Administration does not require companies to disclose the ingredients of their color or flavor additives as long as all the chemicals in them are considered by the agency to be GRAS” (532). Might this be a violation of our right to know? We are the ones purchasing the food and ingesting them, therefore; it simply seems unfair. It was truly surprising to learn that when eating a Dannon Yogurt part of it was made with the desiccated bodies of female Dactylopius coccus costa, a small insect found

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