w1ld wrote:
] ] Global hamburger giant McDonald's latest line in healthy
] ] looking salads may contain more fat than its hamburgers,
] ] according to the company's Web Site.
] ] For example, on the new menu to be launched in the United
] Kingdom
] ] at the end of this month, a "Caesar salad with Chicken
] Premiere"
] ] contains 18.4 grams of fat compared with 11.5 grams of fat
] in a standard
] ] cheeseburger.
]
] All I have to say is look at the ingredents for a Crispy
] Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad.
]
] Crispy Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad
]
] Crispy Chicken Breast Filet: Boneless skinless chicken breast
] filet with rib meat containing up to 19.5% of a solution of
] water, seasoning (salt, spices and spice extractive), sodium
] phosphates. Battered and breaded with wheat flour, water,
] modified corn starch, salt, spice, dried egg white, wheat
] gluten, and leavening
] (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium
] phosphate).
] Breading set in vegetable oil. Cooked in partially
] hydrogenated vegetable oils,
] (may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or
] partially hydrogenated
] corn oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or
] cottonseed oil and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). TBHQ and
] citric acid added to help preserve
] freshness. Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an anti-foaming
] agent. Salad Mix:
] Iceberg lettuce, romaine lettuce, spring mix (may contain baby
] red romaine,
] baby green romaine, baby red leaf, baby green leaf, baby red
] swiss chard, baby
] red oak, baby green oak, lolla rosa, tango, tatsoi, arugula,
] mizuna, baby spinach, radicchio, frisee), carrots. Cheddar
] /Jack Cheese: Cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese
] culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)] Monterey
] jack cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes,
] powdered cellulose (to prevent caking)]. Bacon Bits: Cured
] with water, salt, smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate, seasoning
] [gum acacia, smoke flavor, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed corn
] protein, natural flavor (vegetable source), autolyzed yeast
] extract, hydrolyzed corn, wheat, and soy protein, modified
] cornstarch, contains less than 2% of disodium guanylate,
] disodium inosinate, natural flavor (vegetable oil), salt,
] succinic acid, xanthan gum], sodium erythorbate, sodium
] nitrite. Grape tomatoes.

Ok why do we need an "anti-foaming agent" in our salad?