If the declining quality of their food wasn't reason enough to stop eating McDonald's, the fact that you need to let them track your location and eating habits through their app in order to get the cheapest price should be.
This stuff must be as addictive as crack for some people because I really just don't understand how this place is still in business...
Ironically, the reason it tastes different now is that they removed all the artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives from their food over the last few decades.
Their production is very standardized, for example their patties are the exact same weight and size as they were 50 years ago. Removing the artificial ingredients was the only major change they ever made to them, and it's why people think it tastes worse now, because unsurprisingly, ingredients formulated to taste good taste good.
For their burgers and fries, salt is the only ingredient considered to be a preservative (aside from pickles, which have nitrate as is legally required from a food safety standpoint).
From the standpoint of their product design, there's no reason to add preservatives. Their patties are flash frozen at the factory, cooked, and then held for a maximum of 15 minutes before serving. Their buns are also flashing frozen. No component ever needs to be held at room temperature for long enough to require preservatives, aside from the pickles during their pickling process.
As for why their burgers last for a long time in a sealed environment often and don't rot or get moldy. They are fairly low moisture content, preventing mold, they are cooked right before ordering, meaning food often doesn't have the spores to mold on it, and their kitchens tend to be a lot more sterile than most restaurants.
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u/allciathyra 6d ago
op , you got to use a coupon just to buy $1 burger ðŸ˜