Large companies have been the subject of rumors that they substitute unusual or unethical substances in their products, usually to decrease costs. McDonaldโs is not immune to such claims. McDonaldโs has been accused of using everything from worms to cow eyeballs in its burgers. Dating far back to at least 1978, there have been rumors that McDonaldโs restaurants use earthworms in their hamburgers.
The fact that McDonaldโs uses cow eyeballs and worm fillers does not stop them from legally using the claim that they served 100% beef. McDonaldโs has assured its consumers that its product contains 100% beef. They are allowed to do this because McDonaldโs buys their โbeefโ from a company called โ100% Beef Company,โ making it possible for McDonaldโs to call beef byproducts and soy products โ100% beef.โ
McDonaldโs then ships the beef to their grinding facility in Oak Brook, Illinois where they then take the ground worm filler and add it to their โ100% beef patties.โ
McDonaldโs serves billions of people around the world every year. This allows them to produce a higher profit margin by increasing the amount of patties that can be made, by increasing their product load with the worm filler. The worm filler is ground and packaged in a facility next to McDonaldโs corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois.
The employees must sign a confidentiality waiver to never discuss the ingredients of the McDonaldโs food products or face termination and legal repercussions. However many employees have stepped up over the years with the truth and have created a huge controversy over the quality of food that the company produces.
McDonaldโs has also been accused of using mutant laboratory meat, and pig fat their milkshakes and ice cream. Considering that one quarter of Americans eat McDonaldโs every single day, although nutritionists recommend you do so only once a month, they are doing so unaware of the products they are putting into their body. If everybody truly knew what they were consuming, they definitely would not be eating this.๏ปฟ