McDonald's Chips/Fries = Haraam

format_quote Originally Posted by qassy!

i highly dobt this sorry because in southhall london, there mcdonalds chicken is halah

i dont want to generalise but these days i see halal is a 5 letter word.
you cant trust a lot of muslim outlets here unfortunately because alot of them stun their chickens how can you trust a mcdonalds?

Chicken fat in milkshake? Am I the only one who finds that just gross in perhaps all levels? I doubt the mouth-watering taste of McDee's shakes come from chicken fat

I haven't heard anything about the McFlurries.

Our chicken and chip shops are brilliant! I would only ever go to McDee if I was feeling mighty rich at heart and had no other alternative. Cheap londoners right here!

You know what, if anyone is worried about the ingredients, just check the website. They have it all there.

And make sure you check your own counties website!

Here if the UK one:
http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/resources.../Nutrition.pdf

An Urban Legend
Milkshake Recipe in McDonalds:

Potato Starch, Liquidized chicken fat, Milkshake flavour mmm Great

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/mcdshake.asp


We Muslims should avoid Mcdonald for real reasons i.e their kitchen is haram, Not becuase a sister's friend's cousin' friend said milkshake is made of chiken fat.

Sister, you are getting worked up because people think you may be given incorrect information?

This is poorly executed by yourself. Just because, I doubt the legality of what someone said, does not in ANY way mean I don't value religion high, or in anyway compromising.

Its not good to deceive people - even unintentionally. So if people are criticising, you should not be annoyed by it - The truth at the end is what counts.

Jazaak Allaah Khayr aamirsaab. That's what I am getting at, but people seem to prefer Doubtful/Haraam food over Halal

Is it fair, that you will make some people stop eating McDonalds even though they could? No its not, thats why investigation is prompt. These days, I hear everything is haram, so yes, I do actually look into things...

So, thank you for bringing it to our attention - but if we do criticise, don't get worked up.

Nestle' Malaysia, Britain's biggest retailer TESCO and fast food giant McDonald's also joined experts and regulatory bodies at the forum to discuss the Halal Food and promote the booming business in Halal Food.
- The New Nation

The speakers for World Halal Forum 2007 were:
1.YAB Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, The Prime Minister of Malaysia
2.Mr Khairy Jamaluddin, World Halal Forum Chairman
3.Dato' Jamil Bidin, CEO, Halal Industry Development Corporation
4.Tan Sri Dr. Yusof Basiron, CEO, Malaysian Palm Oil Council
5.Mr Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, CEO, CIMB Islamic
6.Tan Sri Dato’ Muhammad Ali Hashim, CEO, Johor Corporation
7.Mr Othman Md Yusoff, Head of Halal Committee, Nestlé Manufacturing (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
8.Mdm Jumaatun Azmi, Founder and Managing Director, KasehDia Sdn Bhd
9.Mr. Irfan Sungkar, Head of Research and Advisory, Global Food Research & Advisory
10.Ir. Marco Tieman, Director, MDS Logistics Malaysia
11.Dr. Jochen P. Zoller, President of Food Services, Intertek Plc
12.Associate Professor Dr. Abd-ElAziem Farouk Gad, Founder and Coordinator of the Biomolecular Engineering Research Unit, Department of Biotechnology Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
13.Dr Habib M'nasria, Director of Quality Assurance, McDonald’s Middle East
14.Mr Hasan Rimawi, Chief Technical Officer, Al Islami
15.Mr Jon Hayes, Managing Director, Norvic Foods Pty Ltd
16.Mr. Yavuz Mollasalıhoğlu, Director General of Standardization of the Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade, Prime Ministry of Republic of Turkey

source

come here...and you can ask all the questions that you need.

http://www.mcdonalds.com.my/ourfood/...l.asp?id=ing09

Salam Alaikum:

I'm still not sure where you're getting this from? I know there was a big brouhaha a few years back about the oils used in fast food restaurants and they switched to oils that do not contain animal fats and/or byproducts. In the link you provided I only saw this:
French Fries - Medium
French Fries
Salt
French Fries Fries: Potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, safflower oil, natural flavour (vegetable source),
dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain colour), citric acid (preservative), dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming
agent) and cooked in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with THBQ, citric
acid and dimethypolysiloxane).

Am I missing something?

Thanks sis!

Hana

Authentic mcdonald's Ingredients for fries


large Idaho russett potatoes
sugar
corn syrup
hot water
shortening
beef fat (or saved fat from previously cooked burgers)
salt

does No one understand that outside of Muslim countries Mcdonalds use the same cooks, kitchens and utensils for every item of food, including pork and other meats, on menu, regardless of whether they still are using the authentic recipe for their fries?

Do you not understand that it is not only Muslim countries that do not cook with animal fat??? In the west, as I said already, most fast food places DO NOT cook with Animal fat for a variety of reason, one being vegetarians frown upon it, Jews and Muslims frown upon it as do the health conscience. The fast food places that DO use it, are suppose to post it clearly and if not, then it is our responsibility to ask.

Also, neither MacDonald's or any other restaurant saves the fat from previously cooked food to make fries. C'mon, man, where you getting this from??? It would cost more in time and effort to gather, save, clean and purify and the shelf life would be too small a window. It would never pass the safety and health boards/inspectors.

We were not talking about utensils, we were talking about cooking oil. If you don't want to eat food that has been cross-contaminated, then you're absolutely right that one should not eat at restaurants that serve haram meat. But, that is a totally different subject than the title of this thread.

Regards,
Hana

We were not talking about utensils, we were talking about cooking oil. If you don't want to eat food that has been cross-contaminated, then you're absolutely right that one should not eat at restaurants that serve haram meat. But, that is a totally different subject than the title of this thread.

How does a person get around that?

But, that is a totally different subject than the title of this thread

I don't get that either unless it means that cross contamination is excusable

C'mon, man, where you getting this from???

originally from http://www.mcdonalds.ca but its been updated/changed to read oil

MacDonald's or any other restaurant saves the fat from previously cooked food to make fries .... It would cost more in time and effort to gather, save, clean and purify

cleaning purifying will defeat the purpose of excercise since that beefy flavour gave the fries their distinctive taste to begin with

if someone thinks that is far fetched just ponder upon the idea of coke and what made it stand out in distant past

Well, KFC use the left over chicken fat to make gravy. My cousin used to work there.