Guest guest Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Hi guys - Does anyone know what gelatinized wheat starch is...in a pinch I was going to by a store made pie, I always look for lard, but spotted this instead & skipped it, not really sure if it is actual gelatin or not? Some of my friends still can't believe our kids don't get McDonalds (my mother thinks it is tragic) - just wondered if anyone knows if they stopped flavoring their fries with beef...I still won't get them out of principal, but just wonder what happened there, haven't heard lately. Thanks m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Hi Melissa. I looked this ingredient up and found this (this was listed as " pre " -gelatinized though) ---- Is the ingredient known as pre-gelatinized wheat starch vegetarian? According to A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: " When starch and water are heated the starch molecules burst and form a gelatin. " According to The Dictionary of Food Ingredients it is a starch that has been created by swelling wheat in cold water. It is also known as gelatinized wheat starch. According to Food Chemistry: " Pregelatinized flour is made from ground cereals....and is sometimes blended with guar flour or alginates. " It appears to be a completely vegetarian product. http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faqingredients.htm#wheat ---- I think Mc still uses beef fat/lard mixed in with their oils. Now they must label it as such as their ingredient, however they call it, " natural flavors " (or something of that sort using the term, " natural " ). Maybe somebody else will know more about it. Shawn , " melissa_hopp " <hoppmel@c...> wrote: > > Hi guys - > > Does anyone know what gelatinized wheat starch is...in a pinch I was > going to by a store made pie, I always look for lard, but spotted this > instead & skipped it, not really sure if it is actual gelatin or not? > > Some of my friends still can't believe our kids don't get McDonalds > (my mother thinks it is tragic) - just wondered if anyone knows if > they stopped flavoring their fries with beef...I still won't get them > out of principal, but just wonder what happened there, haven't heard > lately. > > Thanks > > m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Recently, at a McDonalds (I was there with a friend), I asked about the french fry pre-cook in beef fat. The manager told me yes, they do, but the amount is so small that I wouldn't be able to tell. I'm pretty sure I made a sour " you-don't-get-it " growl face, and bought nothing! " The cat did not respond. She did not believe in paraphrasing anybody. If people pursued this same feline wisdom, there'd be a lot fewer misunderstandings. " From Kinky Friedman's Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch Plan great trips with Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel./p-travelguide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 , Jiraph Wirpel <wirpel> wrote: > > Recently, at a McDonalds (I was there with a friend), > I asked about the french fry pre-cook in beef fat. > The manager told me yes, they do, but the amount is so > small that I wouldn't be able to tell. > > I'm pretty sure I made a sour " you-don't-get-it " growl > face, and bought nothing! > > ha, ha, ha...you won't be able to tell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 GROSS.. I thought they stopped doing that... there were lawsuits and all... maybe now they just have to disclose the information! gross. =) jenni On Saturday, April 16, 2005, at 05:42 PM, Jiraph Wirpel wrote: > > Recently, at a McDonalds (I was there with a friend), > I asked about the french fry pre-cook in beef fat. > The manager told me yes, they do, but the amount is so > small that I wouldn't be able to tell. > > I'm pretty sure I made a sour " you-don't-get-it " growl > face, and bought nothing! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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