natural flavor?

By emile 08 May 2001

so i read this story the other day, and found out that mcdonalds french fries contain beef product. i mean, what kind of sense does, that make? how is it to be deduced? mcdonald’s defence? they never claimed the fries didn’t contain beef fat. nice one… they never claimed the cheesburger didn’t contain human remains either, and i can’t wait till someone catches them on that one. they claim that the ingredients are clearly available to concerned vegetarians. are they? see for yourself. they sure are. but where is this beef fat? you probably guessed it, “natural flavor”, the mystery ingredient in every processed food we eat. i’d assumed the guidelines were a bit more strict, like “natural” referring to the product, and beef isn’t a natural thing in potatoes. so i look up “natural flavor” on the food and drug administration’s home page, its insection 101.22 (3). natural flavoring, they say? in other terms, just about all organic matter. great. everything at the grocery store may contain dead animal without telling the consumer. wonderful. i think that with the growing popularity of vegetarianism, that regulation might just have to be radified.