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A surprising new report claims that many of the country’s biggest fast food franchises don’t use “real whole eggs” in their breakfast meals.
fox business An investigation published on Tuesday identified the alleged perpetrators, as well as naming major restaurants to do Try a serving of whole eggs – and the findings may surprise you.
According to the outlet, “The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) notes that food manufacturers often use pasteurized egg products because of their convenience and ease of handling and storage, making this practice completely above board.
While Starbucks says its breakfast sandwiches contain “whole eggs,” Fox Business claims that the “long list of additives” means they can’t technically be classified as “100% real eggs.” Could.
Additives reportedly include “water, soybean oil, modified food starch, whey solids and citric acid.”
Meanwhile, the publication claims Dunkin’ similarly advertises the use of “real whole eggs” in various breakfast items.
However, this classification is “in the eye of the beholder” due to substances such as water, modified corn starch, xanthan gum, and citric acid in eggs.
Meanwhile, according to Fox Business, Subway’s eggs contain additives including dextrose, guar gum, propylene glycol, and glycerin.
The fast food giant has committed to serving eggs from cage-free hens, but has not yet fully committed to doing so “due to limited supply at present”.
Chick-fil-A is similarly working toward serving 100% cage-free eggs, but admits that its egg products are currently made from eggs, water and other additives.
Fox Business has identified Burger King as the fifth fast food franchise to stop serving 100% whole eggs.
The egg product included in their breakfast is reportedly a “liquid egg-pasteurized mixture containing numerous additives.”
However, the report names five companies that use 100% whole eggs for breakfast.
According to Fox Business’ findings, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Panera, Wendy’s and Whataburger offer the real deal.
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