French fries, whether you buy them from a restaurant, a fast food chain or from the frozen aisle at your grocery store, may contain beef tallow, a rendered form of beef fat. Fries are usually processed in a factory where they’re fried in beef tallow before being frozen and transported. Although a store may claim their products are cooked in 100% vegetable oil, this claim might not factor in the beef tallow frying. McDonald’s were sued in 2001 by a group of vegetarians as McDonald’s fries contained beef flavoring, which they failed to disclose on their ingredients list. However, McDonald’s never claimed their french fries were vegetarian — that was just the assumption. If you want to be certain your fries contain no animal fat or other by-products, ask for an ingredients list or do your research online before heading out to eat.
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