McDONALDS
Some time ago, McDonald’s announced that it had changed its frying oil from animal fat to vegetable oil for those who are vegetarian. However, it turned out that this information did not turn out to be completely true. French fries are fried slightly in animal fat then frozen and shipped to all the McDonald’s stores for the final frying.
The following information was announced on the Arabic BBC channel:
Basically, what they do is they cut the potatoes into slices and then coat them with a thin layer of cow fat or lard (pig fat) so that when it is later fried on site it will crunch. Then these fries are shipped to McDonald's stores in different parts of the world including India and the Arab countries. McDonald's apologized to the Indians after receiving complaints, since a good number of Indians do not eat anything that has ingredients derived from animals. And of course no apology has been made to the Arab countries.
So in summary, McDonald’s fries are coated with a layer of either cow fat or lard (pig fat which is thicker and cheaper) then shipped to all McDonald’s stores over the world, which is then fried in vegetable fat.
Please alert all those you know of this information.