McDonald's

Fact checks about the fast food giant McDonald's. Covering a range of topics from nutrition to the growing of ingredients.

30 October 2024

Kamala Harris in McDonald’s uniform photo has been edited

Viral posts share what appears to be an old photo of Kamala Harris wearing a McDonald’s uniform, but the photo has been edited and the original photo is not of Ms Harris.

25 October 2024

McDonald’s did not close in Iceland because of a boycott

Posts shared on Facebook suggest the closure of McDonald’s in Iceland was due to a boycott, but the branches closed in 2009 because of the country’s financial crisis.

6 December 2023

Manure dumped at French McDonald’s protesting meat supply not Israel

The footage is unrelated to protests over the conflict between Israel and Hamas, and shows direct action by French farmers about imported meat.

28 September 2023

McDonald’s french fries do not all come from Bill Gates and a GM potato farm

This claim has been shared by thousands of people on Facebook.

17 May 2023

McDonald’s french fries are not made from potatoes treated with the pesticide Monitor

The claim comes from a speech given in 2013 by an author, who has since admitted Monitor is no longer in use in the US.

29 June 2022

Fake claims about McDonald’s ingredients are recirculating on Facebook

A post claiming that only 15% of McDonald’s beef was found to be beef, and that its sauces and spices contained pork grease is not correct.

10 February 2022

McDonald’s doesn’t use mechanically separated chicken

Mechanically separated chicken is obtained when unboned chicken is forced through a sieve to separate meat from bone. McDonald’s makes its nuggets with ground chicken not prepared in this way.