Would they really get that angry?

Most people know that "Chicken" McNuggets are only modestly-chicken-based (and are primarily corn starch and whatever other stuff). McNuggets are still a top seller, even though real 100% Chicken Tenders were on the same menu right next to them for years.

Similarly McChicken "nugget-paste-based" sandwiches are on the McDonalds menu, right next to 100%-real Buttermilk Chicken sandwiches.

I could see something similar working out with a McPlant-type burger.

>Most people know that "Chicken" McNuggets are only modestly-chicken-based (and are primarily corn starch and whatever other stuff).

This is not true. Lookup the ingredients

Its only ever a minority that gets outraged or praised over certain things. not entire groups as a whole. I would hypothetically fall in to the category of being 'outraged' over not explicitly mentioning the fact that the burger that I eat contains soy instead of very low quality meat. especially if I have the expectation of a regular mcdonalds burger. There is enough grey area in what is fit for human consumption when you look at certain additives sugar replacement and now you allow companies to not even have to put meat in a product that pretends to contain meat?

Hypothetical ofcourse as I dont go to mcdonalds

IIRC McDo in the UK advertise their nuggets as "100% breast meat". They clearly aren't as they have batter, but I assume they mean "the meat portion is 100% chicken breast" yet have a niggling feeling they mean "the meat we put in is all chicken breast but we put textured soya/other fillers in too".

One of the problems with all the lying in advertising is you never quite know how cynical you need to be.

From an American perspective, food quality in the UK seems to be much higher than we have here.

In the US, McDonalds Nuggets contain way more filler -- up to 50% of any given nugget isn't even actual chicken meat at all, according to the University of Mississippi - https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/10/11/232106472/wh...

The McDo menu varies pretty dramatically from country to country, I wouldn't be surprised if they are telling the truth in that instance.

US vegans will not be partaking any time soon. McDonalds still uses beef and milk along with oil for the fries.

In other counties I believe McDonalds uses vegetable oil for the fries.

> along with oil for the fries.

They use vegetable oil in the US. The reason why McDonald fries are not vegan is due to the flavoring, not the oil.

From https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/small-french-frie...

> French Fries

> Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [wheat And Milk Derivatives]), Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (maintain Color), Salt. natural Beef Flavor Contains Hydrolyzed Wheat And Hydrolyzed Milk As Starting Ingredients. >Contains: Wheat, Milk.

Thanks for the clarity! I did not write that very well. Didn't mean to imply that is was something other than vegetable oil plus some animal-based seasonings.