AIBU to be scared of what I found in my McDonald’s (pic 🤢)

[whatisthisinmyburger]

Had McDonald’s tonight, ordered the McPlant burger as usual and found this inside it! Does anyone have any clue what it could be?

Really hoping there’s a non gross explanation for this, it’s really put me off!

Dunno why my pic blew up so large & blurry

You need to get that out the bin and keep it to be sent off.

It looks like a wart or verruca with root to me 🤮

My partner has had something similar in his McDonald’s a couple of times, in chicken and bacon burgers/wraps. He said he presumed ‘something from the salad’. 😅

Sorry this is not pleasant for you, but does it have a particular smell to it? Could help a lot with identifying it.

If only that were true.
I’m sure most animals used in human food chain are full of veterinary drugs- wormers &c at very least.
Horse meat ended up in beef a few years ago.

It looks like it has teeth.

If you believe that you’ll believe anything. Even Chickens are pumped full of Antibiotics and Hormones to make them grow faster. Or look at Cows in a field do you think they get that fat on grass alone. The addition of these things plus other chemicals to animal feed is the reason why our children are starting puberty earlier, our men are growing Moobs, cancers are on the increase and simple illnesses and viruses take much longer to heal from.

Looks like a sprouting pea

You wouldn't get that in a Big Mac (I know I know....)

I think it's a piece of lettuce that has got stuck to the bun and gone bad. If it was on the bottom of the bun, the staff may not have noticed.

You should definitely let them know because it's gross and unhygienic, you could have been ill if you'd eaten it.

Not sure a McDonalds beef burger is a great chice with all the hormones and antibiotics already in the cow before it is killed, then the saturated fat etc. The environmental implications of beef are considerable.

Processed food in general is to be avoided, a plant-based diet is healthy but processed food of any type is not.

The answer is to avoid McDonalds full stop!

@lannistunut Agreed.

Also to those saying you'd never find this in a beef burger, this was on the bottom of the bun and OP thinks it's likely a piece of lettuce (and I agree). It could easily also have found its way to a meat based burger.

So many chemicals?! Methyl cellulose is used as a thickener - lots of people with swallowing difficulties use this to thicken their drinks so they don’t choke/drown. Here it’s used to bind the ingredients. Potassium chloride is a potassium salt used for seasoning, potassium is also essential for normal body function. Sunflower lecithin emulsified fats and water. It also helps reduce ‘bad’ cholesterol. Maltodextrin is just a simple carb used for sweetness. All the other things are just veg/fruit.

Yes it’s processed but it’s McDonald’s everything is processed!

😂

inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/food-and-drink/mcdonalds-launches-new-vegan-burger-mcplant-1189724

It looks like the vegan sauce but crystallised? Not sure what it is but it looks to be in this photo as well.

Who’s going to McDonald’s and ordering a plain beef patty? Look at the ingredients of the bun and the sauce…. It’s all a GCSE science experiment. Fecking tasty though.

@wizzywascal

Did you post the wrong link? I can't see anything like it in those pics

@quittingdaily

Looks like something that's sprouted so I'd assume something planty. However, what the hell is in that plant burger? Looks like a whole bunch of additives and flavourings and bugger all else, why's it only 13% pea protein?

This is why you shouldn’t analyse your food. Just eat it.

I once found a coiled up worm in my filet o fish, have never been able to face one since.

Fleas aren't that big.

The brown part looks like a raisin.

It just looks like a bean (or similar) that's sprouted.

Well, it's clearly plant based so I wouldn't worry.

This is why I only go in McDonald's to shit

I mean it’s really not. I hate the McPlaht burger with the hatred of 1000 words but do we really have to do the anti intellectual “long words are bad for us”?

Pea protein - ok yes they have to do something to peas to make them more like meat. Not a surprise.
Rapeseed oil - yes, I cook with this when frying too
Coconut oil - also got a jar in my kitchen
Stabiliser - necessary in pretty much all non ultra fresh food
Potato starch - you ever boiled potatoes and noticed white stuff in the pan?
Apple extract - you seriously have a problem with this?
Salt - I mean not great but you know what it is
pomegranate extract - again you seriously have a problem with this?
potassium chloride - literally the only remotely chemical test thing on the list. It’s a salt for the record. And used as a med for people low on potassium
concentrated lemon juice - are we all ok with this? 😬
Maize vinegar - its a vinegar oh no
Yeast extract - I mean I hate marmite too but I don't freak out at it.

I suspect I'd get a similarly long list making something like red cabbage and apple from scratch. Long words are really not this scary.