McDonald's Canada reveals how to make a Big Mac

by Michelle da Silva on July 11th, 2012 at 3:16 PM

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Turns out that orange-pink sauce in the Big Mac at McDonald’s isn’t just Thousand Island dressing—and it’s not "pink slime" either.

Since McDonald’s Canada and Tribal DDB Toronto launched a special section on their website called "Our Food. Your Questions", customer queries, such as “Is your beef actually 100 percent pure beef” and “How is it that a McDonald’s burger does not rot?” have been answered by staff at the fast-food chain’s headquarters. A few weeks ago, one video response to “Why does your food look different than what is in the store?” went viral, pulling back the curtain on how McDonald's hamburgers are prepared for photo shoots.

Another video response has become popular in the past week, receiving over 725,000 views on McDonald's Canada's YouTube channel. The video explains exactly how Big Macs are made, starting with its "mystery" sauce. Dan Coudreaut, "executive chef" at McDonald’s answers Ontario's Christine H.’s question: “What is in the sauce that is in the Big Mac?”

Turns out, you don’t need a chemistry lab to create something similar to the Big Mac at home, and that orange-pink sauce is a mix of mayonnaise, sweet pickle relish, yellow mustard, white wine vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika. Chef Coudreaut, who is responsible for the creation of McDonald’s Angus beef burgers and McCafé drinks, goes on to demonstrate how to make the burger patty and how to construct the Big Mac burger.

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Comments

10 Comments

hAYOKA

Jul 11, 2012 at 5:48pm

Two all shit patty's , special entrails , ligaments and puke pasteurized to death and some spices and a GMO brain drain grain bun , Mmmm good . And we thought smoking was bad .

Anton

Jul 11, 2012 at 7:25pm

Ten bucks says hAYOKA skipped right to the comment section

Breklor

Jul 12, 2012 at 7:52am

It needs bacon.

miguel

Jul 12, 2012 at 8:28am

I wish I'd slipped straight to the comment section!
Miguel

batman666

Jul 12, 2012 at 10:55am

lol @ there being a "chef" at mcdonalds

R2

Jul 12, 2012 at 12:20pm

not just a chef but an 'Executive Chef'!
'my compliments to the chef on the exquisiteness of my Quarter Pounder this evening'

john michelou

Jul 13, 2012 at 11:14am

Well they are trying pretty hard to repair their image it seems. The problem is that making a decent hamburger is not hard at home. And there is no chance that i will be sick or feel like there is a rock in my stomach with home cooked burgers.

Also for the 7$ or so that your average mcdonalds combo costs, you could buy a LB of good quality serloin and make 6 burgers.

Chris M

Jul 13, 2012 at 5:57pm

I've always thought McD's weren't that bad. It's not like McDonald's burgers and fries are especially bad for you compared to other fries. As with all foods like this McD's or home cooked, it takes good, but you should limit intake.

The only problem with all fast foods that sell these products is that their price and convenience draws in way too many people- and people are not good at thinking rationally or long term about their own health- so we should do something about that.

greggron

Jul 13, 2012 at 11:45pm

Gourmet burgers are so easy to make at home. Even with just a grill pan. Mix some chopped rosemary in the beef before grilling. Use mushrooms and bacon. Get cheap lettuce, pickles, and other toppings from Costco. Use fresh buns from a local bakery. Why anyone consumes those McD/Wendys/A&W trash is beyond me.