On 11 Dec 2004, Christopher Green > wrote:

>McDonalds used to use beef tallow in their French Fries. This was not
>popular with people of Hindu or Sikh background. A McDonalds was
>trashed in Bombay when it was revealed that McDonalds had been wrongly
>passing off their fries as vegetarian. McDonalds settled several cases
>out of court in 2002 with defrauded customers for $10 million.

Wrong. They stopped using beef tallow many years ago. But when they
switched to vegetable oils they continued to use flavorings, and these
flavorings were beef based. Presumably these flavorings where hydrolyzed
beef protein.

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.