Day 012 - 18 Jul 94 - Page 37


     
     1        else?  Glad you asked.  No artificial preservatives for
              starters.  So what is in there? Wholesome milk, natural
     2        sweeteners, a fluid ounce of flavouring and stabilizers
              for consistency.  And that is all".  The question I have,
     3        Mr. Horwitz, is this:  Within the fluid ounce of
              flavouring, was there an artificial preservative?
     4        A.  Yes, there was.
 
     5   Q.   Do you remember its name?
              A.  I believe it is sodium benzoate.
     6
         Q.   What was its purpose?
     7        A.  Its sole purpose was to preserve the flavouring during
              shipment from the factory to the restaurants.
     8
         Q.   Does that kind of flavouring last forever?  Does it
     9        persist for all time?
              A.  It usually does not have an opportunity to at
    10        McDonald's because it goes rather quickly.  I would like
              to add, though, that in terms of this very small amount of
    11        preservative put into the flavouring, it dissipates over
              time.
    12
         Q.   Is there any preservative in the milk?
    13        A.  Not that I am aware of.
 
    14   Q.   Or in the milk shake mix?
              A.  Not in the milk shake mix that I am aware of, no.
    15
         Q.   Was there a stabilizer, it says there was a stabilizer for
    16        consistency, in some part of the milk shake?
              A.  Yes.  I believe that is called sodium
    17        hetamexaphosphate.
 
    18   Q.   Then we see a chart telling us how much calories, protein,
              carbohydrates, fat, cholesterol and sodium is in the milk
    19        shake?
              A.  Yes.
    20
         Q.   Then what percentages those constitute of the recommended
    21        daily allowance.  The next point is about calcium, saying
              that the bun contains calcium like English muffins; then
    22        two pages on a picture of a kitchen implement, yes?
              A.  Yes.
    23
         Q.   "How we are getting a handle on cholesterol".  What is
    24        that implement?
              A.  That looks like a fry basket, a basket within which
    25        you would place french fries or chicken McNuggets.
  
    26   Q.  "How we are getting a handle on cholesterol" written beside 
              the handle of the fry basket. "At McDonald's we use two 
    27        different shortenings to cook our food.  We use 100%
              cholesterol-free vegetable shortening to cook our Chicken
    28        McNuggets, Filet-O-Fish and pies.
 
    29        We use a specially blended beef and vegetable shortening
              to cook our world famous french fries and hash browns.  It
    30        is one reason they taste so good.  Still, a regular order
              of our french fries is surprisingly low in cholesterol and

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