Popular Fast-Food Items With Sketchiest Ingredients

If you frequent McDonald's, Burger King, or Wendy's, you've probably pondered what goes into your food.

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Do McDonald's burgers contain "pink slime"? Good question! Fair enough that McDonald's answers it on its FAQs page.

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Besides pink slime, many fast-food dishes contain odd (and often hazardous) substances and additions.

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Burger King's "ban" on 120 artificial additives last year was a surprise to most people (as Men's Health rightly notes)

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Both fast-food skeptics and McDonald's fans should learn about these dubious substances in many popular fast food meals.

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According to Dave Chappelle, American apple pie is made of whatever you can find.

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According to The Vegetarian Resource Group, duck feathers are a frequent source of L-cysteine,

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Wendy's, like McDonald's and KFC, utilizes dimethylpolysiloxane as a "anti-foaming" additive in its fryer oil.

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In 1991, Wendy's creator Dave Thomas wrote about "recycling" outdated patties in his memoir, Dave's Way.

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Carrageenan in fast food has been known for a time, however the FDA still lists it as "Generally Recognized as Safe".

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