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Old 20-03-2015, 21:16
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Surely this contravenes any number of UK and EU laws/regulations on transparency in food. I don't know if it actually IS a secret, but if it isn't it is at least shielded from the public. Isn't this somewhat of an outrage?

Imagine if you went to a supermarket and picked up a box of chicken an on the packaging it say "secret ingredient", I'm fairly sure it wouldn't be allowed, why do KFC ge away with hiding their ingredients or at least not making it public. Surely for purposes of people with food allergies if nothing else they're required by law to reveal precisely what's in it and that public health/interest should come before commercial advantage/
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Old 20-03-2015, 21:28
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All the regulations say is that the ingredients must be listed in order of composition. It says nothing about what the proportions of each are or how they are processed or mixed. That's where the secret lies.
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Old 20-03-2015, 22:09
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If I owned a business that was earning me a fortune from a recipe that nobody knew I'll be fcuked if I would list how I made it, eu rules or not. Europhile Pillocks on here take note...
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Old 20-03-2015, 22:29
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McDonalds are the same with their secret Big Mac sauce.
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Old 21-03-2015, 09:55
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If I owned a business that was earning me a fortune from a recipe that nobody knew I'll be fcuked if I would list how I made it, eu rules or not. Europhile Pillocks on here take note...
Then you would be closed down.
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Old 21-03-2015, 10:04
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We know it's a secret blend of 11 herbs and spices. IM sure they'll disclose exactly which ones to the relevant authorities if they are particularly keen to know.
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Old 21-03-2015, 12:07
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Loads of companies have 'secret recipes' Coca Cola keeps theirs in a vault and only a handful of people at any given time know what it is. They also print the ingredients on the side of every can. But the way these contradictory things happen is that they're not required to get over specific- the umbrella words flavouring and spices are all they're required to disclose.
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Old 28-03-2015, 01:34
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McDonalds are the same with their secret Big Mac sauce.
Isn't Big Mac sauce just a version of sandwich spread?
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Old 28-03-2015, 02:12
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Isn't Big Mac sauce just a version of sandwich spread?
We always called it Thousand Island dressing with a twist. It's dangerously close, but slightly different.
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Old 28-03-2015, 12:14
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There's a website for secret fast food recipies and the Big Mac sauce is one of them.

I've made it before and it wasn't far off.
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Old 28-03-2015, 14:35
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I just mix 'McKennedy's Hamburger Relish' from Lidl with a squirt of mayonnaise. Add some salad and you have a McDonalds. The only problem is finding good thin burgers. I usually buy quarter-pounders, fry them and slice them into two thin burgers. To me, this tastes nicer than one monolithic slab of meat in the middle.

McDonalds balances the flavours of the meat, bread, salad, sauce and cheese very well, not that I eat there more than every eighth blue moon.

KFC's mainly all about ginger, salt and white pepper. And soaking the lot on oils, MSG, etc.
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