Introduction  Do you love all that yummy McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King, Taco Bell, and Popeye’s fast food? Doesn’t seem like much, does it? Do you really know what is in that yummy substance we eat? Read on to find out what is really in that delicious fast food.

Meals  Have you ever wondered how many calories and fat are in that big mac? 540 calories and 29 grams of fat.  A Burger King Whopper has 670 calories and 40 grams of fat.  One of Wendy’s bacon deluxe doubles is 880 calories and 52 grams of fat.  Lastly for the meals Taco Bells, Nacho Bell Grande is 770 calories and 24 grams of fat.

Sides  One medium sized fry at McDonalds is 380 calories and 19 grams of fat.  The onion rings at Dairy Queen: 360 calories and 16 grams of fat.  A Regular Cole slaw at Popeye’s is 260 calories and 23 grams of fat. If you think this is bad, we’re just starting.  One medium sized fry at McDonalds is 380 calories and 19 grams of fat.  The onion rings at Dairy Queen: 360 calories and 16 grams of fat.  A Regular Cole slaw at Popeye’s is 260 calories and 23 grams of fat. If you think this is bad, we’re just starting.

Secrets  Did you know that a salad at McDonalds can be just as many calories as a big mac? Well it can!  When you go to a fast food restaurant have you ever thought to look up into the ice dispensers? You will be surprised how often you can find mold.  When preparing your food all employees are required by law to where gloves. But really, most don't. Who knows wear they have been!  Most fast food restaurants milkshakes contain over 50 chemicals in each drink.  Have you ever been hungry and decided to go to McDonalds for there nice and fresh scrambled eggs? Yeah… no. It’s powder.ggs.

Secrets  McDonalds salads are made several days earlier, then put onto a tray in the refrigerator until somebody orders them.  All McDonalds hamburgers contain at least 100 cows in each burger. Think about how may hamburgers are sold in a day and how many cows are slaughtered each day.  All kids meals at all fast food restaurants have three times more sugar then regular meals to make it seem more appealing to the kids.  Chicken nuggets are made with silicone which is on of the main ingredients of contact lenses.

Secrets  Sand, witch is used to make glass, cements, and industrial cords, is also used in the fast food field to prevent clumping. That’s what keeps Wendy’s chili to sit in the pot for so long and not turn into a big clump.  Cellulose, produced from wood pulp, is used in plenty of produced fast foods, such as, ice cream, tea syrups, pancake and waffle syrups, salad dressings, and much more.  Ammonium sulfate is a soil fertilizer and a pesticide to kill bugs. It is used to feed yeast while baking mass produced breads for fast food chains.

Secrets  Fast food industries put sawdust into there shredded cheese to keep the shreds from sticking together.  Beaver urine, you find in the fast food fields when they make vanilla ice cream and raspberry flavored foods.  Did you know that your likely to find titanium it in white foods. They use it in white foods because it makes then look whiter. They use it in foods such as, white salad dressing, icing, non- dairy creamers, and sometimes it even contains lead.

Conclusion  After reading those interesting, yet disgusting, facts about what is in fast food, have you considered maybe not going there for health concerns? I can tell I'm not! So next time you pass or think about going to a fast food restaurant, just make something at home ten times more healthier!