Restaurant-Dining Critiques » Mcdonalds Caught Uing the “M” word (i.e maple) https://restaurant.kitmarshal.site Kit Marshal’s Commentary on . . . Eating Well in Asia and Beyond . . . Gastronomic Discoveries . . . Wine News Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:02:43 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.34 McDonalds: Using the “M” Word (i.e. maple) in Vain https://restaurant.kitmarshal.site/mcdonalds-using-the-m-word-i-e-maple-in-vain/ https://restaurant.kitmarshal.site/mcdonalds-using-the-m-word-i-e-maple-in-vain/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:13:11 +0000 http://www.restaurantdiningcritiques.com/?p=9411 oatmeal.mcdonaldsCredit: by Clare Leschin-Hoar, SlashFood.com

McDonald’s Fruit & Maple Oatmeal ingredient list includes whole grain rolled oats, brown sugar, food starch-modified, salt, natural maple flavor with other natural flavor (plant source), barley malt extract, and caramel color. There is no mention of maple syrup in the list of ingredients. It seems as if the ball is in McDonald’s court.

Vermont Agency of Agriculture (VAA), who says the company’s new Fruit & Maple Oatmeal menu item does not actually contain any maple product. That’s a violation of Vermont’s stringent maple law, and could mean that McDonald’s will have to change ingredients or labeling. “It is illegal to use the word maple on a product unless the sweetener is 100 percent pure maple. Artificial maple flavoring should be clearly and conspicuously labeled on the principal panel with the term ‘artificial flavor’.”
]]> https://restaurant.kitmarshal.site/mcdonalds-using-the-m-word-i-e-maple-in-vain/feed/ 0