McDonalds Has Revealed What Its Fries Are Really Made Of

YUM! I love the smell of dimethylpolysiloxane in the morning.

In this video, Grant Imahara "reverse engineers" McDonald's fries.

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And in this video, he talks us through the ingredients.

And in this video, he talks us through the ingredients.

The MailOnline claims there's an ingredient "used in Silly Putty" and a "petrol based" chemical in there, but it's apparently fine.

Moving on :-/

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Here's the end of the process: the potatoes being frozen.

Here's the end of the process: the potatoes being frozen.

They've just come out of a 50-yard freezer tunnel.

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Before that, they're partially fried.

Before that, they're partially fried.

This is to give them a "crisp outer shell", and now I'm hungry.

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