We use wild-caught
Ingredients: Pollock, Water, Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil), Wheat Flour, Modified Food Starch, Contains 2% Or Less: Yellow Corn Flour, Bleached Wheat Flour, Salt, Whey (Milk), Dextrose, Dried Yeast, Sugar, Cellulose Gum, Paprika And Turmeric Extract (Color), Natural Flavors ...
McDonald's Filet-O-Fish
It's the lowest in calories and sodium, compared to the others, says Yelena Wheeler, M.P.H., R.D.N., of MIDSS. It's also lower in sugar and carbs, and has a “decent amount” of protein (16 grams) and fiber (2g), Beam adds.
5. Believe it or not, the Filet-O-Fish is actually fish. McDonald's uses Marine Stewardship Council certified wild-caught Alaska Pollock.
Once the fish filets are fried and the tartar sauce is made, it's time to assemble the sandwich! Now McDonald's actually puts the American cheese slice on the bottom bun below the fried fish filet but I decided to put it above because it just made more sense to me.
Our Filet-o-Fish® patty is cooked separately from meat items in 100% vegetable oil. However, due to the design of the oil filtration system, during the oil filtering process, there is a small chance the oil used to cook our fish patties can come into contact with oil that has been used to cook chicken products.
We use wild-caught Alaska Pollock for our Filet-O-Fish® sandwich in the U.S., which is 100% sourced from sustainable fisheries. Why is sustainable fish so important to us? Because it helps protect our oceans—something that's important to you. Interested in learning more about the Filet-O-Fish®?
The Bering Sea is one of the best places to catch wild Alaskan Pollock. McDonald's is the other. From the dock at Dutch Harbor, Kenny Longaker sets out on his boat, the Defender, to catch the wild Alaskan Pollock used in our Filet-O-Fish® sandwich. Alaskan Pollock is a fast-growing species.
Although the Tartare Sauce used in our Filet-o-Fish® is suitable for vegetarians, it is not Halal.
First, the good news: Fast-food sandwiches and fish sticks are commonly made from fish that are low in mercury (such as pollock and catfish), according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
The average Big Mac calories is at around 540 calories with 25 grams of fat. When taken on its own, this sandwich provides more than 25% of an adult's daily calorie requirement and more than 40% of the daily recommended fat intake, despite being often drunk with fries and cola.
Best Sandwich: McChicken
This is the smartest choice among all of McDonald's sandwiches since it contains 350 calories and 15 grams of fat. To us that's a little head-scratching, since it's a fried chicken option that somehow beats out even the Filet-O-Fish, which contains 390 calories and 19 grams of fat.
Both filet and fillet mean a strip of boneless meat. Fillet is the more general term, however, while filet is usually reserved for French cuisine and in the names of French-derived dishes such as filet mignon.
Aldi shoppers are raving about the store's 75p fish burgers which apparently taste just like McDonald's Fillet-o-Fish - at a fraction of the price. The bargain supermarket's Buttermilk Fish Burgers have been praised for their likeness to the fast food favourite from McDonalds.
The Filet-O-Fish was almost a halibut sandwich
McDonald's ultimately swapped it out for cod before its release because it ended up being cheaper, but it wasn't an easy decision because Kroc didn't want customers to negatively associate the Filet-O-Fish with cod liver oil.
Pollock is a member of the cod family. They can grow as long as 3 feet but typically reach lengths between 12 and 20 inches and weigh between 1 and 3 pounds. They have speckled coloring that helps them blend in with the seafloor to avoid predators.
Wild Alaska Pollock has been recognized as one of the top 20 most nutritious foods in the world. That shouldn't be surprising. After all, it contains many important vitamins and minerals that contribute to a multitude of health benefits.
It was the first non-hamburger item brought in by Ray Kroc, reaching nationwide status by 1965. The ingredients found on the filet-o-fish today haven't changed much since then: a frozen fish patty, tartar sauce, steamed hamburger bun and American cheese.
With determination and a knack for thoroughness, Groen convinced McDonald's to test a breaded whitefish sandwich to help satisfy customers who abstained from eating meat on Fridays in observance of Lent.
Hoki is also known as blue grenadier, blue hake, New Zealand whiptail, whiptail or whiptail hake. They are long sleek fish that grow up to 1.3 metres in length and are found at depths of 10-1000 metres. Hoki meat is delicate, succulent and tastes slightly sweet, producing a medium flake once cooked.
Once at the restaurant our fries are simply cooked in dedicated frying vats in a non-hydrogenated blend of sunflower and rapeseed oil which is 100 percent suitable for vegetarians (McDonald's French Fries are officially accredited by the Vegetarian Society).
Each and every one of our Chicken McNuggets® is made with USDA-inspected boneless white-meat chicken—cut from the chicken breast, tenderloins and rib meat.
While vegetarian-friendly options are available, such as their fries, many KFC chips are not suitable for vegetarians as they are cooked in the same oil as their chicken products.