Half a slice of cheese is used in each Filet-O-Fish sandwich, with McDonald's stating the reason as to prevent the cheese from overwhelming the taste. A Double Filet-O-Fish is available in some regions.
the Filet-O-Fish has always come with a half slice of cheese. this is to save on the flavor of the sandwich. if it's a full slice you want, make sure to specify that next time you order.
The cheese slice used in our menu items like our Big Mac®, Cheeseburger and Quarter Pounder™ with Cheese contains approximately 60% real cheese (51% Cheddar and 9% Other Cheeses).
Our fish sandwich recipe features a crispy fish filet patty on melty American cheese and is topped with creamy McDonald's tartar sauce, all served on a soft, steamed bun.
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®?
McDonald's doesn't think a fish sandwich should taste cheesy
This is not to save costs but to save flavor. The full slice of American cheese would overpower the mild, delicate flavor of the lightly breaded fish patties, the brand claims. "When you think of a cheeseburger, it's really cheesy.
From its humble Ohio beginnings, the Filet-O-Fish has gone on to become a fast food phenomenon. The simple fried fish patty sandwich with cheese and tartar sauce has been around longer than the Big Mac and is one of the biggest non-burger success stories in the history of the franchise.
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.
Filet-O-Fish Portion
Ingredients: Alaskan pollock, Water, Enriched bleached wheat flour, Modified corn starch, Yellow corn flour, Salt, Sugars (dextrose, sugar), Dried yeast, Paprika, Turmeric, Cellulose gum, Spices.
The content of those slices is actually referred to as processed cheese in America. The unique blend that they use consists of 60% American Cheddar and a mixture of water, salt, whey powder, butter, milk proteins, emulsifying salt, flavouring and colouring. So, technically, this is NOT real cheese.
McDonald's has been testing the Double Cheeseburger changes in some markets and have found that most people prefer to keep the second piece of cheese and spend a little more. Removing 1 piece of cheese will save McDonald's about 6 cents per sandwich.
The hard truth is that a lot of those “cheeses” in the cheese aisle aren't actually cheese, but food products made from cheese. So if the package says “processed cheese,” “prepared cheese,” or “cheese food,” it's 100% not cheese. Most of the time, it hovers around 50% cheese.
McDonald's has been serving the iconic Filet-O-Fish since 1965, and it's one of the healthier fast food fish sandwiches out there. It's the lowest in calories and sodium, compared to the others, says Yelena Wheeler, M.P.H., R.D.N., of MIDSS.
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.
The hamburger patties are not smaller today, they are exactly the same size they've always been: 10 to a pound. They're still made with reconstituted dehydrated onions, yellow mustard, ketchup, one pickle slice, salt and pepper on the meat while it's cooking. The recipe for the buns has only changed slightly.
5. Believe it or not, the Filet-O-Fish is actually fish. McDonald's uses Marine Stewardship Council certified wild-caught Alaska Pollock.
Although the Tartare Sauce used in our Filet-o-Fish® is suitable for vegetarians, it is not Halal.
It was created in 1962 by Lou Groen, a McDonald's franchise owner in Cincinnati, Ohio, in response to falling hamburger sales on Fridays resulting from the Western Christian practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays, which plays an important role in Roman Catholicism, Methodism and Anglicanism.
Fish is filled with omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins such as D and B2 (riboflavin). Fish is rich in calcium and phosphorus and a great source of minerals, such as iron, zinc, iodine, magnesium, and potassium. The American Heart Association recommends eating fish at least two times per week as part of a healthy diet.
None of the retail fish sandwiches/fillets exceeded the FDA action limit of 1 ppm of Hg. The sandwiches provided between 8 and 146% the RfD for mercury for an individual weighing 60 kg. Mercury is present naturally in the environment, and also enters through the burning of fossil fuels and waste.
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.
Kenny Longaker's Story. 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.
A common explanation is that seafood is very delicate and cheese very strong, and that cheese can overpower the flavor of seafood.
Why is the Filet-O-Fish® square? ? At sea, we layer whole Alaska Pollock fillets in a large block. Then, we slice it into squares to ensure we deliver our customers a perfect sandwich every time!