Why French Fries Don`t Mold And - Living Anointed Essential Oils

Why French Fries Don’t Mold and
The Toxic Effects It Has on Your Body.
By Austin Kimbrell
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PURPOSE .......................................................................................... 1
INVESTIGATION ................................................................................ 2
HYPOTHESIS ……………………………………………………………..4
LIST OF MATERIALS ……………………………………………………4
PROCEDURE ……………………………………………………………..5
RESEARCH………………………………………………………………..9
DATA/OBSERVATION …………………………………………………10
GRAPHS ………………………………………………………………….12
CONCLUSION.................................................................................. 11
HISTORY …………………………………………………………………14
BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................................................. 12
CREDITS .......................................................................................... 13
PURPOSE
As a child, I was french fries biggest fan. It was my favorite for lunch, dinner
and snacks. Then when I was 7 years old my mom said lets watch the movie
Super Size Me. I was confused when I saw the movie because the french fries
I love were not good for me, as
I had thought. Then when I watch Sponge
Bob I saw the grease bubbling when they were cooking the fries and I felt
discussed.
But, I still wanted them.
Then we did a experiment at home with McDonalds Fries on August 1, 2007
and we saw for our selfs that the fries never molded. We still have them today
and they have not molded yet. I also wanted to know what mold looks like.
I miss Fries but not as much any more. I don’t eat them anymore because
they are bad for you, your heart, blood and cholesterol. They make you gain
weight and create liver and gall stones.
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INVESTIGATION
We watch the movie Super Size Me Movie 3 times since 2007. Then we did
an experiment at home with McDonalds Fries on August 1, 2007 and October
2008 to see what would happen. We watched movies on the Internet on what
happens when fat enters the blood stream and how it affects our body. Then
we researched all French Fries ingredients list for the name of the chemicals
that they put in fries if any. We only found 3 that would gives us the complete
listing. We put together a list of all locations of french fries that we could use
for the experiment.
A & W Family Restaurant
Applebee's Neighborhood Grill
Atlas Coney Island
Bennigan's
Big Eazy Fish Grill
Bristol Fish and Grille
Bubba O'Malley's
Burger King
Chili’s
Colonial Coney Island & Family
Restaurant
Cracker Barrell
Damon's
Don Pablo's
Famous Dave's
Fazoli's
Fuddruckers Restaurant
Gina's Italian Restaurant
Halo Burger
Hooters
Italia Gardens
Kentucky Fried Chicken
La Familia Morales
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon
Long John Silver's
McDonald's
Mega Coney Island
Old Country Buffet
Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
Outback Steakhouse
Ponderosa
Red Lobster
Red Robins
Ruby Tuesday
Salvatore Scallopini
Sonic
Sorrentos
Sports Creek Raceway
Taco Bell
Tony’s Restaurant
Walli's
Wendy’s
West Side Dinner
White Castle
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Hypothesis
Based on what I have read on the internet, books, the home experiments we did
and watching the Super Size Me movie I think the French fries from Red Robins,
Burger King, West Side Dinner and Fuddruckers will mold. If they mold and they
don’t have MSG then we can eat them some times.
List of Materials
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French Fries
Paper plates
Glass mason jar
Lids
Labels
Paper
Pencil/pen
Binder
Laminate
Car
Camera
Money
Assistant
Project and poster board
Books
Movie
Computer
Internet
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Procedure
Purchased the following French Fries
1. A& W
2. Applebee’s
3. Burger King
4. Culver
5. Famous Dave’s
6. Fuddruckers
7. Gina Restaurant
8. McDonalds’s
9. Olive Garden
10. Red Robins
11. Ruby Tuesday’s
12. Sonic
13. Tony’s Restaurant
14. Wendy’s
15. West Side Dinner
1st Experiment - Failed
My mom and I went to the following locations to buy french fries on October 11, 2008.
It cost us $29.81 for all of the fries. Then we came home and put the fries in mason
jars. We were very surprised to see mold coming up on the October 14, 2009. We
realized that we must have made an mistake in how we conducted the experiment.
We thought this because we had already done the experiment on paper plates and
they never molded. We realized that we put the fries in the jars as soon as we bought
them and they still had the moisture of being hot.
Then we started the experiment over. My mom and dad emptied out all of the fries out
side in a trash bag, then we washed out the mason jars, then put them in the
dishwasher to sanitized them.
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2nd Experiment
My mom and I went to the following locations to buy French fry on November 29, 2008.
It cost us $29.81 for all of the fries and $ 9.11 for lids and $ 10 for jars. Total we spent
was $48.92. When we came home we put them on paper plates and label them. We
left them on paper plates for 2 days to dry out.
Then we put them into mason jars with the
lids and labels. Now, were back in business.
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McDonalds French Fries Ingredients:
1. Potatoes
2. Vegetable oil (canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, natural beef flavor
[wheat and milk derivatives]*), citric acid (preservative)
3. Dextrose
4. Sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain color)
5. Salt
6. Prepared in vegetable oil (may contain one of the following: Canola oil,
corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and citric
acid added to preserve freshness)
7. Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent)
8. CONTAINS: WHEAT AND MILK
9. (Natural beef flavor contains hydrolyzed wheat and hydrolyzed
milk as starting ingredients).
Wendy’s French Fries Ingredients:
1. Potatoes
2. Vegetable Oil (contains one or more of the following: soy, canola,
cottonseed, partially hydrogenated soy and/or cottonseed)
3. Disodium Dihydrogen Pyrophosphate (color protector)
4. Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
5. Dextrose
6. Cooked in Vegetable Oil
7. Note: may be cooked in the same oil as Fish Fillets and French Toast
Sticks (where available), Crispy Chicken Nuggets, Crispy Chicken
Patty.
8. Seasoned with Salt
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Burger King French Fries Ingredients:
1. Potatoes
2. Soybean Oil or Canola and Palm Oil
3. Modified Potato Starch
4. Rice Flour
5. Potato Dextrin
6. Salt
7. Leavening -Disodium Dihydrogen Pyrophosphate
8. Leavening -Sodium Bicarbonate
9. Dextrose
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Xanthan Gum
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Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate added to preserve natural color.
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Research
My Mom and I went on the computer and researched each french fry ingredients
name. My Mom also called restaurants in the experiment and asked what ingredients
were in their fries. Then we went to the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).
Definition: Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
A compilation of information required under the OSHA Commercial Standard on the
identity of hazardous chemicals, health, and physical hazards, exposure limits and
precautions.
Most of the ingredients names I couldn’t read. Like Disodium Dihydrogen
Pyrophosphate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Dimethylpolysiloxane, Tertiary
butylhydroquinone (TBHQ).
We were shocked to see what they said on the MSDS, harmful is swallowed, in haled,
absorbed thought he skin, respiratory irritant, bladder carcinogenesis in rats,
hazardous per OSHA, will kill fish and other aquatic organisms, and corrosive. See
attached MSDS.
Only McDonallds, Wendy;s and Burger King would disclose on line what there
ingredients were.
All others we called and some would tell us and some wouldn’t. Some said to check
on line for all of the information but there was none.
We do thank McDonallds, Wendy’s and Burger King for being open and honest with
there ingredients.
We also researched in the books Eat this and Live by D. Colbert, MD, The Human
Body Book by Steve Parker-DK, Merck Type 2 Diabetes book, Living Balanced by
Stacey Kimbrell, The movies Super Size Me and The Human Body Movie. More
resources on Bibliography page.
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Data Journal /Observations
Written journal below, photo journal on display
November
Nov. 29, 20009 bought fries from all 15 locations.
Nov. 30, 2009 Took photo of raw potato cut in half already starting to molding
December
Dec. 1, 2009 Raw potato now has green fuzz on it.
Dec. 2, 2009 Only raw potato has turned dark gray.
The raw cut homemade fries look gray in the inside
Dec. 5, 2009 Real cut potatoes is gray with white mold and 3 green mold spots.
Dec 6, 2009 Red Robin has small white mold spots on some of the fries.
Famous Dave’s have 1 small green spot on 1 fry
Dec. 8, 2009 Fuddruckers has green mold spots on some fries.
Red Robin little signs of white and green mold.
Dec. 28, 2009
Fuddruckers fry shape visible, dark green mold with yellow spotted mold, orange mold
with green spots and a lot of moisture in the jar. My mom Fries left in the car and they
froze over night.
I believe this is why they turned so dark. And the fuzzy parts went down.
Raw potato has black, orange, white, and green mold. No moisture in the jar. And is
still standing up straight.
Red Robin lightly molding with white and green mold. (No moisture)
January
Jan. 3, 2009
Fuddruckers starting to have white mold spot again and dark green fuzzy mold.
Raw potato has black, orange, white, and green mold. Moisture in the jar. Still
standing up straight.
Red Robin very moldy with white, green and yellow spots of mold. (No moisture)
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Jan. 11, 2009
Raw potato has black, orange, white, and green mold. And has moisture in the jar.
Red Robin very moldy with white, green and yellow mold. No fries visible (No
moisture)
Fuddruckers fry shape visible, dark green mold with yellow spotted mold, orange mold
with green spots and a lot of moisture in the jar. My mom Fries left in the car and they
froze over night. I believe this is why they turned so dark. And the white and green
fuzzy parts went down. When it froze the process of molding stopped.
Jan. 26, 2009
Fuddruckers just started growing fuzz back on top of black mold.
Raw potato has black, orange, white, and green mold. And has a lot of moisture in the
jar and liquid visible on the bottom of the jar.
Red Robin very moldy with white, green and yellow mold. No fries visible (Still no
moisture)
February
Feb. 10, 2009
Raw potato has black, orange, white, and green mold. And has a lot of moisture in the
jar. Potato is starting to sag. Has liquid on bottom of jar.
Red Robin very moldy with white, green and yellow mold. No fries visible (Still no
moisture)
Fuddruckers has white fuzz all over the fries with a little bit of black showing through.
Moisture In jar.
March
Mar. 2, 2009
Fuddruckers is very fuzzy with white all over with a little black. Moisture In jar.
Raw potato is juicy with green, black, rust color, white, and yellow mold. And has a lot
of moisture in the jar. Potato is sagging. Has liquid on bottom of jar and liquid on the
potato.
Red Robin very moldy sorta looks like spider webs, with white, green and yellow fuzzy
mold. Is stuck to all of mason jar. No fries visible (just a little bit of moisture).
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CONCLUSTION
It was interesting that the raw potato molded in only 2 days. I found that only 2 of the
fries that I thought would mold did, (Fuddruckers and Red Robin).
After finding out that Fuddruckers and Red Robin both use Monosodium glutamate
(MSG) in their fries seasoning salt, I was surprised that they did mold.
I couldn’t believe that a lot of the french fry restaurants used MSG in their french fry
seasonings. Out of all 15 french fries it is hard to believe that they haven’t molded yet.
This has to have an effect on our body, with all of the oil, fats, and preservatives
running through our bodies. I believe it creates damage to our heart, nerves, blood,
brain and health. I wonder how this really affects our body?
I hope that people will learn that not all French fries are good for you. Also, that people
need to watch what they eat and learn ho read the ingredient labels. The goal is to be
healthy.
It was an interesting experiment and experience. I loved to do it with my family.
What French Fries are our buddies?
The best part of this experiment is that we found out what kind of fries we can eat.
The winner is Red Robin & Fuddruckers!
Red Robin and Fuddruckers french fries molded which means it doesn’t have all of the
preservatives in it. The hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils are not the best,
but it is better than the other chemicals and it means it is still a potato!
*Caution: Red Robin does have Autolyzed and Hydrolyzed products in there
seasoning salt which is another name for MSG. So, when you go to Red Robin to eat
the fries and burger ask them NOT to put on any of the seasoning salt on it and you
will be fine.
What French Fries are NOT our buddies?
These French fries never molded
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A& W
Applebee’s
Burger King
Culver
Famous Dave’s
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Gina Restaurant
McDonalds’s
8. Olive Garden
9. Ruby Tuesday’s
10. Sonic
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Tony’s Restaurant
Wendy’s
West Side Dinner
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HOW THE FRENCH FRY STARTED
THE French fry was "almost sacrosanct for me," Ray Kroc, one of the
founders of McDonald's, wrote in his autobiography, "its preparation a ritual
to be followed religiously." During the chain's early years French fries were
made from scratch every day. Russet Burbank potatoes were peeled, cut
into shoestrings, and fried in McDonald's kitchens. As the chain expanded
nationwide, in the mid-1960s, it sought to cut labor costs, reduce the
number of suppliers, and ensure that its fries tasted the same at every
restaurant.
McDonald's began switching to frozen French fries in 1966 -- and few
customers noticed the difference. Nevertheless, the change had a profound
effect on the nation's agriculture and diet. A familiar food had been
transformed into a highly processed industrial commodity.
McDonald's fries now come from huge manufacturing plants that can peel,
slice, cook, and freeze two million pounds of potatoes a day. The rapid
expansion of McDonald's and the popularity of its low-cost, mass-produced
fries changed the way Americans eat. In 1960 Americans consumed an
average of about eighty-one pounds of fresh potatoes and four pounds of
frozen French fries. In 2000 they consumed an average of about fifty
pounds of fresh potatoes and thirty pounds of frozen fries. Today
McDonald's is the largest buyer of potatoes in the United States.
The taste of McDonald's French fries played a crucial role in the chain's
success -- fries are much more profitable than hamburgers -- and was long
praised by customers, competitors, and even food critics. James Beard
loved McDonald's fries. Their distinctive taste does not stem from the kind
of potatoes that McDonald's buys, the technology that processes them, or
the restaurant equipment that fries them: other chains use Russet
Burbanks, buy their French fries from the same large processing
companies, and have similar fryers in their restaurant kitchens.
The taste of a French fry is largely determined by the cooking oil. For
decades McDonald's cooked its French fries in a mixture of about seven
percent cottonseed oil and 93 percent beef tallow. The mixture gave the
fries their unique flavor -- and more saturated beef fat per ounce than a
McDonald's hamburger.
I believe a BIBLIOGRAPHY
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BOOKS
The Human Body Book
By Steve Parker - DK
Published in 2007
Eat This and Live
By Don Colbert, MD
Published in 2009
Type 2 Diabetes
By Merck
Published in 2008
Living Balanced
By Stacey Kimbrell
Published in 2008
MOVIES
Super Size Me Movie
By Morgan Spurlock 2004
The Human Body Movie
By Steve Parker - DK
Published in 2007
INTERNET RECOURSES
McDonald's USA Ingredients Listing for Popular Menu Items
http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/nutritionexchange/nutrition_ingredients.html
McDonald’s phasing out Supersize fries, drinks
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4433307/
http://chemicalland21.com/specialtychem/finechem/TBHQ.htm
http://food.oregonstate.edu/glossary/t/tertiarybutylhydroquinone.html
http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v21je04.htm
FOOD SAFETY 1994
CREDITS
1. Mom (Stacey) helped with my graphs and research.
2. Dad (Steve) helped with artwork and graphics. He also drew the
French fry people.
3. August (brother) helped me read and mount board.
4. Marcie (friend) helped me highlight bad preservative.
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Other
Information
The fast food giant that spends $1.34 billion on ads yearly may have
to do some image rehab following today's release of fast food expose
"Super Size Me."
McDonald's execs were in defense mode yesterday as they waited
for the debut of the flick. The movie follows director Morgan Spurlock
on a 30-day binge on McDonald's-only food that left him with a liver
condition, a 40 percent higher cholesterol level and 25 pounds
heavier.
"It's not a truthful documentary by any stretch of the imagination,"
McDonald's spokesman Walt Riker told the Daily News. ...
McDonald’s phasing out Supersize fries, drinks
Effort to offer customers 'a balanced lifestyle'
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4433307/
To it's credit, McDonalds has initiated some changes to their policies
since the film came out. They have announced they are
discontinuing their extra-large Super Size option. They have also
added salads, organic milk and fruit to their menu as well as reducing
the amount of salt in their fries.
Spurlock stresses, however, that his argument is with fast food in
general. The reason he concentrated on McDonalds is because of
the company's aggressive targeting of children
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