McDonald's customers in shock after employee reveals how its iced tea is actually made

Fast-food has been fascinating for fans not only because it is delicious, but also because diehard fans have continued to be shocked with the sheer number of secret ingredient revelation that happens ever so often.

In the past, McDonald's fans have also been shocked to learn about an unexpected Sweet 'N Sour Sauce ingredient. But when it comes to McDonald's food, the biggest ingredient controversy has been about the truth behind why their French fries taste so good. Then there was also the case of foodies learning how McDonald's McMuffins are actually made.

As reported by New York Post, fast-food fans are now learning why McDonald's iced tea taste so delicious, and the answer is definitely not pretty.

McDonald's employee reveals the bitter truth about sweet iced tea

A TikTok user who posts under the username @gia2bed shared a behind-the-scene video of A McDonald's employees preparing iced tea. The video's contents have been so incendiary for McDonald's fans that the video has gone completely viral, garnering over a million views.

The TikTok states,

If y’all were wondering why the sweet tea so sweet at McDonald’s

In the video, the employee is stationed with a bucket of tea. They proceed to dump a whole huge bag of sugar into the tall container of tea. The video is captioned,

Yes we use a whole bag sometimess 2

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Reactions to the TikTok video

Many fans reacted to the huge amount of sugar, with one viewer exclaiming,

The sugar tornado

Another commented,

I’m about to get diabetes

Diehard McDonald's ice-tea fans were quite undeterred by the video. One said,

Nahh but McDonald’s sweet tea hits dif

The image of McDonald's employee making tea in a bucket, while emptying a bag of sugar into it, struck some viewers as extremely old-fashioned, many of them questioning the veracity of the video.

Many fans pointed out that McDonald's apparently now uses liquid sugar or sweetener, and machines to prepare iced tea.

One McDonald's employee writes,

What McDonald’s is this because we don’t put actual sugar we use sweetener the 5gal machine if we run out we use 2bottles liquid sugar

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Sources used:

New York Post: 'McDonald’s employee reveals how iced tea is made: ‘Cans of diabetes’'

TikTok: @gia2bed