McDonald's Sweet 'N Sour Sauce ingredient leaves fans shook

McDonald's Sweet 'N Sour Sauce ingredient leaves fans shook
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McDonald's Sweet 'N Sour Sauce ingredient leaves fans shook
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Many McDonald’s fans have been surprised by the revelation about what the fast-food chain’s Sweet 'N Sour Sauce actually contains.

Though food companies are mandated by law to be transparent about their ingredient list, many a times, we as consumers can be a little oblivious to the information right in front of our eyes.

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A video is going viral on TiKTok after revealing what the creator found out about the actual ingredient in McDonald's Sweet 'N Sour Sauce. And the comments on the video indicate that many of the fast-food restaurant’s fans had no clue about the truth as well.

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McDonald's Sweet 'N Sour Sauce is made of fruit

The TikToker @evs_kii posted her video with the caption saying,

Did you know what fruit is in the sweet’n’sour from @mcdonaldsuk ???

She then goes on to say,

Am I the only one that didn’t know what fruit it’s made of until today?
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Have a guess, have a guess.
@evs_kii

Did you know what fruit is in the sweet’n’sour from @mcdonaldsuk ???

♬ original sound - evs_kii
The TikTok has already been viewed more than 300,000 times
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After a couple of seconds, she reveals that the fruit in the McDonald's Sweet 'N Sour Sauce is apricots!

F**king apricot. It’s apricot!

Yes, indeed, McDonald’s cites the ingredients of the sauce as,

McDonald's Sweet 'N Sour blends flavors of apricot and peach flavors with savory spices and leaves a slight lingering heat.
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According to the TikToker,

Honestly I never even thought about it, I just ate it. Something told me to read the ingredient whilst eating my chippies and I was shoooooketh
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McDonald's Sweet N' Sour sauce is made of apricots  istetiana
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Reactions to the video

The comments on the video echoes the shock and surprise of the content creator at finding out the actual ingredient in the sauce. This was news to many of McDonald’s fans who expressed how they did not even know the sauce is made out of fruit or if they knew, they were under the assumption that it must contain some other kind of fruits.

One commenter says,

I said mango SO confidently. I had no idea that it was even a fruit
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Another writes,

I for sure thought it was pineapple

One surprised viewer added,

didn’t know it had fruit in it
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This is definitely a cue for the rest of us to read ingredient list more closely.

Sources used:

TikTok: @evs_kii

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