Let’s take a stroll down nutrition lane. Here are the ingredients that go into a McDonald’s hamburger bun:
Big Mac® Bun:
Enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, enzymes), water, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated soybean oil, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, wheat gluten, ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride, dough conditioners (sodium stearoyl lactylate, datem, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, mono- and diglycerides, ethoxylated monoglycerides, monocalcium phosphate, enzymes, guar gum, calcium peroxide, soy flour), calcium propionate and sodium propionate (preservatives), soy lecithin, sesame seed.
Please note that the third largest ingredient (after bleached flour and water) is high-fructose corn syrup, and the fourth is sugar.
Also, note the alphabet-soup of dough extender chemicals. Dough extenders are chemicals that exaggerate the action of yeast on leavening and rob the bread of that yeasty taste that is the hallmark of quality bread.
