[Ezra]

McDonald's has always had a reputation for delicious french fries, but never healthy french fries. What used to make their fries so tasty was the kettle of beef tallow they were cooked in. In 1990, while discussing the benefit of cooking with lard (), Julia Child raved about McDonald's fries on her TV show.

Once that story broke, McD's switched to a secret process. They won't say what their fries are coated with to give them that animal-fat goodness; but in the interest of allergy discosure, they've listed wheat gluten, peanuts, and dry milkfat solids so they're not exactly vegan (). They've also admitted that their fries are much higher in trans-fats than they'd previosly claimed.

Meanwhile, over at Disney... In October of 2006, Disney publically committed to eliminating trans-fats from all food served at their theme parks within two years. That deadline is swiftly approaching, and the last holdout is McDonald's. So McD's only real choice was to either change their product, and fast; or leave.

With all the recent talk about fast food and health concerns, I'd say it's time for McDonald's to change their formula again.