The World?s Best French Fries For A Reason

Posted by Ritu Kumari on September 11th, 2017

Who doesn’t love the crispy, soft potato-y fries at McDonald’s? Even Kanye West, who loves to hate, couldn’t help but write a poem about McFries, featuring other players like Apple Pies and cheese burgers. We’ve got to admit, we do like his unique way of expressing his liking towards McDonald. The poem is called “The McDonald’s man” and is as fun as a Happy Meal toy. McDonald’s took to twitter to express their appreciation for such a detailed thought and fandom.   

It’s hard not to fall in love with them. The McFries are an essential side to any meal at McDonald’s, to make it just the right combination. Add your fries and coke to any burger or the McNuggets or pizza McPuff and experience perfection.

McFries and the world standard for measuring how good a fry is. The closest it can come to the crispiness, potato-y flavor and taste, and soft hot inside of a McDonald’s French fry, the better it fares on the scale.

We have all seen it, they are freshly made with each order at the McDonald’s kitchens. They go into a deep fryer and come out golden and crispy in no time. Then salt is added and there you have it, your pack of perfect yummy goodness. But don’t be fooled by the quick and fast live on the frying station service you get. A lot more than just that goes into making the world’s best fries.

In India, McDonald’s wanted to make sure all their ingredients are locally sourced. They wanted a local supply chain to support their delectable taste. But no ordinary supply chain is good enough for making McDonald’s fires. It took years and years of researching and work to finally find potatoes that were the perfect kind to make fries. The criteria for a potato is to have less moisture and less sugar content. And once that was in place. A factory was set up right here in India. Before that, for all those years, our French fries used to arrive at our ports on ships to satiate our hunger and cravings.

Let’s take you through the journey of a French fry in India.

It comes from Gujarat, was born in Lahaul-Spiti, and lands up golden brown and crisp at your nearest McDonald’s. It’s a whole new world to reckon with.

It was only by 2007 that McDonald’s French Fries were made in India through a collaboration with McCain, the potato specialist.

Did you know that the Shepody potatoes used to make McDonald’s Fries are planted twice? At first, they are planted in the fields of Lahaul-Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh, where the weather is conducive to growing this breed of potatoes? These potatoes are harvested in September and transported across 1,000 kilometers to reach farmers in the Kheda district of Gujarat, where the potato tubers are planted once again. In March, the by now well-grown potatoes are harvested and sent to the McCain factory in Mehsana in Gujarat to be washed, sliced, and par-fried into McDonald’s French Fries. Who would have guessed that everyone’s favorite Fries had had such a long and interesting journey ,right?