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Today, McDonald's french fries are cooked in a mixture of vegetable oils. But they were originally fried in "Formula 47," consisting primarily of beef tallow, in a multistep process that made Mickey D's crispy, savory fries the envy of the fast food industry. Here's the deep throat story of how an army of nutritionists and a wealthy industrialist lobbied to change the fry formula, and why one reporter dug deep to unearth the original recipe.
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