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McDonald’s employee reveals how iced tea is made: ‘Cans of diabetes’
New York post ^ | 08/07/2023

Posted on 08/07/2023 6:55:05 AM PDT by devane617

You’re lovin’ it — but is it too good to be true?

A McDonald’s employee revealed how their iced tea is made — and claim it’s a lot sweeter than most customer’s might think.

TikTok user @gia2bad claims she’s letting viewers in on how the beloved drink is really made, leaving them stunned at what they’ve allegedly been consuming.

In the now-viral video — which has garnered 1.3 million views and 101,700 likes as of Monday morning — Gia exposed the fast food chain for putting an entire four-pound bag of sugar into their iced tea.

“If y’all were wondering why the sweet tea so sweet at McDonald’s,” she wrote in the text over the video, which showed her emptying a bag of White Satin sugar into a bucket of tea and stirring it up.

“Yes we use a whole bag sometimes 2,” she added in the caption.

Viewers rushed to the comments to express their shock.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: icedtea
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To: devane617

McDonalds unsweetened iced tea is pretty good if it fresh.


41 posted on 08/07/2023 7:49:30 AM PDT by caver
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To: Rattlesnake_Snook

That made me smile...So true.


42 posted on 08/07/2023 7:50:48 AM PDT by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: jeffc

But this was a video on TikTok! It MUST be true! Surely no one would fake a video just for some views and interwebs credit.


43 posted on 08/07/2023 7:52:57 AM PDT by Do_Tar (All my comments are creative or artistic expression.)
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To: HamiltonJay
Kool Aid

I believe the "ethnically correct term is
Purple Drank
or
Red Drank
44 posted on 08/07/2023 7:58:54 AM PDT by Karma_Sherab
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To: devane617

Its called sweet tea....how does one think its gets to be sweet. Not to discount the health aspects of consuming anything McDonalds but why is this so groundbreaking? I doubt this is even the sweetest thing on the menu.


45 posted on 08/07/2023 7:59:26 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: HamiltonJay

Orange Juice is worse than a can of Coke in terms of sugar.


46 posted on 08/07/2023 8:01:12 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: devane617

The Original Southern Energy Drink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u70U2HLcjRA


47 posted on 08/07/2023 8:02:11 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: devane617

I only drink unsweetened tea. Two times in the last decade or so, something strange happened with McDonald’s tea making me steer away from theirs. I let my unfinished tea sit over night (do it all time). But the next day upon sipping, the tea turned to slime, pure okra style. Very nasty and I have no idea why that happened and it was only Micky-dees and no one else’s.


48 posted on 08/07/2023 8:04:36 AM PDT by Deepeasttx ( Sensitivity/diversity training, along with DEI are all un-walled reeducation camps....for now.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Unlike tea, coffee has a strong, assertive taste to it. I always add a splash of half-and-half and the coffee still comes thru loud and clear. At my local in-store Starbucks the other day, after requesting my usual hot coffee with cream, I asked the clerk what percentage of customers order plain coffee vs. their elaborate coffee-ish dessert drinks. She said maybe 10% order regular coffee. By far the diabetes-inducing concoctions are more popular. In fact, as I waited for my coffee, another customer stepped up and asked if she could please have more caramel squirted into her gigantic domed cup. The clerk was happy to oblige.


49 posted on 08/07/2023 8:16:21 AM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: buwaya
But they all are problems.

Oh yeah. Being T2 myself, I do not drink soda pop...diet or otherwise and have a limited carb input.

Cheese is my one true weakness. But...steak, poultry, fish, pork, venison and any other protein you can name...I'm all in.

50 posted on 08/07/2023 8:16:58 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should be less concerned with who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire.)
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To: dfwgator

Sorry, but not true.

8 oz of OJ is 18 grans of Sugar

8 oz of Coke is 25 grams of Sugar

Yes, fruit juices are high in sugar, but not nearly as high as soda.


51 posted on 08/07/2023 8:18:20 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: SamAdams76

People watching their sugar often greatly understimate the amount of sugar that can be in their beverages. It can be enormous.

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Thirteen teaspoons in a twelve oz. soda.


52 posted on 08/07/2023 8:29:38 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Celebrating 42 years of sobriety this year, thank you Heavenly Father.)
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I’m impressed that they use actual sugar.


53 posted on 08/07/2023 8:39:17 AM PDT by Rio
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To: devane617

They put sugar in everything now, they want everyone dead. They’re even finding sugar in salt now.


54 posted on 08/07/2023 9:08:40 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: devane617

He mangled it in the ways that made him real to ordinary people.

I’ve never seen sales numbers, but I’d bet he was an effective spokes person for them!


55 posted on 08/07/2023 9:24:34 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything)
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To: devane617

I consider anything bought from fast food establishments to be highly unhealthy. It’s why I rarely go there. This really shouldn’t be a surprise.


56 posted on 08/07/2023 9:24:49 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Blurb2350

Starbucks uses beans that have been over-roasted. A properly roasted Colombian requires no addition, even in a French press.


57 posted on 08/07/2023 9:30:42 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: devane617

Excess sugar doesn’t cause diabetes. Diabetes is a genetic flaw in DNA code. Mostly hereditary (think Mexican).
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/21743-pancreas


58 posted on 08/07/2023 9:43:20 AM PDT by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever!)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Yeah. Jackie Mason had a line about paying $5 for burnt coffee in a paper cup.


59 posted on 08/07/2023 10:19:11 AM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: devane617

Gee, I always wondered what made sweet tea so sweet. Now I know


60 posted on 08/07/2023 10:24:18 AM PDT by cyclotic
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