Mc Donald's and ammonia burgers, a rumor route

Mc Donald's and ammonia burgers?

rumor route -

A "pink sticky paste", with ammonia, incorporated into minced meat.

Yummy, yummy, it makes you want.

Some posts on the networks claim that British chef Jamie Olivier has won a "legal battle" against McDonald's.

On Facebook, a very viral message affirms that the cook would have "proved that the food" served by the restaurants of the sign "is not suitable to be ingested because it is highly toxic".

The company would therefore have decided to "change the recipe" of its burgers.

Victory!

Except ... many elements of this post are misleading, even false, as we explain to you in this article.

However, the success of this publication cannot be denied on the networks.

And this can be explained by several reasons and biases that Clémence will detail for us in this latest issue of

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