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McDonald’s fans stunned after realizing what Sweet 'n' Sour sauce is made from

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Updated 11:11 14 Nov 2023 GMTPublished 11:12 14 Nov 2023 GMT

McDonald’s fans stunned after realizing what Sweet 'n' Sour sauce is made from

Some McDonald's fans have had their favorite meal ruined after finding out what goes into the restaurants Sweet 'n' Sour sauce.

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

If you go to McDonald’s, chances are you have a favorite meal or a go to that never disappoints. However, some fans of the fast-food giant have had their favorite order ruined after finding out what Sweet ‘n’ Sour sauce is made from.

Now that we have moved away from being individual hunter gatherers, there are a lot of times when you don’t actually know the ingredients of meals you eat regularly.

This shocked McDonald’s fans in particular as they found out that a particular fruit goes into its Sweet ‘n’ Sour sauce.

A TikTok clip has resurfaced showing Melbourne, Australia, radio hosts making the shocking revelation to their audience.

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Co-host Lauren Phillips gleefully ruined her co-host’s day after revealing the ingredients as he was midway through munching through the perfect combo of McNuggets and Sweet ‘n’ Sour sauce.

Lauren made her co-host Jason Hawkins proclaim that ‘today was a good day’ as she brought in the McDonald’s order.

“Jason, you need to get into those nuggets and get into in particular your favorite sauce,” she said.

Jason, more than happy to chow down, began dipping his nuggets in the sauce and getting through the order with speed.

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“Would you believe, it is actually apricot flavor?” Lauren added.

A TikTok clip has resurfaced showing Melbourne radio hosts explaining what is in the iconic sauce.
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Jason stopped in his tracks, seemingly heart-broken and discarded his half-eaten nugget complaining that he 'hates apricots'. He added he can even taste the apricot, now being aware of the fruit within the sauce.

Lauren then continued to joke that she had ruined his favorite order and TikTok users very much felt the same.

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“You have ruined my favorite sauce,” one flustered user commented.

“I can now never have sweet and sour sauce again,” said another.

“Now that I've heard that it actually does taste like apricot. Big Mac sauce and nuggets is where it is at though,” another commented.

“My husband is the same, hates Apricot. Despises apricot chicken the most too. Haha I can’t wait to tell him.”

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TikTok users complained their order had now been ruined.
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Some users did clarify that this apricot ingredient was not necessarily in other sweet and sour sauces.

The official McDonald’s Australia TikTok account addressed the stunned fans.

"Hear me out, try dipping your Soft Serve in Sweet and Sour Sauce," the account wrote.

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Other users smugly questioned how other McDonald fans weren’t aware of the ingredient.

'How do people not know this?' one asked.

'Sweet n Sour is essentially Apricot jam and white vinegar,' another claimed.

Other ingredients in Sweet 'n Sour sauce include salt, xanthan gum, peach puree, garlic powder, cellulose gum, caramel colour, extractives of paprika dried chili peppers, onion powder and more.

Featured Image Credit: Twitter/@BigMikeyOcho / Nathan Stirk/Getty Images

Topics: McDonalds, Food and Drink

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

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