Over 600 million bottles of Heinz ketchup are sold worldwide every year. (source) Wow, that’s a lot of tomatoes. Ever wonder how ketchup is actually made from the field to the bottle? Well, we found a video showing the process of how Kraft Mato Mato ketchup is made in an Italian ketchup factory. McDonald portion sizes 50’s vs now: McDonald’s opened their first restaurant in 1955 in Des Plaines, Illinois, and they offered only 9 menu items! Although the current menu has varied by region and restaurant location over the years, there are now over 150 menu items available worldwide. The biggest change at McDonald’s compared to the 1950’s is probably in their portion sizes. In most menu items the portions have more than doubled, which is certainly one of the biggest reasons we have an obesity crisis in America. Check out this 1-minute video illustrating how portions have grown at McDonald’s since the 1950’s: Did you ever really think about how McDonald’s burgers are made? I mean, those billions of identical burgers and buns come from millions of tons of ingredients, so there has to be some serious factory food production involved. Turns out McDonald’s gets their beef patties from several different plants including the largest, Cargill’s Fresno Plant, which churns out 4 million beef patties per day!
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