Our Filet-o-Fish® patty is cooked separately from meat items in 100% vegetable oil.
They are cooked in oil that is separate to the oil used for meat products and filtered on a separate system.
We use wild-caught Alaska Pollock for our Filet-O-Fish® sandwich in the U.S., which is 100% sourced from sustainable fisheries. Why is sustainable fish so important to us? Because it helps protect our oceans—something that's important to you.
Although the Tartare Sauce used in our Filet-o-Fish® is suitable for vegetarians, it is not Halal.
Our Filet-o-Fish® patty is cooked separately from meat items in 100% vegetable oil. However, due to the design of the oil filtration system, during the oil filtering process, there is a small chance the oil used to cook our fish patties can come into contact with oil that has been used to cook chicken products.
“Correct me if im wrong but your chicken is sourced from Malaysia? what about your beef?” Hello! Our 100% pure and Halal meat is all sourced from approved suppliers who adhere to McDonald's stringent food quality and safety standards as well as globally-recognized Halal practices.
McDonald's has been serving the iconic Filet-O-Fish since 1965, and it's one of the healthier fast food fish sandwiches out there. It's the lowest in calories and sodium, compared to the others, says Yelena Wheeler, M.P.H., R.D.N., of MIDSS.
5. Believe it or not, the Filet-O-Fish is actually fish. McDonald's uses Marine Stewardship Council certified wild-caught Alaska Pollock.
the Filet-O-Fish has always come with a half slice of cheese. this is to save on the flavor of the sandwich. if it's a full slice you want, make sure to specify that next time you order.
Once in our kitchens, we cook them in our canola-blend oil so you can have them crispy and hot—just the way you like them. Want to hear more about our fry ingredients?
Once at the restaurant our fries are simply cooked in dedicated frying vats in a non-hydrogenated blend of sunflower and rapeseed oil which is 100 percent suitable for vegetarians (McDonald's French Fries are officially accredited by the Vegetarian Society).
French Fries
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [wheat And Milk Derivatives]*), Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (maintain Color), Salt.
Delicious white Hoki or Pollock fish in crispy breadcrumbs, with cheese and tartare sauce, in a steamed bun.
Our fried menu items are cooked in a vegetable oil blend with citric acid added as a processing aid and dimethylpolysiloxane to reduce oil splatter when cooking.
Kenny Longaker's Story. The Bering Sea is one of the best places to catch wild Alaskan Pollock. McDonald's is the other. From the dock at Dutch Harbor, Kenny Longaker sets out on his boat, the Defender, to catch the wild Alaskan Pollock used in our Filet-O-Fish® sandwich.
Using Our Global Scale Where We Can Have the Largest Impact
We are proud to have substantially achieved1 all of our 2020 responsible sourcing on each of our priority products – beef, soy for chicken feed, coffee, palm oil, fish and fiber. See our 2020‒2021 Purpose and Impact Summary to learn more about this milestone.
Our fish sandwich recipe features a crispy fish filet patty on melty American cheese and is topped with creamy McDonald's tartar sauce, all served on a soft, steamed bun. This Filet-O-Fish sandwich has fish sourced from sustainably managed fisheries.
Aldi shoppers are raving about the store's 75p fish burgers which apparently taste just like McDonald's Fillet-o-Fish - at a fraction of the price. The bargain supermarket's Buttermilk Fish Burgers have been praised for their likeness to the fast food favourite from McDonalds.
If burgers are your Macca's jam then my picks are the humble old Filet-o-Fish and plain Hamburger. Both are lower in total fat, saturated fat, sodium and kilojoules compared to other Macca's burgers. If you can afford it, why not add a garden salad and call it a balanced meal?
None of the retail fish sandwiches/fillets exceeded the FDA action limit of 1 ppm of Hg. The sandwiches provided between 8 and 146% the RfD for mercury for an individual weighing 60 kg. Mercury is present naturally in the environment, and also enters through the burning of fossil fuels and waste.
KFC is Partially Halal.
KFC is fully halal in various Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, UAE, Indonesia and others. But unfortunately, KFC is not completely halal in Western countries such as the United States, Canada and the UK.
McDonald's meat patties are produced from 100% pure halal beef with no additives, preservatives or flavor enhancers.
do you serve halal chicken? None of our menu items are Halal. Our restaurant operations do not allow us to separate halal products from our regular McDonald's items nor can we ensure other products in the restaurant meet the standard required for halal designations.