{"id":3667,"date":"2016-01-15T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/knowledge\/?p=3667"},"modified":"2022-04-18T08:05:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T14:05:02","slug":"fbn-quinoa-fries-big-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/3667\/fbn-quinoa-fries-big-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"News Brief: Quinoa or Fries with Your Big Mac?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2016\/01\/McDonaldsQuinoa022.jpg\" alt=\"McDonaldsQuinoa022\" width=\"400\" height=\"259\" \/>When an ancient grain like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/Food\/Product\/search?k=quinoa&amp;st=31&amp;so=k_0&amp;sl=37087123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quinoa <\/a>becomes so popular that it&#8217;s featured on the menu of a new McDonald&#8217;s concept restaurant, you know it&#8217;s entered the mainstream consciousness in a big way. The new restaurant, called McDonald&#8217;s Next, which opened in Hong Kong last month, is the company&#8217;s\u00a0attempt at a more progressive vision of its fast food chain.<\/p>\n<h3>News Drill Down<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>According to CNN, McDonald&#8217;s Next features a &#8220;salad bar filled with 19 ingredients including that all-important super food, quinoa.&#8221; The new restaurant still offers Big Macs and fries, but allows customers to &#8220;customize their burgers via touch screen.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Mashable notes that McDonald&#8217;s has tried out healthy offerings like quinoa at some of their restaurants in the past, notable &#8220;super food kale, and the chain has vowed to use entirely cage free eggs in the next 10 years.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>In addition to quinoa, says The Daily Meal, McDonald&#8217;s next offers an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/Food\/search?k=asparagus&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> asparagus <\/a>topping for their burgers, as well as &#8220;mood lighting and built-in phone chargers, and an exposed kitchen, so that customers can see their food being made.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Looking for quinoa ingredients for your food formulation?<\/h3>\n<p>Prospector has listings for over 100 quinoa products. Find technical information, order samples and more, now!<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/Food\/Product\/search?k=Quinoa&amp;sug=1&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nSearch Quinoa Ingredients<br \/>\n<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Reading List<\/h3>\n<p>CNN:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/01\/11\/foodanddrink\/hong-kong-mcdonalds-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Mac with a side of quinoa? Inside the world&#8217;s first McDonald&#8217;s Next<\/a><br \/>\nMashable:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/11\/mcdonalds-salad-quinoa-hong-kong\/#RcRwdEm708qZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Mac with a side of quinoa salad? Could happen<br \/>\n<\/a>The Daily Meal:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailymeal.com\/eat\/futuristic-mcdonald-s-next-has-mood-lighting-plus-asparagus-and-quinoa\/010416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Futuristic &#8216;McDonald&#8217;s Next&#8217; Has Mood Lighting, Plus Asparagus and Quinoa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When an ancient grain like quinoa becomes so popular that it&#8217;s featured on the menu of a new McDonald&#8217;s concept restaurant, you know it&#8217;s entered the mainstream consciousness in a big way. 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