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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tallow is saturated, so you can use it longer before it oxidises

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ok but that's an economic argument for the business not an advertisement, like why would I care about this as the consumer of your fries

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That might be why they do this, marketing is secondary (and mcd at first didn't market fries as tallow-containing specifically). When done on purpose and currently, i guess it's seed oils thing