https://theworldwatch.com/tags/whopper/ Sat 11 Jul 2026 16:31:44 +0200 https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1617433/burger-king-whopper-faces-backlash-over-85-ingredient-list/
<div>Burger King was one of the few fast food chains who refused to disclose their ingredients</div> <div> </div> <div>They just quietly released them this year and it’s so much worse than anyone could have imagined</div> <div> </div> <div>- 120 ingredients in The Royal Chicken Spicy Sandwich</div> <div>- 85 ingredients in their Whopper</div> <div> </div> <div>The Whopper’s 85 different ingredients include multiple seed oils, processed sugars, preservatives</div> <div> </div> <div>In the bun, you have things like potassium iodate, banned in Europe, UK, Australia, New Zealand. Also in the bun, you have mono and diglycerides, which are a preservative and dough conditioner which cause gut inflammation</div> <div> </div> <div>The Royal Chicken Spicy Sandwich’s 120 ingredients include</div> <div> </div> <div>- Multiple dough conditioners, which can lead to gut issues</div> <div>- Silicone dioxide, the nanoparticles of which may be inflammatory in the human gut, multiple seed oils</div> <div>- A piece of processed chicken coated in flour and food starches, battered, fried in rancid oxidized seed oils</div> <div>- It contains antifoaming agents that are also found in Silly Putty, like dimethylpolysiloxane</div> <div>- 3 different types of sauces, one of which has over 25 different ingredients.</div> <div> </div> <div>“Burger King might just be the worst fast-food restaurant I've ever seen”</div> <div> </div> <div>This is not food. It’s a chemical science experiment engineered to be as addictive as possible</div> <div> </div> <div>No sandwich should ever include 85-120 ingredients</div> ]]> Sat 11 Jul 2026 12:23:31 +0200 https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1617433/burger-king-whopper-faces-backlash-over-85-ingredient-list/