The Checkup: McDonald’s Tried to Do WHAT to Broccoli?!


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Broccoli is many things—super rich in Vitamin C, Vitamin A and iron, to name a few—but bubblegum-flavored it is not. But that didn’t stop McDonald’s from trying to make broccoli bubblegum-flavored. Needless to say, it didn’t go so well. [Grub Street]

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