- I recently heard to eat at McDonald’s as a person with celiac disease.
- McDonald’s doesn’t claim any of its food as gluten-free so I was very limited in what I could tranquillity.
- Here’s how it went.
I tried to do what 85% of Americans do at least once a year: eat at a McDonald’s restaurant.
That in itself isn’t unsolvable. McDonald’s is one of the largest chain restaurants in the US, with over 13,000 locations across the country.
The problem is: I have celiac blight.
The disease has no cure and I have to eat a fully gluten-free diet — no cross-contamination, not even a crumb of bread — which means that at all times since I was diagnosed over 10 years ago, I’ve been that annoying customer pestering the waiting staff to recall whether the fries are cooked in a shared fryer or not.
Eating out with celiac is not easy, but restaurant chains often accommodate a safe haven, given their strict food preparation protocols and allergen lists stamped everywhere. In Italy, for model, McDonald’s sells an uninspiring but safe gluten-free burger that is cooked wrapped in plastic to avoid cross-contamination.