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A former McDonald’s employee is spilling the tea about the tea at the fast-food giant's restaurant. In a viral new TikTok video, the ex-employee warns viewers what exactly makes the tea so sweet.
In her video, Nicole Weiser explains that she is a former employee of McDonald’s, worked there for 3 years, and was even a manager, at one point. On her TikTok account, she exposes secrets about the company that apparently only employees would know.
“For every four gallons of the red jug, the sweet tea, there was a full four-pound bag of sugar emptied into it,” Weiser explained. “One pound per gallon of tea.”
Why is something that tastes so good, so bad? Well, according to McDonald's, their large sweet tea contains 170 calories, 43 carbs, and 40 grams of sugar.
But according to The American Heart Association, adult men shouldn't consume more than 36 grams of sugar daily and women should not have more than 25 grams of sugar in one single day.