Many fast food lovers have surely asked themselves this question, following having searched in vain for the small pot of yellow sauce that usually accompanies their chicken nuggets. “Why do I no longer see mustard sauce at McDonalds when I order (Chicken Mc Nuggets)” wondered last Sunday on Twitter BrokyBrawks, alias Kevin Georges, a renowned French gamer. And his community of 390,500 subscribers to ask questions with him. In response to his friend, Ronan Houssein alias “CarbonRH”, former professional video game player and streamer on Twitch, even considered – with humor – to “file a complaint”.
In fact, for several weeks now, it has been almost impossible for fans of chicken “nuggets” from the yellow M brand to find this sauce with a so particular taste, and so American, far removed from our famous mustard. from Dijon. This product, offered in small jars, is one of the four sauces normally available to consumers eager for chicken fritters to share: the “barbecue” sauce, the most popular with consumers, the “curry” sauce, the “Chinese” sauce and the “classic mustard” sauce of its real name therefore.
The question had already arisen among friends for a few days or even weeks, if we are to believe several testimonies collected by Le Parisien. On social networks, everyone has their own testimonial and comments on their experience when ordering their favorite dish and sauce. Some even believe they are dealing with a “national stock shortage”.
Others lean more towards a shortage of mustard seeds, or evoke the rise in the prices of raw materials in the world, which big supply problems for manufacturers. There is a precedent: in 2012, the fast food group had for a moment considered removing the very slightly spicy sauce from its products, before receiving an outcry from consumers desperate to defend “their” mustard sauce, as the‘still attest to some Facebook groups.
Mustard sauce temporarily replaced by tartar sauce
The reasons for this non-supply by McDonald’s are ultimately to be found elsewhere. The absence of the “classic” is actually due to the presence of another product in the restaurants of the American giant for several weeks. By launching its “Street and Dips” campaign, the brand has accompanied its new products with a “tartare-style sauce”. » dedicated. An additional sauce in the range, in a way.
Thus, it was decided that while these products will be on sale (“the small Fish and chips” and “the small chicken and Fries”), the mustard sauce offer will be suspended, Mc Donald’s France confirmed to us. But, why, is it the “classic mustard” sauce that has hit the nail on the head? “It is the one that has a lower intake rate compared to the others” answers the American giant. A strong argument when it comes to doing the math for McDonald’s.
Today, we can therefore only find mustard sauce in rare restaurants that are not out of stock. This Tuesday, out of around twenty ordering attempts throughout France, only McDonald’s in La Joliette in Marseille was able to offer them. For lovers of the little yellow pot, it will therefore take patience.
