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McCain Oven Chips
McCain Oven Chips contain potatoes and sunflower oil. The potatoes are harvested, peeled, cut and then lightly cooked in sunflower oil...

Why Sunflower Oil ?
We know our customers want to eat healthier food - without compromising on taste. That's why we started using sunflower oil in our Oven Chips 18 years ago...

100% British Potatoes for all our chips
We're proud to use where possible, 100% British potatoes in our chips. We've had a close working relationship with British farmers for generations...

What are the traffic lights on the front of the pack ?
To help busy shoppers choose a healthier diet, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommend that food manufacturers use a colour code on...

Where can I buy McCain Products?
The majority of our products are available at most supermarkets. If you would like to know where your nearest stockist is ...

What is GDA ?
GDA stands for Guideline Daily Amounts. These are the recommended amounts of fat, saturated fat, sugars and salt needed each day for a healthy diet. All our products are labelled with...

E numbers - what are they ?
At McCain, we love simple food. Our policy is to remove all the E numbers wherever we can. But sometimes we have to include E numbers, so where we do, we thought we'd ...

What are allergens ?
Allergens are substances that cause certain people to have allergic reactions. Some people are allergic to wheat, others to milk, others react to soya. We clearly label the ...

Do you have any free material that you could send me?
We'd be happy to send you out a free McCain product list. However, we don't actually keep stock of any promotional ...

I'm doing a project at school/ uni/ college and wondered if you could send me some information about your business/ products?
We find that most of the answers to the questions we're asked are available on our websites ...

I've got a new product idea. Can I submit it to McCain?
We're always pleased to have suggestions from our customers. Our Research & Development and Marketing teams work together to develop and test new product ideas ...

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