A “fossilised” McDonald’s cheeseburger found inside an old car has sent Australians into meltdown after it was discovered looking close to as fresh as the day it was served.
Brisbane panel beater Cameron Holland found the old burger in a 12-year-old Toyota Camry recently, tucked behind its spare wheel in the boot.
The burger wasn’t even slightly discoloured and had clearly not been touched by insects.
It was, however, completely solid.
“We found this in a car. Rock hard. Look at this sh*t,” Mr Holland said in a TikTok.
“Literally. What the f***. That’s like a biscuit.”
He told news.com.au he suspected it had been in the car for up to three years.
“The spare wheel was the original wheel which looked like it had never been moved before which leads me to believe it had been there for a long time,” he said.
“Also the fact it was rock hard like cement.”
Mr Holland added the “whole burger was still intact almost as if it was fresh from McDonald’s”.
“I’ll never eat McDonald’s again,” he said.
Viewers of his video were similarly repulsed.
“So concerning that there’s no mould. What are we eating?” one person responded.
“The ants didn’t even want it,” another said.
“That is why you never eat McDonald’s,” a third wrote.
McDonald’s responded to the video saying it “prides itself on serving up great quality products”.
“We have supported Aussie farmers for over 50 years and our Cheeseburger includes 100% Aussie beef and Aussie grown pickles,” the company said in a statement to news.com.au.
“Our food is made to be consumed upon purchase or delivery to ensure quality and freshness.”
The company previously responded to the myth that its burgers don’t decompose by saying decomposition of any food was unlikely in environments with insufficient moisture.
“So if food is or becomes dry enough, it is unlikely to grow mould or bacteria or decompose,” the brand said in a 2020 statement.
“Food prepared at home that is left to dehydrate could see similar results. Look closely, the burgers you are seeing are likely dried out and dehydrated, and by no means ‘the same as the day they were purchased’.”
Plenty of respondents to the old cheeseburger video claimed they were unbothered by what they saw, and would continue consuming the fast food as usual.
brooke.rolfe@news.com.au