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* Despite jokes made on comedy-oriented shows, the special sauce [[McDonald's]] uses [[Subverted Trope| has ''never'' been secret]]. Neither is it simply Thousand Island dressing, a common rumor. It is made of ketchup, sweet pickle relish, yellow mustard, onion and vinegar.
* Another old (since 1930 in fact) rumor is that Dr. Pepper's secret ingredient is prune juice. Although the exact recipe is not public, [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/belle-pepper/ this is not true.]
* According to the book ''Big Secrets'' by William Poundstone, the Secret Ingredient in at least some of the Mrs. Fields Cookies varieties was ''milk'', which is almost never used in cookies. Poundstone and the food scientists he employed came to the conclusion that the milk combined with the standard cookie ingredients resulted in a dough that when baked became partly fudge.
 
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