Why McDonald's Filet-O-Fish Comes With A Half Slice Of Cheese

When it comes to fish sandwiches, some people think they should have cheese on them, while others think that cheese and fish don’t go together in any context. McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish only includes half a piece of cheese, and they put it under the fish instead of melting it on top, which has led more than one customer to feel like they’ve been ripped off. However, there is a good reason as to why they don’t put a whole slice of cheese on there, and it has nothing to do with cost. Let’s take a look at why McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish comes with a half slice of cheese.

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[Tickleson]

Cuz it might over power the fish with a full slice of cheese there saved you some time

[toppear]

I want the video explaining how McDonald's charges $4 for this thing.

[tomj]

I make fish sandwiches all the time and I can assure you that a full slice of cheddar cheese is just right...they're just maximizing their profit margin at your expense. Even if you want to mimic a filet o' fish it's incredibly inexpensive to buy premade cod patties from Grotons or Mrs. Pauls, bake them in the oven, get cheap buns and mix up your own fantastic tartar sauce with mayo, finely minced onion, diced pickle, black pepper and either fresh lemon juice or pickle juice in a pinch. I like to make my own cod from scratch but the premade patties are actually pretty good, even better that a filet o' fish. I like the beer battered cod varieties which are often on sale for $4.99 (10 pieces). Better yet is making fish and chips from scratch and a large batch of lightly dressed cole slaw.

[jameswyatt]

I'm not so sure it's even cheese, rather than "product"...

[jeffw]

They used to have a full slice and I love cheese, even bringing an extra slice myself after scraping off the tarter sauce. Fries can't be beat either as long as their reasonably fresh. I've gotten fish I swear was left over from day before and so dry the breading was falling off. If it's the color of last falls leaves in Spring it's warmed over too long. I look at the fries pan before ordering to see if they have boxes already filled to grab, red flag for warmed over fries too.

[omnithis]

The narrator talks like a 6th-grade essay.

[KevyB]

They stopped pre-making sandwiches over 20 years ago. I was still there when they rolled out staging. The bin was still there for a while longer, but they hold the proteins in trays then assemble as they're ordered.

[FarhanSattarNZ]

Given that most McDonald's assemble to order nowerdays rather than having ready items asking for no cheese will not get you fresh fried fish

[wm]

The actual reason why McDonalds have a 1/2 slice of cheese dates back to when the were still owned by Ray Kroc. Apparently, the story goes that he was walking through one of his restaurants when a staff member took a fillet o fish for their lunch break but before doing so, the staff member broke of 1/2 a slice of cheese and added it to their fillet (the fillet o fish originally had no cheese). Ray saw this and tried it himself and liked it so much that he decreed that this was the way the fillet o fish should be served from them on. Also, the bun is steamed not grilled as with all their other sandwiches.

[paulmiller]

McDonald's used to fry pies and French fries in tallow.
That's why they were so good back in the day.

[adamalberts]

1:15 that mf commercial was stuck in my head for months after I first saw it

[Lil-Dragon]

I prefer to remove the cheese if I Don't remember to ask without cheese. Cheese and fish isn't nice for me.

[chrisleigh]

"Why would anyone put cheese on a fish sandwich"? Because standard protocol dictates that cheese makes most hot food better. Do yourself a favour and go and get a double fillet-o-fish...you'll thank me. Go now.

[bennb]

I love how they bring up calories and fat, like there's people trying to diet with fast food 🤣

[jklmn]

Actually no, McDonald's fries don't taste as good now as they did when I was a kid. Then again, they're supposedly healthier.

[sonyafox]

At our school they also put cheese on it as well, as other fast food restaurants put cheese on it to. I was done with there fish, when, they done away with the Cod, it just doesn’t taste right with the cheaper cut of fish. They need to bring the Cod back. They also quit using the thicker sausage patties, the year they made a lot of product changes, that’s when, they also changed to a cheaper grade of sausage patties as well, and, there not as good as the thicker patties so, that’s another item, I no longer buy at McDonald’s.

[GaryPiazza]

I love this sandwich. I custom order my burgers at McDonalds and have them used the steamed buns from this sandwich on my quarter pounder with cheese. It's the bomb!

[sharonwalker]

Even though the Filet O Fish is tiny now I would love it with a full slice of cheese.

[virgendesign]

Asking to hold the cheese, doesn’t get you a freshly cooked filet. It’s already cooked, they just assemble it and not include the cheese when you order it lol. You’ll just be lucky if they ran out of cooked ones and are force to cook some more. We would always have about 4-6 filets cooked since it wasn’t THE popular food item. At times we’d go down to 2 depending on the time of hour & day.

[micheleolson]

I literally just watched a video about why McDonald's fries changed for the worse, (they used to fry them in beef tallow); so I'm already critical of this video right off the bat bc it started off with a false statement.
YES, the Filet of fish keeps shrinking, it's a terrible value. Anyone remember Burger Kings Whaler? Now THAT was a fish sandwich! Arbys fish was awesome too, before they changed them a couple years ago.