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Max the Meat Guy
Max the Meat Guy is Max Greb, a Boston-based American meat-focused food creator on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, founder of MaxJerky, with about 10.3 million YouTube subscribers and McCormick Grill Mates seasoning blends.
Maxwell House
Maxwell House, also marketed as Maxwell Apartment in 2025, is an American mass-market coffee brand founded in 1892 in Nashville, known for the slogan "Good to the Last Drop" and owned by Kraft Heinz.
Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise, or mahonesa, is an oil-in-water emulsion sauce of vegetable oil, egg yolk, and vinegar, standardized at 65%+ oil in the US, named after Mahón, Menorca, and commercialized from 1912 by Hellmann's.
McCain Foods
McCain Foods Limited, Canadian family-owned frozen food company founded 1957 in Florenceville, New Brunswick; makes frozen French fries and potato products, $16bn CAD revenue, 160 countries, main rivals Lamb Weston and Simplot.
McChicken
McChicken: McDonald's crispy chicken sandwich of breaded patty, lettuce and mayo on a bun; US value-menu item at 390 calories, sold worldwide as マックチキン and McChicken Sandwich with regional recipes.
McDonald's
McDonald's, the American fast-food hamburger chain founded by Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino in 1940 and globalized by Ray Kroc from 1955, now runs over 36,000 franchised restaurants in more than 100 countries with over $130 billion in 2024 systemwide sales.
McDonald's French fries
McDonald's French fries (World Famous Fries®) are the chain's signature side: whole Russet Burbank, Ranger, Umatilla Russet, and Shepody potatoes, par-fried with beef flavoring by suppliers, frozen, and cooked in canola-blend oil in US restaurants; UK versions are vegetarian.
McDonald's Israel (מקדונלד'ס ישראל)
McDonald's Israel (מקדונלד'ס ישראל) is the Israeli McDonald's chain, first opened in Ramat Gan in October 1993 by franchisee Omri Padan's Alonyal. McDonald's Corporation bought the 225-restaurant, 5,000-employee business in 2024 after boycotts, and a Wiz-founders group is near a franchise deal.
McDonald's Monopoly
McDonald's Monopoly is McDonald's recurring collect-and-win sales promotion, launched in the US in 1987 and licensed from Hasbro. Players peel game pieces for instant wins or rare-property sets; a 1989-2001 insider fraud by Simon Marketing's Jerome Jacobson stole over $24 million in prizes.
McDonald's No. 1 Store Museum
McDonald's No. 1 Store Museum, in Des Plaines, Illinois, was a full-scale 1985 replica of Ray Kroc's first franchised McDonald's (opened April 15, 1955). Flood-damaged and closed to the public since 2008, it was demolished after the November 2017 announcement; the first McDonald's itself was in San Bernardino.
McDonaldization
McDonaldization: George Ritzer's 1983 sociological thesis that fast-food restaurant principles (efficiency, calculability, predictability, control) increasingly dominate society, adapting Weber's rationalization theory; distinct from casual uses of the term.
McDonaldland
McDonaldland is McDonald's fictional advertising world, created by Needham, Harper & Steers in 1971, home to Ronald McDonald, Grimace, Hamburglar, and Mayor McCheese; it ran until the early 2000s, lost a Krofft copyright suit, and returned in 2025.
McDowell's No.1
McDowell's No.1, Indian IMFL whisky brand of United Spirits (Diageo India), launched 1968; world's best-selling whisky 2023-2024 with over 30 million cases yearly, lost the top spot to Royal Stag in 2025.
McKee Foods
McKee Foods Corporation, formerly McKee Baking Company, is a family-owned snack bakery in Collegedale, Tennessee, founded in 1934 by O.D. and Ruth McKee and known for Little Debbie snack cakes, Sunbelt Bakery, Drake's, and Fieldstone brands.
McLane Company
McLane Company is an American wholesale distribution company headquartered in Temple, Texas, founded in 1894, that supplies groceries to convenience stores and restaurants and has been owned by Berkshire Hathaway since 2003.
McRib
The McRib is a McDonald's barbecue pork sandwich, a boneless restructured pork patty in BBQ sauce with pickles and onions, invented by René Arend, debuting in 1981, retired in 1985, and since sold intermittently as a scarcity-marketed limited-time item.
McSorley's Old Ale House
McSorley's Old Ale House, established 1854 at 15 East 7th Street, Manhattan, is an Irish saloon originally called The Old House at Home, famous for sawdust floors, two ales (light or dark), cash-only service, and admitting women only in 1970 after a lawsuit.
McVitie's
McVitie's is a British biscuit brand founded in Edinburgh in the 1830s, famous for the 1892 Digestive, Hobnobs, Rich Tea and Jaffa Cakes, royal wedding cakes, and ownership by pladis (Yıldız Holding) since 2016.
MDH (spice company)
MDH (Mahashian Di Hatti Private Limited) is India's second-biggest packaged spice company after Everest, founded in 1919 in Sialkot and rebuilt in Delhi after Partition; known for 62 masala blends, the 'Dadaji' ads, and 2024 ethylene oxide export scrutiny.
Mead
Mead: alcoholic beverage made by fermenting diluted honey with yeast, also called honey wine or hydromel. Typically 8–18% ABV; styles include traditional mead, melomel, metheglin, cyser, pyment, and braggot; one of the oldest fermented drinks.
Meal
A meal is an occasion for eating at a set time, or the food eaten then, typically breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with smaller occasions called snacks.
Meal, Ready-to-Eat
Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) is the US Armed Forces' standard self-contained shelf-stable field ration, in retort pouches since 1981, about 1,250 kcal per meal with a flameless ration heater since 1992.
Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels: international network of local programs delivering nutritious meals to homebound older adults and people with disabilities, with safety checks and social contact; originated in WWII Britain, first US program in Philadelphia, 1954.
Meat pie
Meat pie is food made with meat, vegetables, or fruit covered in pastry. It is a national dish in Australia and a traditional item in Greece and Quebec.
Meat Products
Meat products are manufactured foods made from animal carcass portions, such as sausage, ham, and head cheese. Defined by MeSH, regulated by USDA/FDA, preserved by curing, smoking, drying, and fermentation; processed meat is an IARC Group 1 carcinogen.
Meatball
Meatball: small ball of ground meat with binders and seasonings, known worldwide as polpette, köttbullar, köfte, and bakso; USDA requires cooking to 160 degrees F for safety.
Meatloaf
Meatloaf (also meat loaf) is a baked dish of ground meat bound with breadcrumbs, egg, and seasonings, molded in a loaf shape. American staple peaked in the 1950s; first US recipe late 1870s; USDA safe temperature 160 °F.
Mechanically separated meat
Mechanically separated meat, also called mechanically recovered meat, is a paste-like meat product made by forcing bones with edible meat through a sieve under high pressure.
Medieval cuisine
Medieval cuisine is the food and eating culture of Europe from the 5th to the 15th century, strongly shaped by social rank, religious fasting, and grain staples.
Medieval Times
Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: Spanish-founded (1973, Majorca) dinner theater chain with ten US and Canada castles; first North American castle in Kissimmee, Florida, December 1983; four-course hands-on banquet plus jousting, sword fighting, and falconry show.