<P> Products are offered as either "eat - in" (where the customer opts to eat in the restaurant) or "take - out" (where the customer opts to take the food for consumption off the premises). "Eat - in" meals are provided on a plastic tray with a paper insert on the floor of the tray . "Take - out" meals are usually delivered with the contents enclosed in a distinctive McDonald's - branded brown paper bag . In both cases, the individual items are wrapped or boxed as appropriate . </P> <P> Since Steve Easterbrook became CEO of the company, McDonald's has streamlined the menu which in the United States contained nearly 200 items . The company has also looked to introduce healthier options, and removed high - fructose corn syrup from hamburger buns . The company has also removed artificial preservatives from Chicken McNuggets, replacing chicken skin, safflower oil and citric acid found in Chicken McNuggets with pea starch, rice starch and powdered lemon juice . </P> <P> Restaurants in several countries, particularly in Asia, serve soup . This local deviation from the standard menu is a characteristic for which the chain is particularly known, and one which is employed either to abide by regional food taboos (such as the religious prohibition of beef consumption in India) or to make available foods with which the regional market is more familiar (such as the sale of McRice in Indonesia, or Ebi (prawn) Burger in Singapore and Japan). </P> <P> In Germany and some other Western European countries, McDonald's sells beer . In New Zealand, McDonald's sells meat pies, after the local affiliate partially relaunched the Georgie Pie fast food chain it bought out in 1996 . </P>

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