The young lady behind a now-viral video “exposing” how Panera Bread prepares its macaroni and cheese says she was fired from the company. Which was predictable.

Naturally, people jumped at the opportunity to voice their opinion as video quickly drew criticism. Commenters slammed the chain restaurant for selling frozen food instead of mac and cheese made fresh and on site.

The video was posted last week on the app TikTok with the caption “exposing Panera.” It shows the employee drop a plastic packet of frozen mac and cheese into a boiler, cut the bag open and then pour the contents into a bowl.

If you’ve ever worked in the fast food industry or have attempted to make macaroni and cheese from scratch (which takes so much longer than you’d think) you know this is how a majority of fast food is made and/or kept.

Which, granted some people did express that they weren’t surprised by Panera’s food preparation process. Honestly, it still looks good and even more appealing than when its made from a box.

One user tweeted, “I don’t get what she’s exposing? Did people really think there was a chef hanging out in the kitchen of Panera Bread making their Mac and Cheese?” they said, “This is literally how every fast food joint operates, don’t be fooled.”

Panera Bread wasn’t the only party to come under scrutiny, though, the woman behind the video announced Friday via Twitter that she lost her job over the not so truth “exposing” video. “Lol i lost my job for this,” she tweeted. At least she thinks it’s funny opposed to tragic — what did she think was going to happen?

A spokesperson for Panera Bread confirmed the video’s authenticity but declined to comment further on personnel matters, according to The Washington Post. The company defended its preparation of the mac and cheese, the Post reports, which it said is a patently Panera product “made offsite with our proprietary recipe developed by our chefs.”

“It is shipped frozen to our bakery cafes — this allows us to avoid using preservatives which do not meet our clean standards,” a statement said.

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