McDonald's wants customers and doubters to know that its french fries are indeed made of real potatoes. Because of this, the fast food company released two new videos explaining the true process on how they are made.

McDonald's asked for help from "Mythbusters" co-host Grant Imahara to dispel the myth that McDonald's fries are not made with real potatoes, Time reports.

In both videos, Imahara goes to Simplot, which appears to be where all the processing and creating of french fries takes place. Imahara is given a tour of the Simplot freezing room where the McDonald's fries are frozen.

Before they are frozen though, Imahara asks if the fries are even from real potatoes. Koko, his tour guide and Simplot employee, shows him the potatoes on the conveyor belt.

In the other video, Koko actually takes Imahara to a farm and shows him where McDonald's might get some of their potatoes.

Koko shows Imahara the potatoes are shot through a metal shoot at between 60-70 miles per hour and then custom diced to get the shape after the potatoes are selected

In the next step, Imahara seems skeptical about the ingredients used to keep the fries fresh and maintaining their color. This step is called the ingredient dip. In this step, McDonald's adds a natural sugar called dextrose and sodium acid pyrophoshate to keep the fries to "maintain their natural color" and to control graying after freezing of the fries.

After the ingredient dip, it is time to partially fry the fries. McDonald's partially fries the french fries to keep them crispy. McDonald's does use natural beef flavor that comes from beef fat when frying them. This could make vegetarians no longer wanting to eat the fries.

Now, McDonald's flash freezes the fries and ships them to the stores. The stores keep them in their freezers. Once ready to be opened, a bag of frozen fries is thrown into the deep fryer and then served to the customer.

It appears that Imahara and McDonald's busted the myth that fries are not made out of real potatoes (they are). McDonald's commitment to tell the truth to customers could help the company.

McDonald's just released fourth quarter earnings and sales figures that fell short of 2013's numbers.

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