Raw McRib photo offers peak behind the Golden Arches

Those who enjoy the sloppy, salt-soaked joys of fast food might not appreciate a photo circulating online giving a behind the scenes look at McDonald's pork sandwich, the McRib.

A Redditor uploaded the photo of what is described as a raw slab of McRib that, perhaps not unsurprisingly, resembles a frosty white Popsicle fresh from a plastic mold.

Some Redditors commented the "rib" looked disgusting, while others said it simply looked like raw pork.

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Once that meatsicle is cooked and slathered in barbeque sauce it looks much different, though the McRib still evokes a sense of mystery with its strange shape, and the way it pops onto menus occasionally and then disappears, sometimes for years.

The McRib has returned to menus in the U.S. and in Canada this fall, and the picture of its raw beginnings appears to originate from a northern location because there are French-language Canadian beef boxes in the background.

There have been far less appetizing kitchen photos of fast food in recent months, including a Taco Bell employee licking a taco stack, a Kentucky Fried Chicken employee licking mashed potatoes and a Wendy's worker drinking ice cream straight from the nozzle.

At least the McRib photo doesn't feature any tongues.