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McDonald's Big Mac
McDonald's Big Mac, purchased in Australia; at 480 calories, 20% lower than the Mexican version of 600 calories, and 24% less salt.
Serving size	1 sandwich
Calories	540 (28% USRDA)
Calories from fat	270
Total fat	30 g (47%)
Saturated fat	10 g (52%)
Cholesterol	80 mg (26%)
Sodium	1.01 g (42%)
Total carbohydrate	47 g (16%)
Dietary fiber	3 g (14%)
Sugars	8 g
Protein	25 g (45%)
Vitamin A	120 IU (8%)
Vitamin C	2 mg (2%)
Calcium	250 mg (25%)
Iron	2 mg (25%)
Ingredients	Beef, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, "special sauce" (a Thousand Island dressing variant) and a bun topped with sesame seeds
Source	McDonald's
Notes	Values may be different outside US market. USRDA based on a 2,000 calorie (8.37 MJ) diet.

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Product description

The Big Mac is a hamburger consisting of two 1.6 oz (45.4 g) beef patties, iceberg lettuce, American cheese, pickles, onion and Special Sauce (a Thousand Island dressing variant) served on a three part sesame seed bun. This article is about the food item. ... For other uses, see Beef (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Lactuca sativa L. Lettuce is a temperate annual or biennial plant most often grown as a leaf vegetable. ... American cheese American cheese is a common processed cheese marketed by Kraft Foods, Borden, and other companies in the United States, and to some extent elsewhere. ... A deli pickle. ... For other uses, see Onion (disambiguation). ... Thousand Island dressing, pink in color, is a variety of salad dressing, a variant of Russian dressing, commonly made of mayonnaise, ketchup, and a mixture of finely chopped vegetables, most often pickles, onions, bell peppers, and/or green olives; chopped hard-boiled egg is also common. ... Binomial name Sesamum indicum L. Sesame (Sesamum indicum) is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum. ...

Special sauce

Special sauce is the sauce used in the McDonald's Big Mac hamburger. The name derives from a 1975 advertising campaign featuring a list of the Big Mac's ingredients: "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun." The precise recipe for what McDonald's itself now terms Big Mac Sauce remains a secret, but it is recognized as a variant of Thousand Island dressing.^[1] McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants[1]. Although McDonalds did not invent the hamburger or fast food, its name has become nearly synonymous with both. ... This article is about the food item. ...

Big Mac Sauce is delivered to McDonald's restaurants in sealed canisters designed by Sealright, from which it is meant to be directly dispensed using a special calibrated "sauce gun" that dispenses a specified amount of the sauce for each pull of the trigger^[2]. Its design is similar to a caulking gun. Silicone caulking (Type CLK from Nelson/Tulsa) being demonstrated. ...

Variations

• The Mega Mac - four 1.6 oz (45.4 g) beef patties and an extra slice of cheese. Available in Ireland, Japan, and South Korea. Discontinued in Australia and the United Kingdom, limited availability in the United States (where it is commonly marketed under the name Double Big Mac).
• Monster Mac - eight 1.6 oz (45.4 g) beef patties and extra cheese. Discontinued in Germany.
• the Mckinley-Mac - made with two quarter pound patties. Named after Mt. McKinley in Alaska, and sold only in that state.^[3][4][5][6] AKA the Bigger Big Mac as an LTO product to celebrate the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
• In India, where Hindu do not eat beef, the Big Mac was renamed the Maharaja Mac and was originally made with lamb instead of beef; however, along with the company's other vegtables items it is now made from chicken.^[7][8]
• Son of Mac - Also known as the Mini Mac, an Australian version with only one patty and no center roll piece, now discontinued. Served by some stores in the United States under the moniker "Mac Jr".

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History

The Big Mac was invented in 1967 at Uniontown, Pennsylvania by Jim Delligatti, one of McDonald's franchisees and an alumnus of Michigan State University's School of Hospitality Business. Original names for the burger included "Aristocrat" & "Blue Ribbon Burger", but the actual name "Big Mac" was created by Esther Glickstein Rose, a then 21 year old Advertising Secretary who worked at McDonald's Corporate office in Chicago. Customer response to the Big Mac was so good that it rolled-out nationally in 1968. According to a famous advertising jingle, it consists of "two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun", though the most distinctive feature is a middle layer of bread ("club") used to stabilize contents and prevent spillage. Uniontown is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. ... Franchising (from the French for honesty or freedom[1]) is a method of doing business wherein a franchisor authorizes proven methods of doing business to a franchisee in exchange for a recurring payment, fees and a percentage of sales or profits. ... The School of Hospitality Business is an industry-specific school within the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. ... For other uses, see Beef (disambiguation). ... Special sauce is the informal name given to the variation of Thousand Island dressing used in the McDonalds Big Mac hamburger. ... Binomial name L. Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ... A deli pickle. ... For other uses, see Onion (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Sesamum indicum Sesame (Sesamum indicum) is a crop grown primarily for its oil-rich seeds. ...

The Big Mac is known worldwide and is often used as a symbol of American capitalism. The Economist has used it as a reference point to determine the cost of living in different countries — the Big Mac Index — since it is so widely available and is comparable across markets. This index is sometimes referred to as Burgernomics ^[9] For other uses, see Capitalism (disambiguation). ... The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London. ... McDonalds Big Mac purchased in Australia The Big Mac Index is an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies and provides a test of the extent to which market exchange rates result in goods costing the same in different countries. ...

Advertising

Two all beef patties Slogan

Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun. is a trademarked slogan first used by McDonald's in 1975. The saying has remained popular even though it is not in official use by McDonald's. Although shown here properly punctuated, it was spoken rapidly in ads as a single word, and trademarked as such. “(TM)” redirects here. ...

The concept for the jingle was created by Charles Rosenberg, Creative Supervisor of the Dan Nichols team at Needham, Harper and Steers, Chicago. Originally, the ingredients appeared as a one-word heading for a McDonald's ad developed for college newspapers. The words were then set to music created by Mark Vieha, who performed the original jingle. Charlie's advertising concept was to purposely turn the ingredients into a tongue twister. The jingle first appeared in a TV commercial titled "In a Word" developed by Dan and the advertising agency team. The first run of commercials ran only a year and a half, going off the air in 1976, but its popularity remained beyond its TV life.

In 2003, McDonald's revived the phrase. In an English-language ad from McDonald's international "i'm lovin' it" campaign, a rapper rapidly spouts off the trademark in the background music. Also in 2003, American Greetings and Carlton Cards released a Christmas ornament of a Big Mac, on which the slogan was both printed and played aloud by pulling on a string. Roy Bergold, National Advertising Manager at McDonald's, has a big hand in championing the original campaign and helping to bring it back. im lovin it is an international branding campaign by McDonalds Corporation primarily aimed at people aged 15–24. ... Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. ... American Greetings Corporation, Inc. ... Carlton Cards Retail, Inc. ... For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ...

Many franchisees in the United States ran promotions during the original campaign that awarded a free burger to customers who could recite the slogan within a specified time (usually two or three seconds). One example of its success, was that the McDonald's operators in New York City actually ran out of Big Mac buns. McDonald's Australia emulated this promotion in the mid-1980s, and some Brazilian McDonald's around the same time (only offering a free glass of Coca-Cola instead), in the Portuguese version, which goes as "Dois hamburgueres, alface, queijo, molho especial, cebola e pickles num pão com gergelim". The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ...

McDonaldland character

Main article: McDonaldland

In addition to the McDonald's signature hamburger, Big Mac was the name of a character in McDonaldland, the fictional world created as an advertising campaign for McDonald's. Big Mac was similar to Mayor McCheese, except he was the chief of police, wearing a constable uniform and sporting a large Big Mac for a head. From left to right: Hamburglar, Ronald McDonald, Grimace, and Birdie the Early Bird (as they appeared in a series of commercials for McDonalds). ... From left to right: Hamburglar, Ronald McDonald, Grimace, and Birdie the Early Bird (as they appeared in a series of commercials for McDonalds). ... Chief of Police is the title typically given to the head of a police department, particularly in the United States and Canada. ...

Current advertising

In 2005, McDonald's began offering product placement rewards to hip hop artists who namechecked the Big Mac in their music, giving US$5 to the artist for every time a song mentioning the hamburger was played on the radio. ^[10] This offer quickly spawned a satirical reference from Hip Hop artist Mad Skillz, who references the marketing ploy in his track "2005 Wrap Up" by stating "And I'm beefin' wit' Mickey D's man, y'all dead wrong, Talkin' 'bout payin' rappers to mention Big Macs in their song, We do rap from the heart, y'all better have some respect, Alright, Big Mac! Big Mac! Big Mac! Now where's my check?" Wikibooks [[wikibooks:|]] has more about this subject: Marketing Product placement advertisements are promotional ads placed by marketers using real commercial products and services in media, where the presence of a particular brand is the result of an economic exchange. ... Hip hop music is a style of popular music. ... Namechecking is the act of referring to a brand name in the lyrics of a song. ... Skillz (formerly Mad Skillz, born Shaquan Lewis in Richmond, Virginia) is an African-American rapper. ...

In the 2004 documentary Super Size Me, several women were interviewed. None of them could correctly recite the Pledge of Allegiance, but could accurately recite the slogan, to their embarrassment. Super Size Me is an Academy Award-nominated 2004 documentary film, directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. ... The Pledge of Allegiance is a promise or oath of allegiance to the United States and the its national flag. ...

Nutritional values

In the United States, the Big Mac has 540 calories (2,340 kJ), 47 grams of carbohydrates and 25 grams of protein. In Australia, however, the burger is smaller with 480 calories (2,010 kJ), 36.2 grams carbohydrate, but similar amounts of protein with 25.3 grams,^[11] while the Mexican burger tops out the scales at 600 calories and 33 grams of fat. Etymology: French calorie, from Latin calor (heat), from calere (to be warm). ...

Comparisons of the Big Mac standard nutritional values in different countries (% = % of recommended daily allowance)

Country	Calories	Carbohydrate	Protein	Total fat	Dietary fiber	Salt	Serving size (weight)	Reference
Australia	480	36.2g	25.3g	24.9g		800mg	201g	.au
Brazil	504	41g (14%)	25g (33%)	27g (49%)	3.5g (14%)	1023mg (43%)		.br
Canada	530	44g (15%)	24g	29g (45%)	3g (12%)	1020mg (43%)	208g	.ca
Denmark	497	43g	27.1g	24.1g			219g	.dk
United Kingdom	493	44g	26.7g	22.9g	5.9g	2200mg		.uk
Germany	503	44g	26g	25g				.de
Greece	490	42.5g	27g	24g	5g	2000mg		.gr
Finland	495	40g	27g	25g	3g	2,3g	219g	.fi
France	492	38.9g	26.2g	25.8g	4.2g	900mg		.fr
Italy	505	43g	27g	25g	4g			.it
Japan	508	42.7g	26.1g	25.8g	2g	864mg	216g	.jp
South Korea	535	46g (14%)	27g (45%)	29g (57%)		750mg (22%)	219g	.kr
Malaysia	484	46g	26g	23g		730mg	209g	.my
Mexico	600	50g	25g	33g	4g	1050mg	219g	.mx
Netherlands	495	40g	27g	25g	3g	2.3g		.info
New Zealand	464	33.9g	24g	25.4g		1020mg	195g	.nz
Poland	495	40g	27g	25g	3g	2300mg		.pl
Russia	495	40g	27g	25g	3g			.ru
Sweden	495	40g	27g	25g	3g	2300mg		.info
United States	540	45g (15%)	25g (45%)	29g (45%)	3g (12%)	1040mg (43%)	214g	.com

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See also

• Don Gorske

Similar products by other QSR vendoes: Donald Gorske of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, is a Big Mac enthusiast who has eaten over 20,000 Big Mac cheeseburgers in his lifetime, winning a place in the 2005 Guinness Book of Records in the process. ...

• Burger King Big King
• BK Stacker

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References

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External links

• Official product information for the Big Mac
• Official product information for the Maharaja Mac
• The Big Mac Index

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