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 A Quarter Pounder with cheese | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nutritional value per 1 burger (220 g) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Energy | 530 kcal (2,200 kJ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
39 g (13%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sugars | 10 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dietary fiber | 2 g (10%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
28 g (43%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saturated | 13 g (66%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trans | 1.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||
31 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other constituents | Quantity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy w/o cheese | 420 kcal (1,800 kJ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy from fat | 250 kcal (1,000 kJ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cholesterol | 100 mg (34%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
May vary outside U.S. market | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[1] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[2] Source: McDonalds | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The Quarter Pounder is a brand of hamburger introduced in 1971 by a Fremont, California franchisee of international fast food chain McDonald's and extended nationwide in 1973. Its name refers to the beef patty having a precooked weight of approximately one quarter of a pound, originally portioned as four ounces (113.4 g) but increased to 4.25 oz (120 g) in 2015.[3] In some countries where the pound is not customarily used as a unit of weight, the hamburger's branding instead features the word Royal.
In 2013, the Quarter Pounder was expanded to represent a whole line of hamburgers that replaced the company's Angus hamburger, which was discontinued due to high prices for Angus beef at the time.
- ^ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". FDA. Archived from the original on March 27, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
- ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). "Chapter 4: Potassium: Dietary Reference Intakes for Adequacy". In Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (US). pp. 120–121. doi:10.17226/25353. ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
- ^ Little, Katie (June 26, 2015). "McDonald's Quarter Pounder is getting bigger (really!)". CNBC. Archived from the original on October 22, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015.