Quarter Pounder
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| McDonald's Quarter Pounder | |
Quarter Pounder with Cheese |
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|---|---|
| Serving size | 1 sandwich (171g) |
| Energy | 420 (21% USRDA) cal |
| Energy from fat | 160 cal |
| Total fat | 18 g (27%) |
| Saturated fat | 7 g (37%) |
| Trans fat | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 70 mg (23%) |
| Sodium | 730 mg (30%) |
| Dietary fiber | 3 g (11%) |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Protein | 24 g (43%) |
| Vitamin A | 30 IU (2%) |
| Vitamin C | 2 mg (2%) |
| Calcium | 250 mg (25%) |
| Iron | 2 mg (25%) |
| Source | McDonalds |
| Notes | May vary outside US market. USRDA based on 2000 calorie (8,270 kilojoule) diet. |
A Quarter Pounder is a McDonald's hamburger made from approximately 1/4 pound (4 ounces or 114 grams) of beef, weighed before cooking. It was introduced in Fremont, California in 1971-1972 and became part of the national menu in 1973. It is sold with or without two slices of processed cheese, but the Quarter Pounder with Cheese (QPC) is by far the more popular item.
In the UK there are many variants to the Quarter Pounder; "Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese" which has two pieces of meat, fresh onion, ketchup, pickle and cheese; "Quarter Pounder Deluxe with Cheese", which has (in order of being dressed) ketchup, mustard, grilled onion, 3 streaks of bacon, black-pepper sauce, the meat-patty and a higher-quality cheese.
These two items replaced the Big Bacon Tasty as promtional items.
In early 2007 the meat in the United Kingdom will be changed to "Euro Meat", a new style patty which has a smaller diamater but larger height. The new patty is more like a "home-made" burger than the current ones.
In most markets unfamiliar with English measurements, the Quarter Pounder is known as the Hamburger Royale or McRoyal, or variants thereof, as famously explained in the film Pulp Fiction. In countries that have gone metric, such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand the sandwich retains the Quarter Pounder name. Quarteirão com Queijo is used in metric Brazil and QP is used in Finland and Sweden.
[edit] Other quarter-pound hamburgers
Although they are most commonly associated with McDonald's, many other hamburger outlets sell or have sold quarter-pound hamburgers. "Quarter Pounder" is a trademark in the United States, but outlets in some other countries have been able to use similar names for their own products, such as the British Wimpy chain's "Quarterpounder." [1]
