Big mac ingredients | McDonald’s Big Mac Ingredients

McDonald’s Big Mac Ingredients

According to McDonald’s web site, a Big Mac® is made of: “100% Beef Patty, Big Mac Bun, Pasteurized Process American Cheese, Big Mac Sauce, Lettuce, Pickle Slices, Onions.”

Big Mac® Bun:
– Enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, enzymes)
– water
– high fructose corn syrup
– sugar
– soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated soybean oil

The bun also contains 2% or less of the following:
– salt
– calcium sulfate
– calcium carbonate
– wheat gluten
– ammonium sulfate
– ammonium chloride
– sodium stearoyl lactylate *
– datem *
– ascorbic acid*
– azodicarbonamide*
– mono- and diglycerides*
– ethoxylated monoglycerides*
– monocalcium phosphate*
– enzymes*
– guar gum*
– calcium peroxide*
– soy flour*
– calcium propionate (preservative)
– sodium propionate (preservative)
– soy lecithin
– sesame seed.

* indicates: dough conditioner

Big Mac® Sauce:
– Soybean oil
– pickle relish (which is made of:)
– diced pickles
– high fructose corn syrup
– sugar
– vinegar
– corn syrup
– salt
– calcium chloride
– xanthan gum
– potassium sorbate (preservative)
– spice extractives
– polysorbate 80
– distilled vinegar
– water
– egg yolks
– high fructose corn syrup
– onion powder
– mustard seed
– salt
– spices
– propylene glycol alginate
– sodium benzoate (preservative)
– mustard bran
– sugar
– garlic powder
– vegetable protein (hydrolyzed corn, soy and wheat) – fancy name for MSG
– caramel color
– extractives of paprika
– soy lecithin
– turmeric (color)
– calcium disodium EDTA (protect flavor).

Overall, if you remove the bun and the sauce, you have some food of reasonably high quality. The bun and the sauce however have too many chemical components and too much salt, sugar and high fructose corn syrup.

If you are still interested in eating a Big Mac®, here are the nutritional details required by an FDA food label:

7.5 oz (214 g) total weight
540 total calories
260 calories from fat
29 grams of fat (45% of recommended daily allowance)
10 grams saturated fat (50% of daily allowance)
1040 mg of sodium (43% of daily allowance)
45 grams of carbohydrates (15% of daily allowance)
3 grams of fiber
9 grams of sugar
25 grams of protein

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