 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 hamburger sold by international fast food chain McDonald's, so named for containing a patty with a precooked weight of four ounces (113.4 g), or one quarter of a pound. It was introduced in 1971. In 2013, the Quarter Pounder was expanded to represent a whole line of hamburgers that replaced the company's discontinued Angus hamburger (which was discontinued due to the price of Angus beef at the time). In 2015, McDonald's increased the precooked weight to 4.25 oz (120 g).[3]
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- ^ 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). 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). ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154. Archived from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
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