Stupid question about fat in McDonald's scrambled eggs

1 large egg has 5 g's of fat, so obviously it would depend on how much added fat is present or included in other foods served with the scrambled eggs.

My guess is it's processing agents in addition to what they cook it in. From what I can tell they use Liquid Margarine of some sort.


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I was able to find a nutrition PDF and "Eggs" were located right underneath diced apples (if you do visit the PDF , you'll want to press "ctrl" and then "f" and type "diced apples" into the search field - eggs alone are right under it. The reason why you don't want to simply type eggs, is because there are 100's of results for it, because it's a common ingredient.)

Here is what it said:

Egg:

USDA Grade A Eggs.
CONTAINS: EGG.
Prepared with Liquid Margarine: Liquid Soybean Oil and Hydrogenated Cottonseed and Soybean Oils, Water, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Salt, Soy Lecithin,
Mono and Diglycerides, Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate (Preservatives), Artificial Flavor, Citric Acid, Vitamin A Palmitate, Beta Carotene (Color).


Source: http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/getnutrition/ingredientslist.pdf
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Sounds like a lot of icky stuff - no wonder there are so many grams of fat in them! I wouldn't have imagined all this personally, so I guess we both learned something new today :laugh:

Look up the ingredients. McDonald's for some reason has to complicate things. Instead of buying eggs and having someone crack them open and cook them up, they have these egg mix jugs full of all kinds of chemicals that they use.

Nasty! Once I looked that up I decided no more McBreakfast for me.

Whoops, sadkitty beat me to it!

One thing you have to consider with McD's eggs is that they put pancake batter in the scrambled eggs (did not know that until had a reaction after getting just eggs there, when I told a friend of mine I was trying to figure out what happend since all I had was eggs, she said "Oh, I used to work at Mc Donald's, they put pancake batter in the scrambled eggs")

If possible, I would avoid breakfast out all together!! Try pre-making your own sandwiches and freezing them or there are some great low cal Special K flatbread sandwiches you could always try. Small changes like this can make a huge difference in your weight loss!

Either way you "crack the egg" at McD's they still coat the grill with fake butter crap before they cook the eggs. You still get unneeded fat.... Here is a better idea for at home if you really want to have an egg in the morning. You can bake a whole bunch on the weekend and just pull them out as needed

http://www.alaskafromscratch.com/2012/04/06/quick-tip-baked-hard-cooked-eggs/

You know that in about 90 seconds @ 70% pwr, depending on your microwave, you can make your own 2 X-large scrambled eggs and control everything that goes into them.

From the Mcdonalds website.

Scrambled Eggs

170 Calories
15g Protein
11g Fat (17%)
1g Carbs (0%)
180mg Sodium (7%)
Calories from Fat 100 Dietary Fiber 0g (0%) Calcium 60mg (6%)
Saturated Fat 4g (19%) Sugars 0g Iron 2mg (10%)
Trans Fat 0g Vitamin A 640IU (15%) Vitamin C 0mg (0%)
Cholesterol 520mg (174%)
Serving Size 3.4 oz (96 g)


If you go to the menu, breakfast, then pick the breakfast meal you can + next to the word nutrition and remove the other items.

From the look of it that's equivalent to ~2 eggs worth of fat and the calories are consistent with that. I wouldn't be too concerned--it's an overall decent choice.

Mc D's like all restaurants are in the business to make tasty food. If you don't like it you won't come back. Fat makes things taste good (most times).

I try to cook all my food from scratch. Yes, it takes time, but I have reorganized my priorities. I can eat a lot more food for less calories, I can hit my macros easier, and it's the way I like it. My hair, skin and body functions are a lot healthier too. I never thought I would be one to cook my food. It use to be easier to get premade meals, but I found the same problem as going out and having someone else cook it for me (too many calories).

You know that in about 90 seconds @ 70% pwr, depending on your microwave, you can make your own 2 X-large scrambled eggs and control everything that goes into them.

+1. Eggs are SO easy to make at home, that there's really no excuse for paying 5x as much to have some one else make them for you (with all kinds of extra nasty crap.)

And I'm not blaming McDonalds, either - the first thing Waffle House does when you order eggs is drop in a ladle of oil.

Don't forget to toss in a dash of salt and pepper. Mmmm!