Macdonalds - USA and UK - Why the difference?

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  • BurnWithBarn2015
    BurnWithBarn2015 Posts: 1,026 Member
    edited September 2015
    Bigger portions indeed...

    But bread in the US contains more sugar and salt than over in Europe. So does ketchup and mustards and all other sauces.

    All those little differences ad up

    for fries a potato grown in another climate can have other macro/micro values for sure. Think of sweeter/sugar strawberries and other fruits when they are longer in the sun.

    Butter the same
    And for diary yes there is a difference for sure what kinda milk a cow gives...it depends on what kind of food you feed them. ( there are thousands of different kind of grass)

    I stated in another thread before...US food ( same foods with the same weight) contains most of the time more calories than UK/European food. Not much but still there can be a difference in calories.

  • flatlndr
    flatlndr Posts: 713 Member
    Having lived on both sides of the pond ... the serving sizes are the key difference.
  • WMLizard
    WMLizard Posts: 22 Member
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    stealthq wrote: »
    McDonald's tailors their food to suit the country. Sometimes it's obvious, like the meals listed here: foodnetwork.co.uk/article/crazy-meals-mcdonalds-menus-around-world.htmlhttp://

    Sometimes it's more subtle, like a burger having mayo in the US and not in the other country. Plus, the food sourcing is different depending on country and the laws for nutritional labels differ, too. You'd need to dig a bit deeper to know exactly where the difference lies in this case.

    I was just talking to my brother about how I would totally try everything on the Indian McD menu. McSpicy Paneer? Veg supreme McMuffin? McAloo Tikki? Yum!

    I don't eat McDonald's much in the States - I just don't like what they offer very much (Wendy's? Heck yeah!). But in India...nom nom nom. Been twice. Ate there 2 or 3 times the first time, and only once the second (it was a tour group, less time on our own for food). The Paneer Tikka Wrap is delicious. I wish wish wish they offered it here.
  • BigGuy47
    BigGuy47 Posts: 1,768 Member
    Vincent: "In Paris, you can buy a beer in McDonald's. And you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?"
    Jules: "They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with cheese?"
    Vincent: "No, man, they got the metric system. They don't know what the f*** a quarter pounder is."
    Jules: "Then what do they call it?"
    Vincent: "They call it a Royale with cheese."
    Jules: "Royale with cheese. What do they call a Big Mac?"
    Vincent: "Big Mac's a Big Mac but they call it le Big Mac."
    Jules: "Le Big Mac. What do they call a Whopper?"
    Vincent: "I don't know; I didn't go into Burger King."
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