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McDonald's Quarter Pounder
	Quarter Pounder with Cheese Quarter Pounder with Cheese Box (marketed in English and French; sold at McDonald's Canada)
Serving size	1 burger (171g)
Calories	420 (21% USRDA)
Calories from fat	160
Total fat	28 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.

The Quarter Pounder is a hamburger sold by international fast food chain McDonald's.

[edit] Product description

The burger comprises a beef patty weighing 4 oz. (113.4 g.) before cooking^[1] and 3 oz. prepared, pickles, raw onion, ketchup, and mustard. The more common variant, the Quarter Pounder with cheese, adds two slices of American cheese.

In most markets unfamiliar with imperial measurements, the Quarter Pounder is known as the Hamburger Royale or McRoyal, or variants thereof, including "Royale with Cheese", as famously explained in the film Pulp Fiction (although one should note that in France the official name of the Quarter Pounder with Cheese is Royal Cheese). In English-speaking countries that have adopted metrication (i.e. all English-speaking countries other than the USA) the burger retains the Quarter Pounder name. Quarteirão com Queijo is used in metric Brazil, Cuarto de Libra con Queso in Spain and in Latin America, Quarter Pounder is used in Finland and QP Cheese in Sweden In South Africa there are 2 variations, the Quarter Pounder with cheese and the Quarter Pounder Deluxe. In some Middle-Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, McDonald's provides both a Quarter Pounder and a McRoyale burger on its menu, the McRoyale having slightly different ingredients. In Chinese markets, the Quarter Pounder is known as a "full three taels" (Chinese: 足三両) because three taels is approximately equal in weight to a quarter pound.

[edit] Variants

The Boss is available as a signature product at outlets in New Zealand. It has two four ounce patty (227g from patties total) and a slice of cheese, mayonnaise, ketchup, two pickle slices, lettuce, tomato, and onion.
Bacon Quarter Pounder - ketchup, mustard, Cheddar cheese, cracked black pepper and cheese sauce and 3 pieces of streaky bacon (rashers)
Available in the UK.
McFeast - Quarter pound patty, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, onion.
Available in Australia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, and Sweden. Discontinued in Australia and New Zealand, but has since made a return in early 2008 in Australia as McFeast Deluxe only to be canned again. It was reintroduced for a short time in mid 2007 in New Zealand, but has been discontinued again in favor of The Boss.
McRoyale - Sesame seed bun, "royal sauce" (mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard), lettuce, four pickle slices, two tomato slices, 3-4 purple onion rings, cheese (in Israel, only if requested), and 140g beef patty grilled over charcoal. The Double McRoyal comes with 3 tomato slices and two 140g beef patty (280g total).
Available in Poland, Israel, Italy, Serbia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and most countries in the Middle East. Previously available in Greece, now replaced with original Quarter Pounder.
Hamburger Royal TS - sesame seed bun, mayonnaise sauce (which consists 60% of yogurt), onions, iceberg lettuce, one tomato slice, one slice of cheese. Sold in Germany, Austria and Luxembourg.
Hamburger Royal Bacon - sesame seed bun, ketchup, mustard, pickles, onions, bacon and cheese. Sold in Germany as a variant of the original Hamburger Royal Käse (Quarter Pounder with cheese), which is no longer well promoted there.
In Croatia and Romania, quarter pounder with cheese is called Royal Cheese.

Limited time offer variants:

The Cheddar Melt - Cheddar cheese, caramelized onions fried in teriyaki sauce and served on a whole wheat bun or rye bread bun.
The Big 33 / McJordan Special - BBQ sauce, bacon and 2 onion rings on it. The Big 33 / McJordan was introduced during the Larry Bird & Michael Jordan "horse contest" marketing campaigns for McDonald's in the early 90s. The name of the sandwich offered to customers varied, depending on the location.
Quarter Pounder Deluxe with cheese, ketchup, mustard, grilled onion, 3 strips of bacon, black-pepper sauce, the meat-patty and a higher-quality cheese.
Mexican Quarter Pounder - Salsa, sour cream and chive sauce (the same as the chicken premier), lettuce, tomato and cheese. Sold in the UK.

Discontinued variants:

QLT (Quarter pounder, Lettuce, and Tomato) was McDonald's first of several attempts at producing a larger burger with lettuce and tomato on it (with a larger price tag to match). It was not successful and was pulled after a few months.
Quarter Pounder Plus was a second attempt (after the QLT) to add lettuce and tomato to a Quarter Pounder. Despite significant promotion, complete with a jingle of its own for television ads, it too was not successful and was withdrawn after a few months.
Beef Platter - A ¼ lb (227 g) Beef patty served with lettuce and tomato on the HotCakes tray, a low-carb option.

[edit] History

The Quarter Pounder was introduced in Fremont, California, USA in 1971-1972 and became part of the national American menu in 1973. It is sold with or without two slices of processed cheese, but the Quarter Pounder with Cheese (QPC) is the more popular item.^{[citation needed]}

In early 2007 the meat in the United Kingdom changed to "Euro Meat", a new style patty which has a smaller diameter but larger height. The new patty is more like a "home-made" burger than the older ones.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2008, McDonald's Japan (which did not ordinarily offer the Quarter Pounder) converted two Tokyo restaurants into "Quarter Pounder" branded restaurants which only sold Quarter Pounder meals.^[2] These promotional branches closed on 27 November 2008 coinciding with the re-introduction of the Quarter Pounder at regular McDonald's branches throughout the Kantō (Tokyo) region from 28 November.^[3] The Quarter Pounder was launched at one McDonald's restaurant in the Kansai (Osaka) region on 23 December 2008.^[4] It was later reported that 15,000 customers had visited the restaurant on the first day, generating a record 10.02 million yen in sales for a single restaurant in one day. It was however also revealed that McDonald's had hired 1,000 "extras" to queue up on the first day. McDonald's Japan explained that the hirees were used for "product monitoring purposes".^[5]

[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."^[6]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

A McDonald's timeline

^ "McDonald's USA - USA Core Menu Items by Ingredients". http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.nutrition.categories.ingredients.index.html.
^ "Website". http://www.quarter-pounder.net.
^ "Kitajima gets his hands on Quarter Pounder" (27 November 2008). Retrieved on 30 November 2008.
^ "Hundreds line up for an hour at Osaka McDonald's for Quarter Pounder debut" (24 December 2008). Retrieved on 26 December 2008.
^ Sankei News: "マクドナルドがサクラで行列演出？　新商品先行販売で" (McDonald's used shills to queue for new product launch?)(25 December 2008). Retrieved on 26 December 2008. (Japanese)
^ Wimpy menu. Retrieved on 26 December 2008.

[0] "McDonald's USA - USA Core Menu Items by Ingredients". http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.nutrition.categories.ingredients.index.html.

[1] "Website". http://www.quarter-pounder.net.

[2] "Kitajima gets his hands on Quarter Pounder" (27 November 2008). Retrieved on 30 November 2008.

[3] "Hundreds line up for an hour at Osaka McDonald's for Quarter Pounder debut" (24 December 2008). Retrieved on 26 December 2008.

[4] Sankei News: "マクドナルドがサクラで行列演出？　新商品先行販売で" (McDonald's used shills to queue for new product launch?)(25 December 2008). Retrieved on 26 December 2008. (Japanese)

[5] Wimpy menu. Retrieved on 26 December 2008.

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