Talk:Big Mac/Archive 2

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Please Note: Salt vs Sodium

like cheese It is NEVER correct to use the weight of the salt contained in food as it's sodium content on a nutritional breakdown. It is INCORRECT to use "salt" in a food's nutritional breakdown. The chart needs to be corrected to show actual sodium content and the heading must read "sodium" and NOT "salt". The way it is now, is wrong. Table salt and sodium are two different things. People under care of a physician for various ailments who need to watch their sodium intake NEED to see actual sodium(in mg's) in the food and NOT the weight of the salt contained as an ingredient. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.3.69.57 (talk) 20:57, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Fixed. Gregcaletta (talk) 05:57, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

1.01 g sodium - incorrect format

The side bar of the main page shows the sodium content of the big mac as 1.01 g. Though, technically, 1010 mg of sodium is indeed 1.01 g, sodium is always shown as mg's on a nutritional breakdown. This need to be corrected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.3.69.57 (talk) 21:11, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Also fixed. Gregcaletta (talk) 05:58, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Calorie Inconsistencies: Side Bar Vs. Nutritional Section

There is a substantial difference between the side bar and the nutritional section in regards to the number of kcal for the USA bigmac. The sidebar claims only 540 kcal while in the nutritional section it says 650 kcal. Which is correct? McDonald's website claims 540 kcal. Where did this 650 kcal come from? No citation! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.18.120.208 (talk) 00:47, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Please add

Category:American cuisine. I'm going for a Big Mac right now.

Yours, 32.178.239.142 (talk) 18:51, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

This article is already included in Category:Hamburgers, which is a subcategory of Category:American cuisine. It should not be added to a parent category if it is already in a subcategory. Horologium (talk) 19:33, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Stuff to mention

IMHO, this page should have some text talking about the Big Mac Index, or at least a link in the See also section. 72.207.248.117 (talk) 20:41, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

There should be a note that the Big Mac Index page links to the Nutritional Values section 72.207.248.117 (talk) 21:09, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Roy Bergold

The comment about him seems misplaced and unnecessary. It contains no citation or hyperlink, and refers to him as the "National" advertising manager without specifying which nation! 150.101.206.3 (talk) 01:20, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

The Nation in reference is obvious. HM211980 (talk) 01:25, 27 March 2010 (UTC)HM211980

Picture

I just wanted to point out that the picture doesn't fit. This encyclopedia should be showing real pictures of food, not perfect television alter-egos. If I trusted wikipedia to give me a true example of the subject to learn about it for, as an example, dealing properly with a future situation, like in this instance, purchasing a nice quality sandwich and then received the actual product... I would cry. 75.142.246.93 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:27, 1 October 2009 (UTC).

If you read the caption, you will see that it is not from a TV ad. It was purchased by someone in Croatia who took a picture of it. If you click on the photo, you will be taken to a page with information about the photo, including the name of the photographer, who appears to be a 20-year old American. Please remove the enormous chip off of your shoulder. Horologium (talk) 16:30, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Recommended Daily Allowance

In the section Nutritional Values percentages are given for recommended daily allowance. It is not clear where these values come from. Are these for the respective country? Is there an international standard? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dfeig (talk • contribs) 02:27, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Dehydrated onions

The onions used in the Big Mac are not raw, but dehydrated. Anyone who can confirm this?

Kosher Big Mac is sold too on a special store in Buenos Aires

The Kosher version is sold on the Kosher McDonalds in Buenos Aires. Some info here: http://www.kosher.org.ar/kosher/Mc%20Donalds.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.50.149.26 (talk) 02:23, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

the Mckinley-Mac

The article states "the Mckinley-Mac - made with two quarter pound patties. Named after Mt. McKinley in Alaska, and sold only in that state.[8][9][10][11] Also known as the Bigger Big Mac as a limited-time offer product to celebrate the 2006 FIFA World Cup." This is false. You can order this sandwitch at ANY McDonalds in the United States simply by ordering the Big Mac and saying "Without 1/10 meat, add quarter meat" (as the normal meat that comes on the big mac takes 10 patties to equal a pound). There was even a restaurant in Utah that temporarily offered this sandwich on the actual menu as a promotion (calling it the "Monster Mac"). I understand that there has to be a source somewhere to change this in the article, but Wikipedia seriously needs to start getting its info on certain subjects correct. (I order the Big Mac this way every time I go into McDonalds). 74.214.250.169 (talk) 03:09, 28 March 2010 (UTC)