We work with our supplier to make sure we get the finest heads of fresh lettuce picked, chopped and delivered to our stores to serve our customers. The leaves towards the heart of the lettuce are the freshest, and those are exactly the ones we use for our famous chopped iceberg lettuce.
Fourth generation farmer, lettuce supplier Dirk Giannini has been producing lettuce on his Salinas Valley farm for more than 14 years. Born and raised with farming in his blood, Dirk's appreciation for the land that provides the high quality McDonald's lettuce for our Salads is second to none.
The lettuce is washed, sanitised, and packed in the supplier's purpose-built facility, then delivered to our restaurants daily in sealed, ready to use bags, and therefore requires no washing or drying in our kitchens whatsoever.”
It is called ICEBERG LETTUCE and looks just like cabbage. The cabbage type big leaf in your burger is lettuce leaf. It is just like cabbage but is mostly used in western country. Now people in India especially from the metro cities and fast food chains like KFC, Subway & McDonald use it in their burgers.
Well, it varies from burger to burger, depending on the size and type. For example, the recipe for a Big Mac® uses 28g of shredded lettuce, whereas the Chicken Legend® uses 12g of seasonal green lettuce. Each amount has been specifically chosen to create the perfect fresh lettuce-y crunch.
McDonald's recently updated the standard lettuce mix in all their salads, and instead of applauding a switch from iceberg lettuce to a mix of Romaine, baby kale, and baby spinach, bloggers are howling about the calorie, fat and sodium content of the salads!
Ingredients: 100% Iceberg Lettuce.
Fast food giant KFC has been forced to put cabbage in its burgers and wraps in Australia as the country is struggling with a shortage of lettuce. The firm told customers it is using a mixture of lettuce and cabbage after floods destroyed lettuce crops.
We love the unique flavour and crisp texture of Iceberg and Cos lettuce. Grown by farmers in NSW, QLD, SA and VIC*.
Iceberg lettuce will make a full return to KFC burgers by spring, major KFC operator Collins Foods chief executive Drew O'Malley says, while flagging the fast food chain will hike prices for a third time this year in response to soaring produce costs.
"We removed the iceberg from the fields and replaced it with romaine, and then we added new crops of the baby spinach and baby kale and baby Tuscan blend," she said. McDonald's isn't the only fast-food chain that has recently turned against iceberg lettuce, which has been a staple in salads since the 1930s.
Case in point: McDonald's salads, like the Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad or Side Salad, require the fast-food chain to purchase massive quantities of a different type of lettuce than the kind they use to garnish their burgers and sandwiches. Axing the salads from the menu, therefore, means the company saves money.
They don't charge extra for lettuce added!
Lettuce is grown all over Australia however the main lettuce production regions in Australia are the Lockyer Valley and Eastern Darling Downs (SE Qld); Hay and Central West (NSW); Lindenow and Robinvale (Vic); Manjimup and Gingin (WA); Virginia (SA) and Cambridge, Richmond and Devonport (Tas).
During summer, most of our lettuce is grown at the Darling Downs property and winter, in the Lockyer Valley. The Bathurst property provides a valuable climatic variation – its cooler there and, also closer to the Sydney market.
Lettuce is grown in most districts of NSW with the bulk of field production centred in the three main growing areas of Sydney Basin, Murrumbidgee and Central West. Lettuce is sown and harvested all year round using both field and hydroponic systems.
Based in sunny Queensland, Coastal Hydroponics has been supplying Coles with spinach and salad leaves for 28 years.
Mason Brothers Vegetable Farms is one of the largest producers of quality fennel, lettuce and broccoli in Australia.
The Australian Yellow Leaf Lettuce is a premium springtime variety with yellow-green leaves and large yields. Tender, textured leaves, become crinkled as they mature and can reach a diameter of 12-16”.
KFC has been forced to swap lettuce for cabbage in burgers and wraps due to flooding in Australia. Floods in Queensland and New South Wales have caused a shortage of lettuce and KFC has switched to cabbage and cabbage-lettuce blends in stores across Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, and Tasmania.
The fast food chain was forced to stop selling its coleslaw tubs when a supply issue meant the slaw would have to be served up without the dressing.
The company notified customers that it will use a blend of lettuce and cabbage throughout its restaurants, citing supply chain disruptions after heavy flooding across the east coast wiped out much of the lettuce crop earlier in the year.
For most burger lovers, iceberg lettuce, romaine lettuce, and green leaf lettuce will be top picks.
630 Cal.630 Cal. McDonald's Quarter Pounder® with Cheese Deluxe is a fresh take on a Quarter Pounder® classic burger. Crisp shredded lettuce and three Roma tomato slices top a ¼ lb.* of 100% McDonald's fresh beef that's hot, deliciously juicy and cooked when you order.
Unfortunately it's not possible to ask for a burger wrapped in lettuce leaves - though you can ask for your burger to be served without the bun if you wish.