Controversial survey reveals which burger is really better. Hungry Jack's has just notched up another win in its ongoing burger war with McDonald's. A new survey carried out by Canstar Blue has officially settled the Big Jack vs Big Mac debate, crowning Hungry Jack's dupe menu item the winner when it comes to taste.
Nearly 2.5 million Millennials are McDonald's customers in an average four weeks, over 2.1 million choose KFC and Hungry Jack's has 1.3 million. In comparison, McDonald's has almost as many Generation Z customers while there are 2 million Generation Z customers and 1.3 million for Hungry Jack's.
Turns out, Hungry Jack's take on the burger served up the best score in all categories. In terms of overall satisfaction, the Big Jack received a whopper of a score, achieving a 7.96 rating out of 10 compared with the Big Mac's rating of 7.7.
The Big Jack is almost identical to the Golden Arches' Big Mac with, to quote HJ's online description, "two flame-grilled 100 per cent Aussie beef patties, topped with melted cheese, special sauce, fresh lettuce, pickles and onions on a toasted sesame seed bun".
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Aside from the massive 4710kJ per burger, it also contains an unbelievable 31g of saturated fat and almost a day's worth of sodium.
Subway was ranked the best in terms of its commitment to nutrition and obesity prevention, but only managed a score of 48/100. McDonald's came in second place with a score of 42/100, closely followed by KFC with a score of 41/100. The fast-food joint with the worst ranking was Domino's Pizza which scored just 3/100.
Hungry Jacks' burger racked up the highest scores in energy when it came to its burgers, with its Double Angus Smokey BBQ burger a huge 5610kJ, or 65 per cent of the average male energy intake. In contrast McDonald's hamburger had the lowest energy intake of any beef burger with just 1060kJ.
Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd. is an Australian fast food franchise of the Burger King Corporation. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Competitive Foods Australia (with licensing from Restaurant Brands International), a privately held company owned by Jack Cowin.
The Whopper (BK) and Big Mac (McDonald's) are the two best-selling burgers of all time. Burger King boasts 2.1 billion whopper sales per year, though it is challenging to find verification for that figure. McDonald's suggests we munch through a more modest 550 million Big Macs a year.
Better Food Made Fresh
Great burgers need great ingredients. At Hungry Jack's that's 100% Aussie beef, flame-grilled to perfection. Plus big fresh salads, chunky hot chips and sensational sauces.
McDonald's burgers are made of 100% ground beef, formed into hamburger patties, and then quickly frozen at our suppliers to seal in great fresh flavor. We add salt and pepper to our burgers when they are cooked on the grill at our restaurants to bring out all that great beef taste.
Frozen then "flame grilled" then stocked in a pan for few minutes to several hours (depending on the popularity of the meat), then microwaved to melt the cheese and make it look fresh.
Donald A. Gorske (born November 28, 1953) is an American world record holder known as the "ultimate Big Mac fan," having eaten over 32,672 such hamburgers from the U.S. fast food chain McDonald's in his lifetime, earning him a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
The Most Popular Thing at McDonald's Is…
Ever since the first McDonald's menu from when the chained opened in the 1950s, french fries have been a star. The famous Golden Arches sell upward of 9 million pounds of fries per day! That's a whole 'lotta large fries. How can anything be so gosh darn tasty?
The report found that Queenslanders are the most likely to eat fast food, with 48 per cent declaring they did so at least once a month.
The fast-food giant filed Federal Court proceedings on August 28 against Hungry Jack's over the registered trademark "Big Jack", which McDonald's claims is "substantially identical with or deceptively similar" to its Big Mac trademark.
They thought that Jack Cowin as the local Australian had connections within the court system. But Burger King gambled with that assumption…and lost! Following the ruling, Burger King rebranded all of its 81 locations to Hungry Jack's.
And the winner (or fat gainer, should we say) is…. Red Rooster with its Bacon and Cheese Rippa single meal. This substantial meal packs a kilojoule-lade kapow with 7,730kj per serve, which is a whopping 89 per cent of the average adult daily energy intake.
While chicken is an obvious Men's Health staple, KFC's reliance on greasy oils and subsequent sky-high calorific content makes Maccy's an unlikely victor. The more varied menu and healthy options, as well as classic, gut-busting fare, make it the ideal spot to play fast and loose with your nutrition plan.
Routinely consuming too much sodium, or more than the suggested 2,300 milligrams per day, may jeopardize your heart health long term, says the American Heart Association. Still, if you're only eating McDonald's once or twice a week, Brondo suggests you don't have to be too concerned.
The average Big Mac calories is at around 540 calories with 25 grams of fat. When taken on its own, this sandwich provides more than 25% of an adult's daily calorie requirement and more than 40% of the daily recommended fat intake, despite being often drunk with fries and cola.