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WE ARE SO TRYING ONE OF THEM!

Double Pounder a McDonald’s heart-stopper

By Clair Weaver

August 12, 2007 01:00am
Article from: The Sunday Telegraph

MONSTER-SIZED McDonald’s hamburgers stuffed with up to eight meat patties and nine slices of cheese have been slammed as “a heart attack waiting to happen”.

Some of the fast-food chains sell super-sized Quarter Pounders, which contain about 220g of fat and 11,500kJ each, on request.

The “double pounder” is the equivalent of more than three days’ worth of fat for a grown man – or almost five Pizza Hut deep-pan Hawaiian pizzas or 45 Tim Tams.

At about $18, it is not listed on the menu, nor under nutritional information.

It has developed a cult following as a challenge for teenagers, after a video was posted online of a 17-year-old boy ploughing his way through the burger at a McDonald’s restaurant.

Rival chain Hungry Jacks is also allowing customers to order mega-burgers under its Have It Your Way ordering system.

Nutrition Australia senior nutritionist Aloysa Hourigan described the double pounder as “obscene” and a “heart attack waiting to happen”.