I looked up the actual size of a famous burger and the numbers are wild

I was reading a food industry report online and found out the Big Mac's advertised weight is 7.6 ounces. I weighed one from my local spot last week and it was barely 6 ounces. That's a huge difference they're getting away with. Has anyone else noticed their fast food orders looking smaller than the pictures lately?

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laura_wright1mo ago

But what if the advertised weight is for the whole assembled burger with all the condiments? My local spot's patty might shrink a bit when cooked, but the lettuce, sauce, and pickles add up. Could the missing weight just be from those wet ingredients drying out or getting left off by a rushed worker?

morgan_ramirez1mo ago

The advertised weight includes the wrapper and box. They weigh it all together at the factory. So the burger patty and bun alone will always be less. It's a known trick in the industry.

jones.anna24d ago

Oh great, so I'm basically paying for a fancy cardboard wrapper and a side of misleading math? That's like buying a car and finding out the advertised horsepower includes the key fob. Next thing you know, they'll start weighing the air in the bag of chips and calling it a "premium experience." Honestly, at this point I'm just impressed they got us all arguing about pickle juice and ketchup weight instead of the actual patty. What a perfect little scam.