Hamburger
The simple classic made with 100% beef patty, onions, pickles, mustard, and a dollop of Heinz® Tomato Ketchup - all in a soft bun.
Hamburger
Our food: Beef
Welfare
McDonald's have in place strict animal welfare standards, developed with our suppliers and global animal welfare experts.
Supporting British farmers
We're proud to be one of the biggest purchasers of British and Irish beef. In 2007, over 16,000 British and Irish beef farmers raised beef for us.
Traceability
All of the beef used in our restaurants is traceable right back to the farm on which the cattle were raised.
Maintaining high standards
At the supplier, staff check the quality of the meat to make sure it's exactly right. If they aren't 100% happy, they don't use it.
What meat we use
No binders, no fillers, no additives - just 100% juicy beef made from whole cuts of forequarter and flank that are great for taste and flavour.
Nutritrional information
Find out all the key nutritional information for this menu item either per portion or per 100g
Hamburger uncovered
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- Our beef - no binders, no fillers, no additives - just 100% juicy beef made from whole cuts of forequarter and flank.
- Sourced from over 16,000 British and Irish farms.
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- Heinz ® Tomato Ketchup is packed full of goodness and is a great source of the powerful antioxidant lycopene. It's also free from artificial colours, flavours, preservatives and GM ingredients - and tastes delicious on just about anything.
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- In 2005 our bakeries used over 10,000 tonnes of UK grown flour milled from 13,700 tonnes of wheat.
- All our hamburger buns are made at a bakery in Heywood, Lancashire.
Your questions answered
You're correct. Despite its name, there is never any ham in a hamburger. The name hamburger is thought to have been derived from the 'Hamburg Steak' popular in the late 1800s. This was a beef product made from seasoned ground or minced beef.
Of course! If you would like some extra onions or gherkins in your hamburger just ask the staff at the counter when ordering, and they will be happy to oblige.
No. McDonald's burgers are made from 100 percent beef - no binders, fillers or additives. Once the patties are made, they are immediately frozen and dispatched to the restaurants. The beef patties are then cooked, without added fat or oil, between hot plates that cook the patties evenly and quickly from both sides. Finally, a little salt and pepper is added for seasoning.
Gherkins are basically pickled cucumbers and they are a vegetable.
Like burgers and mince from supermarkets or your local butcher, there might be beef from more than one animal in McDonald's hamburgers. But then again - there is milk from more than one cow in a carton of milk and juice from more than one orange in a carton of orange juice! What matters most is that we use only 100% prime beef, from the forequarter of the cow, sourced from over 16,000 British and Irish farms, all producing to the same industry leading standards.
HJ. Heinz company Ltd. owns the Heinz trademark.
