Think Twice Before Ordering This Popular McDonald's Breakfast Item - Tasting Table

"No one eats at McDonald's to be health-conscious, but the Big Breakfast is really over the top. At 1,340 calories, with 90% of the daily requirement for salt, 82% of the daily limits on sugar, and 122% of the saturated fat you need in a day, it's hard to justify starting the day out with this meal. Maybe it would be worth it if it were tasty and well-prepared, but these hotcakes are chewy and microwaved. It's just not worth the indulgence."

"Big breakfasts have been popular for years, and it has become a tradition in some places to indulge in the largest, most filling meals you can imagine. Just look at a full English breakfast or the typical farmer's or lumberjack breakfast options available at diners across the country. McDonald's has been famous for its breakfast ever since the invention of the Egg McMuffin in the early 1970s."

"There are plenty of posts across Reddit that confirm McDonald's receives its hotcakes premade and heats them in a microwave. There's a whole Reddit thread dedicated to answering whether the hotcakes are made fresh daily. Some replied that the hotcakes were made fresh more than 20 years ago, but that hasn't been the case in decades. One Tripadvisor review complains that the hotcakes were "cold and soggy," and Business Insider called them "chewy." There have also been complaints about the plain-tasting eggs."

Big breakfasts are traditionally large, filling meals such as full English, farmer's, or lumberjack breakfasts. McDonald's built breakfast fame with the Egg McMuffin in the early 1970s, but the Big Breakfast with Hotcakes underperforms. The meal contains about 1,340 calories, roughly 90% of daily salt, 82% of daily sugar limits, and 122% of recommended saturated fat. Hotcakes are reportedly premade and reheated in a microwave, producing chewy or soggy texture complaints, while eggs are described as plain-tasting. The combination of excessive nutrition metrics and poor preparation makes the Big Breakfast hard to justify as a morning choice.

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