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Fast Food Giant To Release Egg White Sandwich

Mar 29, 2013

Making smarter food choices while dining out is becoming more common these days, and restaurants haven taken notice. Even quick-serve restaurants have become accommodating to health-conscious consumers, offering healthier menu items such as garden salads and grilled chicken sandwiches in addition to letting diners swap sides like French fries for fresh fruit.

 

Some of the most popular menu items at fast food restaurants are the breakfast offerings, but these tend to also be some of the unhealthiest. Classic options such as hash browns, egg and sausage sandwiches, bacon, and hotcakes with butter and syrup are all items high in fat, calories, and cholesterol. McDonald’s famous Egg McMuffin with Egg contains 300 calories and 12 grams of fat and equally popular Sausage McMuffin with Egg packs in a whopping 450 calories and 27 grams of fat. At its rival Burger King, the Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissan’wich also contains 450 calories but with 30 grams of fat.

 

Recently, McDonald’s has also decided to expand their breakfast offerings to include a Egg White Delight sandwich. Debuting April 22, this sandwich will feature egg whites, Canadian bacon, and white cheddar on a whole wheat English muffin. This sandwich is only 240 calories,40 calories less than the Egg McMuffin. In addition to the Egg White Delight, customers now also have the option to substitute egg whites when ordering other breakfast items.

 

While egg white menu options is not a new idea in the quick service space (restaurants such as Einstein Bros, Subway, and Dunkin’ Donuts all serve egg white sandwiches), it is part of a bigger push towards healthy offerings that will be a long lasting one. If you would like to learn how to expand your menu to include healthy choices, contact Synergy Restaurant Consultants.