Just got a hash brown from maccas and it ended up being just $1.
McDonald's Hash Brown $1 (Excludes NSW/ACT/NT)
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szdk on 12/11/2015 - 09:05 mcdonalds.com.au (1067 clicks)
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When I first read this I thought $1 was a standard price… Then I realised I got old. :(
as firefly mentioned, they've been $1 for quite a while, but jumped in price during the monopoly giveaway, now they are back to $1 again.
Just a heads up - these have a total of 17.2% fat.
You don't get fat from dietary fat, you get fat from eating more calories than you put out. So what's the calorie count of this?
Depends how active you are….
Excess calories - doesn't matter if you eat protein only, fat only or sugars only: as long as your calories out > calories in, you will lose weight. Calories out = calories in -> no weight change. Calories out < calories in -> weight gain. I think the only common things people consume that have 0 calories is water and black coffee (no sugar, no cream, no milk).
I think you miss the concept of how the human body works. It doesn't matter if you eat a kilo of dietary fat a day if you output the equivalent of calories as well. You'd probably end up with some terrible heart disease, but you wouldn't get fat from it.
@Utopian: I think you're phrasing your position poorly. By saying "You get fat from excess. This contains it." you're implying that it's not possible to eat hash browns without eating to excess.
@Utopian: No, they have it down. Excess being "more than you need". Which is exactly what they're saying.
You can eat excessive hash browns and not get fat depending on what else you eat and how much you exercise…
@tantryl: Definitely appears so.
People can argue the sugar vs fat, dietary fat, "healthy" fat etc until they're blue in the face.
Excess of any of them will get ya.
Yes and no.
The measuring of calories isn't correct, it is based on a system developed around 100 years ago and estimates place a discrepancy of up to 25% for some foods calories.
Also some food items are more easily digestible than others, meaning you absorb more nutrition out of it or your boby uses more energy itself breaking it down.
It is not a simple case of more calories in the mouth, but the more nutrition that is absorb during digestion.
A good example is celery, celery does contain calories but breaking it down in the body uses more energy than it provides. However with some foods if you blend it so thoroughly it becomes liquid like, then the digestion process is easier and you absorb more from it.
Another element that changes digestion efficiency is bacteria in the gut, the bacteria in my intestinal track may be less efficient during the breaking down of food to explain why I can eat more food than others and not get as fat.
RE: celery
That isn't quite true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative-calorie_foodFoods that are claimed to be negative in calories are mostly low-calorie fruits and vegetables such as celery, grapefruit, lemon, lime, apple, lettuce, broccoli, and cabbage.[3] These foods are not negative-calorie foods. There is no scientific evidence to show that any of these foods have a negative calorific impact.[4][5] Celery has a thermic effect of around 8%, much less than the 100% or more required for a food to have "negative calories". A stalk of celery provides 6 calories to the body, but the body expends only half of a single calorie digesting it.[1][3]
And yes I did vastly simplify things as some people don't have very efficient digestive systems, but that's getting into 'see your doctor' territory. :P
Wait, so the process of creating enough saliva, chewing, swallowing, creating stomach acids, digestinational track moving food along, the extraction of nutrition and liquid, the body cells collecting, moving and releasing the energy and the muscles contracting to shit out the waste is only uses 1/2 calorie per celery stick?
(profanity) me, what an efficient digestive system we have.
Well, the other problem is people say Calorie but the capital is important - it's actually kilocalorie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalorieSo if it is C, then it's actually big C calorie or a kilocalorie. For the purposes of general dieting, everyone is typically referring to kilocalories.
By the way, this is where wikipedia gets that information regarding celery not being negative calorie from:
http://buymemall.com/ghfstore/ghfstore/
I'm not sure about you, but I'm not as willing to trust scientific information from this person who co-incidently sells a whole range of products to help you get in shape.
It is hard to know what is fact, truth and markerketing.
@ruprectaus: Nope. Unless you can advise how much one needs. Needs don't even have anything to do with it.
We live in Australia, hence the OzBargain.
And 1% potato… right?
It's a hash brown, so I would assume the main ingredient is hash.
or brown
Wow, that is a bargain! And you're already in Maccas for when the munchies hit.
Good deal if you marry Joanna…
@tantryl: Guys please, OzBargain is a safe space, we must not have any mentions of sexism, racism or any other -ism, for we may offend someone.
people don't buy mcdonalds expecting a health kick
I think in terms of health you should be far more worried about sugar, not fat.
Sugar is what turns into fat in your body. It's hidden in everything we eat, even without openly going and eating sugar laden desserts and soft drinks…
True. Also sugar doesnt create the "fullness" that makes us stop eating. You could easily drink 2L of juice but find it difficult to eat a slab of butter.
So very easily to overeat sugar rather than fat. Hence creating the obesity problem.
Nice!
Less than I thought, sweet!
Also, Ingredients listing from the website - SPIN THE WHEEL apparently!
https://mcdonalds.com.au/menu/hash-brown
Potato, Canola Oil, Salt, Dextrose (Maize), Emulsifier (471), Preservatives (450, 222), Antioxidant (320), Pepper Extracts.
OR
Potatoes, Canola Oil, Seasoning (Black Pepper, Salt, Modified Corn Starch).
OR
Potatoes, Soybean Oil, Salt, Potato Flake (Potatoes, Stabilisers (471, 450), Acidity Regulator(330)), Extracts of Black Pepper, Dextrose.
OR
Potatoes, Vegetable oil (Palmolein), Corn Flour, Salt, Black Pepper Powder
OR
Potatoes, Canola Oil and Palm Oil, Salt, Dehydrated Potato, Black Pepper, 450, Dextrose
Contains soy, traces of sulphite.
lucky pick which one you get when you order
Yep. 5 versions of hash browns… I'll take #2 thanks :)
I don't know man but I don't go to McDonalds to eat salad.
As they say, going to McDonalds for a salad is akin to going to a prostitute for a hug.
Heart attack comes free with it.
only if you're loyal to them, take it as a bonus
out of topic, but what's the update on apple pie prices? last time i checked it was >$2
Someone else probably needs to confirm, but the last time I was at a Maccas drive thru they were asking if I wanted to add an apple pie to my meal for a dollar.
I was at Mcdo in Brisbane CBD on Tues and apple pie is being advertised as $1.50
$1.50
Just bought one last night in disappointment. It's $2.45 each. Very VERY pricey.
EDIT: misread.
Haven't they been $1 for months?
They bumped the price up during the Monopoly promo.
the pun at the bottom kills me - "Help us be mac-nificent"
This has been ongoing for awhile now and only available in the morning.
Deep fried bread crumbs…
Probably because they got rid of a lot of staff at the cashier with touch screens
wss told $1 hash brown only if you brought a meal…..
Haha. I was also told that some months ago, so I went over the the self-serve screen and ordered it for $1. I think the people on the counters just like to make up rules sometimes…
these have been $1 at Newmarket maccas (QLD) for at least a year
Is this breakfast only, or all day?
They've been $1 for sometime with a temporary bump up during monopoly