Our food and drink specialist Holly Allton looks at what's in her favourite McDonald's burger - the Double Big Mac with Bacon.
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00:00Hi, I'm Holly Alden and I'm a food and drink writer for National World.
00:03Today I'm going to be dissecting a burger from McDonald's.
00:07I absolutely love burgers and when it comes to picking the perfect fast food restaurant,
00:13McDonald's is always my go-to for a great burger.
00:17This comes down to two things for me.
00:20Affordability and taste.
00:22Both things which I think McDonald's do exceptionally well.
00:26But do we know what we are actually eating?
00:29Today I've chosen a popular burger from McDonald's menu
00:32and a personal favourite of mine to dissect,
00:35to really look into every ingredient that goes into it.
00:38The burger I'm going to be dissecting today is the Double Big Mac with Bacon
00:42and we're going to take a look into everything
00:45that makes up this delicious burger as well as having a taste.
00:48So before we take a look inside of this burger
00:51to find out what ingredients are exactly in it,
00:54I am going to take a bite.
00:59Delicious as always.
01:00What my favourite thing about McDonald's burgers is the actual burger itself.
01:04The taste of it, it's very juicy,
01:07a little bit greasy but I kind of like that in a burger.
01:10But of course with the different burgers you can get from McDonald's,
01:13there's different toppings, I love the cheese on a burger
01:16and I always choose to have one with bacon as well
01:18because I love the cheese on a burger.
01:20So I'm going to take a bite of the Double Big Mac.
01:22I'm going to take a bite of the Double Big Mac.
01:23I'm going to take a bite of the Double Big Mac.
01:25I'm going to take a bite of the Double Big Mac.
01:27and I always choose to have one with bacon as well
01:29because I really like the saltiness of McDonald's bacon.
01:33So let's take a look inside this burger.
01:37So here we have our Double Big Mac with bacon.
01:39Let's take a look inside.
01:41First of all though, before we get into it,
01:43the burger is topped with a sesame seed bun to encase the burger
01:48and it also has a bun at the very bottom.
01:51But after lifting the first bun up,
01:54you are greeted with your first burger patty
01:56of onion placed on top. I'm not actually a fan of onion and I've never really
02:01noticed it when I'm tasting this burger so I think this is probably due to the
02:06small amount that has been included. Under that burger patty is of course
02:11another one with more sprinkles of onion placed on top. Now we get to the nice
02:19exciting middle bit which is another bun with sauce, a gherkin as well and plenty
02:27of McDonald's bacon. I also added balsamic dressing to this burger I'm not
02:33really sure where that is but if it is going to be anywhere it'll be in this
02:38middle part. Under that bun you have yet another patty again with a couple more
02:46sprinkles of onion placed on top and under this patty which is sadly broken
02:53in two we have yet another one the final burger patty of the burger with a couple
03:00more onion sprinkles, a bit of lettuce which may have escaped from the bottom
03:03of the burger to be honest and under that the final bit which is very hard to
03:13get into is plenty cheese, more sauce, lots of lettuce all placed on top of the bun.