Burger King's New Double Cheeseburger: How Does it Really Compare to McDonald's?

Have you seen the Burger King commercial featuring the guy with small hands advertising their double cheeseburger and comparing it to McDonald's double cheeseburger? I've been a big fan of McDonald's double cheeseburger over the past year. Almost every night after getting off on my temp job, I'd stop by the McDonald's on the corner and get several of them since one wasn't enough for me, which greatly contributed to my weight gain.

The double cheeseburger from McDonald's is cheap, it tastes good, and it fits in fine with my Weight Watchers program whenever I have a fast food burger craving so I can still indulge in one. So when I saw the commercial for Burger King's double cheeseburger that claimed its burger had 30% more meat than McDonald's I just had to try it. Luckily for me, a new Burger King restaurant has recently opened up only a couple of miles from my house, so instead of using up 10-15 minutes going to my usual locations, I can hop in my car and get a flame-broiled double cheeseburger in less than 5 minutes now.

Burger King's flame-broiled burgers have always provided more meat than McDonald's and their new double cheeseburger is no exception. After eating this burger, I felt a little more "full" than I would eating just a double cheeseburger from McDonald's. Under the Weight Watchers system the McDonald's double cheeseburger is 10 points while Burger King's double cheeseburger is 12. In order to really help me feel satisfied and keep my points down, I usually have 1 or 2 pieces of fruit or a salad with dressing on the side to make it a true meal.

Burger King's flame-broiled double cheeseburger is 1/4 beef topped with 2 slices melted American cheese, pickles, ketchup, mustard, in a toasted sesame seed bun. McDonald's double cheeseburger has 2 beef patties topped with 2 slices American cheese, ketchup, mustard, pickles, and onions inside a regular bun. Below, I breakdown the nutritional facts for calories, fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, sugar and protein in a comparison between the two cheeseburgers:

Calories
Burger King: 500
McDonald's: 440

Total Fat
Burger King: 29 g
McDonald's: 23 g

Saturated Fat
Burger King: 14 g
McDonald's: 11 g

Trans Fat
Burger King: 1.5 g
McDonald's: 1.5 g

Cholesterol
Burger King: 105 mg
McDonald's: 80 mg

Sodium
Burger King: 1030 mg
McDonald's: 1150 mg

Carbohydrates
Burger King: 31 g
McDonald's: 34 g

Dietary Fiber
Burger King: 1 g
McDonald's: 2 g

Sugar
Burger King: 6 g
McDonald's: 7 g

Protein
Burger King: 30 g
McDonald's: 25 g

Thanks to a conveniently closer Burger King restaurant, a cheap price, and the higher percentage of meat with that mouth-watering flamed-broiled taste, I have a new favorite burger to add to my repertoire. While I still love and will continue to buy McDonald's double cheeseburgers, I give Burger King's double cheeseburger two thumbs up.