McArabia

McArabia Grilled Chicken/Kofta

A McArabia
Nutritional value per 1 sandwich
Energy 590.0 kcal (2,469 kJ)
47.0 g
Sugars 4.0 g
Dietary fiber 4.0 g
33.0 g
Saturated 9.6 g
Trans 0.2 g
26.0 g
Minerals
Calcium
(2%)

20.0 mg

Iron
(0%)

0 mg

Sodium
(57%)

860.0 mg

Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.
The McArabia in Morocco 2009

The McArabia is a pita bread sandwich available at some McDonald's outlets in Arab countries and Pakistan. While it is known as the Grilled Chicken foldover in Singapore and Malaysia, it is also known as McOriental in Spain, France and Holland,[1] the McTurco in Turkey,[2] Greek Mac in Greece and Cyprus,[3][4] and as the McKebab in Israel.[5] The sandwich is made to originally meet Middle Eastern local taste.

History

The Sandwich was introduced as the Greek Mac in 2001 in Greece.[4]

The McArabia was introduced in Saudi Arabia and UAE on March 2003 due to a sharp fall of profits in 2002,and declared a permanent product, due to boycotts on American brands and restaurants over the war in Iraq and claiming that the ingredients were not from local vendors. The first version of the sandwich used grilled chicken with pita bread which was imported from the UK for the first week, then switched to local bakers.[6][7] In 2004 the Kofta variant was added.

Product description and variants

References

  1. 1 2 "McDonald's renforce sa gamme". 12 March 2009.
  2. "McTurco® Etli Menü". McDonald's Türkiye. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. "Greek Mac". McDonald's Greece. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. 1 2 Yunker, John (15 October 2003). "Would You Like Fries With Your Greek Mac?". Corante.
  5. "29 Exotic McDonald’s Dishes Around the World". twistedsifter. 22 December 2011.
  6. Derhally, Massoud (5 March 2003). "McDonald's rolls out McArabia". ArabianBusiness.com. External link in |publisher= (help)
  7. Tagliabue, John (15 March 2003). "U.S. Brands Abroad Are Feeling Global Tension". The New York Times.
  8. "McArabia Chicken". McDonald's Oman. External link in |publisher= (help)
  9. 1 2 "Sandwiches". McDonald's Egypt. External link in |publisher= (help)
  10. "McArabia Chicken". McDonald's Bahrain. External link in |publisher= (help)
  11. ssarah (31 August 2014). "McDonald’s Celebrates Local Flavor with New McArabia Sandwiches". I Love Qatar. External link in |publisher= (help)
  12. "mcarabia-sujuk". McDonald's UAE. External link in |publisher= (help)
  13. Chris (6 December 2013). "McDonald’s McArabia Halloumi". everythinghapa. External link in |publisher= (help)

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See also

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